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Match Recap & Highlights: Sporting Kansas City 4 - 1 Portland Timbers

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Match Recap & Highlights: Sporting Kansas City 4 - 1 Portland Timbers

The Portland Timbers (4-4-7) were absolutely demolished by Sporting Kansas City (3-4-8) at Children’s Mercy Park, conceding four unanswered goals after opening the scoring in the eighth minute through Franck Boli. Thanks for reading Stumptown Footy! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my wo…

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Match Recap & Highlights: Portland Timbers 2 - 1 St. Louis CITY SC
In their first rematch of the 2023 season, the Portland Timbers delivered a hot dish of revenge to St. Louis CITY SC as they emerged victorious on the road by a 2-1 margin. Evander scored a penalty in the second half to give Portland the lead, and after the Timbers conceded a momentary equalizer Yimmi Chara announced his return to the field by playing t…
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5 months ago · 14 likes · 87 comments · Sam Svilar
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Match Recap & Highlights: Portland Timbers 1 - 2 FC Cincinnati
The Portland Timbers fell 2-1 on the road to FC Cincinnati on Saturday night, in a game that featured moments of encouragement for the Timbers, and also moments of worry. Sergio Santos opened the scoring in the 34th minute via a diving header, and Brandon Vazquez doubled the hosts’ advantage in the 59th minute. The Timbers responded immediately via Dair…
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5 months ago · 3 likes · 3 comments · Sam Svilar
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Timbers @ Cincinnati Match Preview: Can Portland ride the high?
Man Saturday was fun, yeah? I hope everyone squeezed that game for all the juice it was worth — cuz it’s time to turn the page. The Portland Timbers (2-4-2, 8 points) head to Ohio to face FC Cincinnati (5-1-2, 17 points) on Saturday, in the first meeting between the two sides since the MLS is Back tournament knockout rounds (kickoff set for 4:39 p.m. PT…
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5 months ago · 2 comments · Sam Svilar
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Tree Rings: It never gets old
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In praise of Dairon Asprilla, who "took the team to a different level" against the Sounders
Since Giovanni Savarese took the helm of the Portland Timbers in 2018, it could be argued that they are a team defined by one thing: emotion. Portland’s coach is a man who celebrates every goal on the sidelines like his team just won the World Cup, and that intensity permeates through his squad…
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5 months ago · 7 likes · 4 comments · Sam Svilar
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Match Recap & Highlights: Portland Timbers 4 - 1 Seattle Sounders
The Portland Timbers (2-2-4) demolish the Seattle Sounders (5-1-2) 4-1 at Providence Park thanks to goals from Asprilla, Fogaça, Niezgoda, and Mosquera. The win is Portland’s fourth-straight against Seattle, and presents an opportunity to kick-start their season…
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5 months ago · 16 likes · 77 comments · Alex Barnes
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Match Details & Discussion Thread: Timbers vs. Sounders
Have a thought to share as you watch the match? Need a place to vent? Come chat about in the comments section of this thread on the Stumptown Footy Substack site…
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5 months ago · 4 likes · 57 comments · Sam Svilar
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Timbers vs. Sounders Match Preview: “We’ve got to give them everything that we have.”
The lede of this preview could have been written for any number of past encounters between the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders: The Timbers enter rivalry weekend in a poor run of form, standing as significant underdogs against a Sounders team that is flying high and is favored to get a win…
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5 months ago · 9 likes · 9 comments · Sam Svilar
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Know your foe: Three Questions with Sounder at Heart
Saturday, the greatest rivalry in MLS begins anew. The Portland Timbers host the Seattle Sounders at Providence Park at 7:30 p.m. PT (streaming on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV) for their first of three clashes in the 2023 edition of the Cascadia derby…
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5 months ago · 6 likes · 26 comments · Sam Svilar
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Eryk Williamson suffers torn ACL, will miss remainder of 2023 season
What it rains, it pours for the Portland Timbers. And I’m not talking about them scoring. The team announced today that midfielder Eryk Williamson has suffered a torn ACL in his right knee, and will undergo reconstructive surgery on Wednesday, April 12. Williamson will be out for the remainder of the 2023 season…
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5 months ago · 1 like · 47 comments · Sam Svilar
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Match Recap & Highlights: Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 0 Portland Timbers
The Portland Timbers fell 1-0 to the Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place Saturday night, starting off their Cascadia Cup defense with a face plant. Aljaz Ivacic and the Timbers backline did their best to keep Portland in it, but the rest of the squad only mustered two shots over the course of the match, neither of them on target. The loss dropped the Timber…
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5 months ago · 9 likes · 111 comments · Sam Svilar
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Match Details & Discussion Thread: Timbers @ Whitecaps
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5 months ago · 5 likes · 87 comments · Sam Svilar
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Portland Timbers @ Vancouver Whitecaps Match Preview: The Cascadia defense begins
After an encouraging point won in Dallas, the Portland Timbers (1-3-2) are on the road yet again as they begin their campaign to defend the Cascadia Cup in the house in the middle of BC, where they face the Vancouver Whitecaps (1-2-3). Here’s what to expect when the side square off at 7:39 p.m. PT, streaming…
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5 months ago · 2 likes · 5 comments · Sam Svilar
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The Timbers' Striker Situation
By now we’ve all seen Franck Boli’s goal against FC Dallas, which has since earned him a bench spot on the MLS Matchday Six “Team of the Matchday.” What’s that? You somehow didn’t? Allow me to get you up to speed…
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5 months ago · 11 likes · 37 comments · Alex Barnes
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Tree Rings: Showing some fight
Welcome to Tree Rings! A weekly(ish) post looking at a big takeaway from the week that was for the Timbers, as well as listing out some good/concerning/interesting things from the recent match. Deep in the heart of Texas… the Timbers didn’t lose! Let us celebrate this joyous of days, and recognize a marginal fleeting step in the right direction from the …
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5 months ago · 13 likes · 13 comments · Sam Svilar
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Match Recap & Highlights: FC Dallas 1 - 1 Portland Timbers
The Portland Timbers (1-2-3) salvaged a point at the death against FC Dallas (2-2-2) down south, a 1-1 draw after a stoppage time equalizer from debutant Franck Boli. Recap Marvin Loría and David Bingham both picked up hamstring injuries in the draw against the LA Galaxy in the Timbers’ previous contest, adding to the Timbers’ ever-growing unavailable lis…
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5 months ago · 17 likes · 70 comments · Alex Barnes
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Match Details and Discussion Thread: Portland Timbers @ FC Dallas
The Portland Timbers (1-1-3) are back in action, and looking to kick-start their season against a hot-and-cold FC Dallas (2-1-2) squad looking to bounce back from a 2-1, 10-man defeat away to LAFC…
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