I genuinely admire how much Schmetzer hates the Timbers—to the point of incoherence following his (surprisingly many) losses to them. I also enjoy the content that comes out of that incoherence, most recently this delightful number. #RCTID

dj sacrilicious (michael)@djsacrilicious.com · 9h ago

Stupid Sexy Tifo. #RCTID cc: @timbersarmy.org @portlandtimbers.bsky.social @timbers.com

The Thorns made a big bet firing Rob Gale after a solid season. They mishandled the hiring process by letting it drag into the season—being bailed out by their interim doing a good job. And now their late-arriving new hire is floundering. A very bad look for Agoos and company right now. #BAONPDX

GO BYE TRAIN! #RCTID

The presupposition underlying the right’s view of everything around COVID, which a lot of media uncritically indulges, is that COVID wasn’t that big of a deal and wasn’t a new, largely unknown, very deadly disease.

Very interesting signing on a few levels. The Timbers were thin at 9, so Jannsen provides immediate competition for Kelsy at that spot. Promising from a leadership perspective, too. #RCTID

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · last wk.

🇳🇱🟢 BREAKING: The Portland Timbers to sign Dutch forward Vincent Jannsen, per sources Jannsen, 32, won't be a DP. Joins as a free agent after leaving Royal Antwerp this summer. Was captain & had 13g/7a last season Former Tottenham, Monterrey forward www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

You can see that the tools are there for Bogere. The game overwhelms her for stretches almost to the point of unplayability—really reminiscent of Obaze in her debut season. But I think I may buy low on some stock. It wouldn’t surprise me if she breaks out, even if it takes a year or two. #BAONPDX

It’s reasonable to expect some turbulence with a manager comes in after the season starts. It’s worrying when a team’s form gets worse and worse the longer he’s in place. Thorns are a mess early in this one. And it’s the continuation of a trend in the Vilahamn era. #BAONPDX

Sad to see Mora go. He flew under the radar for national media, but his success has been pretty remarkable—especially for a guy who bounced quite a bit between the XI and the bench. A tremendous Timbers career. Nice to see he’ll get the sendoff he deserves. #RCTID

Jeremy Peterman𓅪@jeremypeterman.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨BREAKING: Per Ned Grabavoy, tomorrow's home game against RSL will be Felipe Mora's final game as a Timber. #RCTID

The transfer valuations of players who are about to be out of contract are what they are. But man, I would be livid if I was a ‘Caps fan. Wouldn’t you rather have a core piece—arguably the most core piece—for a plausibly trophy-winning summer and fall than a relatively measly $2 million?

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2w ago

🇺🇸🔴 BREAKING: Middlesbrough is set to sign USMNT midfielder Sebastian Berhalter from the Vancouver Whitecaps, per sources. Deal agreed. Berhalter off to Boro. Fee around $2m, rather than Berhalter leaving for free in 5 months when contract expires. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

Kevin Kelsy did it. He found the true .999 xG shot. #RCTID

Cifuentes isn’t a “bigger” int’l manager. MLS is the biggest league he’s coached in. But there is coaching talent in places like the Championship, Allsvenskan, and Denmark that can succeed in MLS. It’s just a matter of having a sufficiently sophisticated technical operation to identify it. #RCTID

@prayingforrain.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seems that these bigger international managers only really work when the teams are willing to spend on getting them the players they need. Usually DOESN'T work, if they are expected to make due with weird MLS roster rules and meh rosters.

This is more or less where I fall. Cifuentes is an interesting hire, but he’s inherently much more of an unknown than any previous Timbers hire. That can be okay—good even, but it puts a lot of onus on Grabavoy to do the homework in assessing him. #RCTID

Sam Svilar@sammich923.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is a lot to like on paper about Martí Cifuentes. There is also a lot to prove for him on the field. But for the first time in quite some time, I am excited to see how the next era of the Timbers plays out. #RCTID

“Mr. President, Javier Milei is on the line…”

#RCTID

5eatt1e is very good. So yesterday shall be known. #RCTID

Jeremy Peterman𓅪@jeremypeterman.bsky.social · 3w ago

KEEP THE GRASS. #RCTID

The same could be said of Antony and Bassett to significant extents, but my goodness DDC looked like a new player in the second half, in particular. Totally dominated—capped off by deleting Jackson Ragen on the final goal. #RCTID

Has a coach who was four years younger than one of his starters ever won a game in MLS? #RCTID

Ope. #RCTID

Jeremiah Oshan@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 3w ago

With Timbers Army booing him during speech, Kasey Keller ends it by saying ‘let’s build a bonfire and send these fools home.’

Second yellow for Rothrock if there’s any justice. #RCTID

If Jack Cassidy has to use his own two feet to get off the field tonight we riot. #RCTID

The Timbers are showing in a game what the coach said they’d been working on in training. Huh. #RCTID

Jeremy Peterman𓅪@jeremypeterman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Cassidy spent the entire month of "preseason" prioritizing duels. Here are the first half duel numbers. He's got a point! #RCTID

The glass-half-full take on the Timbers’ hiring of Phil Neville was always that his teams all got better after he left. So far so good. #RCTID

The Timbers have been confusing Seattle with Kelsy and Bassett’s positioning. Kelsy’s totally free — dropping deep, flaring wide, or leading the line depending on where the space is. While Bassett is flattening Seattle’s midfield by playing higher than usual. #RCTID

That was maybe the best 10 minutes of soccer the Timbers have played this year. Stumbled out of the blocks, but they’ve been taking it to Seattle for the last ten minutes. Well-deserved goal. #RCTID

There are a lot of factors at play here, but today has to be the least-anticipated Seattle away game that I can remember. Not even remotely comparable to what this game used to be. Hoping beyond reason that the Timbers can flip the script on that with their performance tonight. #RCTID

Where there’s smoke there’s no Fire.

Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: Tonight’s marquee MLS match between the Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps has been postponed due to unsafe air quality, per sources. Canadian wildfire smoke has blown south to Chicago. Robert Lewandowski’s MLS debut is on hold. www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

It definitely doesn’t always happen this way, but Fleming might be the best example of a player taking time to carve out a role on her team. Went from feeling like a signing that didn’t quite hit in Year One to totally indispensable now. Great to see she’s sticking around. #BAONPDX

Portland Thorns FC@thornsfc.com · 3w ago

JFlem is here to stay 🫡🇨🇦 The Canadian international midfielder has signed a contract extension through 2028. More here: www.thorns.com/news/jessie-...

England schadenfreude is so good that we need an English word for it.

There’s no coming back from this for England. Scotland and Wales are in charge from here on out.

This is a fair point. Say what folks will about BlueSky generally (it’s objectively only a small slice of the social media universe), there’s indisputably a robust Timbers community on here. So skipping this platform feels like a real choice. #RCTID

🚶🏼‍♀️‍➡️Jen from PDX⭐️@jgkpdx.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey Timbers media.. (and the club) @adam-susman.bsky.social @jeremypeterman.bsky.social @sammich923.bsky.social @chrisrifer.bsky.social @luukasojala.bsky.social @portlandtimbers.bsky.social Did the club give up on this platform? No posts in two months… 🦗🦗