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Portland is the new Cleveland?
The City Council will hold one more public meeting Wednesday with the mayor and Paulson present and then the council will vote next week to plan deadlines and schedule financing, etc. September 1st is the deadline for Portland to propose the details for the financing and renovating of PGE Park ...
Portland Plan Still Facing Hurdles
Portland Plan Still Facing Hurdles
matchfitusa.com — It's funny how the news cycle works. We hear about something, it reaches some sort of logical... conclusion, and we move quickly on to the next story. This is true of both consumers and distributors... (more) Portland Plan Still Facing Hurdles
Portland Timbers 3, Sounders FC 2 in reserve game
Portland Timbers 3, Sounders FC 2 in reserve game
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com — Timbers goals: 21st minute, 45th minute, 66th minute. Sounders FC goals: Kevin Forrest 57th min., Ely Allen... 70th minute. Photos from match thanks to Richard Morrison below. Some hard tackling in this match. Portland played with some pretty ... (more) Portland Timbers 3, Sounders FC 2 in reserve game
Portland Timbers, wtf?
Portland Timbers, wtf?
jmayers.blogspot.com — The Pacific Northwest was all abuzz over Vancouver and Portland getting award the next round of MLS... expansion franchises. The Whitecaps did their part is selling out an initial grouping of 5K season-ticket deposits. Portland? Not so much . The Timbers front office is reluctant to release ... (more) Portland Timbers, wtf?
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Saputo Betting on Quick Expansion Turnaround?
Match Fit USA — ... reservation. Whatever damage Saputo did to his relationship with MLS is a moot point now. The league clearly wants Montreal, and without the shenanigans Saputo pulled, they would certainly already be on track for 2011. Are we really to believe that the league will arbitrarily bump up the number of 2011 entrants because Montreal re-enters at the thirteenth hour? While it would keep the conferences balanced, I'd like to propose another possibility: The league is worried enough about Portland's ongoing stadium issues that Montreal is now poised to swoop in. Of course, Montreal ...

Around The League - 04.17.2009
MLS Daily — ... FC Blog (Seattle Times) Seattle Sounders Ignite Passion, Begin Season - Whitman Pioneer Sounders Getting Ready To Play Soccer On Grass - Tacoma News Tribune Chivas USA v Sounders FC - Prost Amerika Toronto FC Ibrahim Continues To Impress Carver - MLSnet Ten Questions With Adrian Serioux - TorontoFC.ca TFC Still In Hunt For Du'etime - The 24th Minute MLS Expansion Portland Is The New Cleveland? - The 24th Minute Some Stadium Jobs Pledged In ...

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