Author: Stephen Lisle

A spectacular day of Northwest sun was cut short at Jeld-Wen Field as the Timbers failed to slow down a surging Sporting Kansas City team, falling 2-1 after conceding two goals in the first 20 minutes of play. However, the panic button hasn’t been hit yet, as the young Timbers roster is still learning and improving as a group. Perhaps the brightest highlight of the day came from Timbers draft pick Darlington Nagbe, who attained his first MLS goal in impressive manner, although the occasion was bittersweet. Timbers head coach John Spencer was disappointed with the team’s poor performance out of the gate, but knew that dwelling on the result would only slow them down before their two upcoming games in the next week, including a rematch at home against I-5 rivals the Seattle Sounders.

A spectacular day of Northwest sun was cut short at Jeld-Wen Field as the Timbers failed to slow down a surging Sporting Kansas City team, falling 2-1 after conceding two goals in the first 20 minutes of play.

In recent years, the Oregon amateur golf tournament has arguably become one of the most prestigious golf competitions in the state and has proved to attract equally stiff competition in the women’s bracket as the men’s. This year’s championship was held at the Waverly Country Club in Milwaukie and saw an upset in the rankings as the number one overall seed for the women’s bracket, Caroline Inglis, failed to advance into the final round of play.

In recent years, the Oregon amateur golf tournament has arguably become one of the most prestigious golf competitions in the state and has proved to attract equally stiff competition in the women’s bracket as the men’s.

Sunday afternoon was a disappointing one for Portland Timber fans, as the team showed resilience late, but fell in a 3-2 bout against D.C. United, one of the youngest teams in MLS.

Once again, the Portland Trail Blazers fell short of expectations after finishing the 2010–11 season with a 48-36 overall record and then like clockwork saw another first-round exit from the playoffs.

The Portland Timbers have truly put on a special performance thus far in their inaugural season as an MLS franchise.

Last Saturday, the Portland Timbers managed to walk away from their match in Seattle with a draw—perhaps not the best outcome, but a challenging and positive result nonetheless.

This past Saturday’s match-up against Seattle meant much more to the Timbers and Sounders than simply another MLS match. It was the first year that Cascadia Cup play between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver occurred in the MLS circuit.

After years of facing the Seattle Sounders FC outside of Major League Soccer, the Portland Timbers will finally get a chance to officially play their rivals on the big stage.

The spring season for Portland State football came to a close last Saturday in the offense versus defense spring-game match-up. So far, offseason training has arguably been the best the Viks’ football program has seen in a number of years, with depth showing in a number of needed positions.