A Timber Fanatacist's Guide to Soccer

Making the Grade (2022 edition):  Timbers vs. Revolution And so it begins... I just love the absoluteness of seeing that "Starting XI." It means game day is upon us, that soccer (futbol) really matters once again and, for this roster in particular, that the 2022 season is about to get underway!! If you haven't seen our bit on the pre-season thoughts, check it out here.  But moving forward, we want to provide some fan-based analysis.  The guys who call the game see what they see and the analysts look at the numbers and see what they see but what do fanatics of this team see upon our witnessing???  That is what we will share here.  By "we" I mostly mean "me" until my comrades get their collective "$hit" together.  Technically I could just cut and paste from the text string but...  ooooohhhhh!!! So I was thinking that pasting the text string would be a great way to show the backstreet driver analysis we are so very good at, but in reviewing offi

What is this???  This piece is in reaction to all of the “news” and complete lack of “analysis” coming out of the Timbers camp.  I mean seriously, I want to debate, prognosticate, learn a little, laugh a little and drink a lot (meet you at the Goose)!  Timbers’ fans deserve more than just the news, and maybe at some point my friends and fellow Timbers fanatics will pipe in and add their voices to the debate. And now for something completely different…. When Mora slotted in that game tying goal back in December, didn't it seem like that was as good as a victory??  The pent-up emotional release that ensued was deafening and shook every fan down the core of their soul...  And yes, in the end, the other team took home the trophy.  So no second star for the Portland Timbers...  And on the bright side, we have another banner to hang and that will save me some money on new gear! Photo Credit: Portland Timbers So all the pundits are giving their prognostications on where each team will fin