Mike Donovan
@themikedonovan.bsky.social
Current - Statting on many, many sports for @statsperform.optajoe.com Former - #StatMan for Portland Timbers/Thorns
Martí Cifuentes 1 (6) #RCTID
Mike Donovan@themikedonovan.bsky.social · last mo.Timbers matches with 5+ goals in all competitions by manager in MLS era - John Spencer 0 (54 total matches) Gavin Wilkinson 0 (17) Caleb Porter 5 (202) Giovanni Savarese 6 (216) Miles Joseph 0 (10) Phil Neville 1 (95) Jack Cassidy 2 (5) #RCTID
All time regular season hat tricks in #RCTID history John Bain John Bain Ron Futcher Mark Baena McKinley Tennyson Byron Alvarez Alan Gordon Byron Alvarez Alan Gordon Dan Antoniuk David Hague Vincent Janssen
Tonight is the first Timbers hat trick in league play since David Hague on July 15, 2007 vs Cal Victory #RCTID
clock at zero, ball still not touched (hard to make out, I get it)
It has been a joke for years that Clive Charles is not in the US Soccer Hall of Fame. But it is beyond time to #ElectClive
Green Is the Color@greenitcolor.bsky.social · 2w agoClive Charles should be in the National Soccer Hall of Fame. #RCTID www.timbers.com/news/timbers...
Kevin Kelsy will travel to formalize final details + undergo medical and complete his $13m move to Rangers once he receives his visa Portland will be active in final week of window but can use up to four U-22 slots by the winter and will be very agressive on that front
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2w ago🇻🇪🔵 BREAKING: Rangers has agreed to a deal to sign Venezuela int'l forward Kevin Kelsy from the Portland Timbers, per sources Fee is $13m + add-ons + sell-on % Kelsy, 22, joined for just under $6m in the winer. Had 10g/3a in 1,332 mins www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...
What do you do at work? Oh, you know, just find old newspaper articles about pro baseball players jumping into the stands to retrieve a ball and it ending with a gun being brandished (Shoutout Newspapers.com and the 1894 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Unless something has changed in the Laws of the Game (always possible), this is an auto red card when done by a manager. The Casey Stoney Rule.
Stumptown Footy@stumptownfooty.bsky.social · last mo.ICYMI, Coach Robert Vilahamn saw a red card for this. #BAONPDX
Sophie Cunningham just got Kurt Rambis'd and it's only the first quarter.
Imagine telling your friends you scored this goal in Estadio Azteca against Mexico.
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last mo.Yeah, that's a hell of goal
Timbers matches with 5+ goals in all competitions by manager in MLS era - John Spencer 0 (54 total matches) Gavin Wilkinson 0 (17) Caleb Porter 5 (202) Giovanni Savarese 6 (216) Miles Joseph 0 (10) Phil Neville 1 (95) Jack Cassidy 2 (5) #RCTID
The imbalance in the 'touches in the opposition's penalty box' is now up to 55-3 as the match reaches injury time. Absurd. Toluca are ferocious.
First time trying and got this. Might be one and done.
Janssen is the same age (32) when signing with the Timbers as the most famous Dutch player in #RCTID history - Rob Rensenbrink
Adam Susman@adam-susman.bsky.social · 2mo agoVincent Janssen will become the first Dutch player ever to play for Portland in MLS. With more than 160 career G/A, Janssen arrives in Portland on a free. How Martí Cifuentes manages the Kelsy/Janssen battle will be interesting. #RCTID
🇳🇱🟢 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...
Portland Timbers to sign Dutch, ex-Tottenham forward Vincent Janssen: Sources (Gift Article)
Janssen will take the place of Felipe Mora, who is departing for Liga MX after scoring two goals in his club farewell
nytimes.com
Major Fanendo Adi to Cincinnati vibes. (Bets Mora to score winner late tomorrow)
Jeremy Peterman𓅪@jeremypeterman.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨BREAKING: Per Ned Grabavoy, tomorrow's home game against RSL will be Felipe Mora's final game as a Timber. #RCTID
The Portland Timbers conducted a deep and thorough search that lands on Marti Cifuentes. Other two finalists, per sources: - Thomas Christiansen, Panama head coach - Josh Wolff, former Austin FC head Spoke with Jim Curtin (as I previously reported) too among many others.
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · 2mo ago🟢🇪🇸 BREAKING: The Portland Timbers are set to name Marti Cifuentes their next head coach, per sources. Timbers like Cifuentes for attack-minded philosophy and tactical sophistication. Previously with Leicester who won 1 of 15 after they fired him and got relegated www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
Effin' A, Cotton! Dodgeball Meme
ALT: Effin' A, Cotton! Dodgeball Meme
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Matthew Doyle@mattdoyle.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's 15 minutes to kick-off of the first MLS game in 2 months, the first since the start of this hugely successful World Cup. There is no pregame show. There is no scene-set that explains the first half of the season. There is nothing to welcome new viewers and connect the league to the past month.
One of the best goals I've ever seen in person.
andré@andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 2mo agoSHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH
This is such a cynical view of data's use in the game. Like, yeah, momentum can confirm what you already know or describe what you missed, but this argues that is... a bad thing? The argument is that momentum is a tool for ads, a reflection of the AI-ification of the industry. But that's just wrong.
Defector@defector.com · 3mo agoWhat on Earth is 'Match Momentum'?
Timber scores a goal in the World Cup. Incredible
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 3mo agoFinn Surman's header puts New Zealand on top 1-0
🇦🇺 BREAKING: Melbourne Victory will name Gio Savarese as head coach, per sources. Melbourne Victory is led by Juan Mata and qualified for AFC Champions League Two this season. Savarese reached two MLS Cup finals and won MLS is Back Tournament with Portland Timbers.
