U.S. Open Cup matches don't generally have the heated rivalry factor, but the Portland Timbers-Seattle Sounders third-round match-up isn't your normal rivalry.
Forged from the days of the old NASL, and kept alive for decades in the A-League and USL, Timbers-Sounders is one of the most intense, and arguably the best rivalry in the United States.
That rivalry has been put on hold since the Sounders joined Major League Soccer, but the U.S. Open Cup has brought it back to life, with the Timbers playing host to the Sounders tonight (10pm).
If you will be watching tonight's match, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action.
this was the worst showing by a home teams fans i ever seen. go ahead portland make it family. as if the mls gives a F*ck when u cant even put people in the seats.
seattle sounders…28,000. we made u.
when the timbers fall in PGE park, do they make a sound?
Posted by: Sammy the Sounder | July 02, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Bad Pun…..
most u didnt even watch the game. sounders dominated in the stands and on the pitch. timbers army my arse!
What a game, as a Sounder season ticket holder, I cant wait till you both join us. Well done Portland but we move on!
all i can hear is the sounders well on their way to a birth in the CCL! allez levesque!
16,3xx
good crowd. fun time.
To the sniper with the water bottle who nailed that diving bastard in the balls: You shouldn’t throw things, but that was such an amazing shot from 50+ yards out that I congratulate you, sir.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB0dtXN3QF8
by the way…this is from the side closet to Seattle…all you can hear is Timbers….himmmmm
If the MLS actually wants to make money then they should move Dallas to Bellingham. We’re a little town right between Seattle and Vancouver, but I guarantee we’d have more people at our matches than 1/2 the league.
good Tifo for Portland.
Zues, i agree but at the same time i understand. The MLS wants to make some money and i completely support that. Until we really start to get more and more quality players in and the economy becomes more stable, the MLS needs all the advantages it can get.
Here’s a good pic of PGE Park in full soccer configuration.
http://soccercityusa.com/oct2-pano2m.jpg
From the Women’s World Cup.
I wonder how expensive it would be for MLS to operate a site similar to USLlive.com? Seriously, we had to deal with stupid twitter updates to follow our (Chicago) loss last night. I’m starting to feel that the USL is a better run league, at least for the fans. Hey Garber, how about you spend some of those expansion dollars on a decent web site with some streaming coverage? I’m actually jealous of the USL.
when the timbers fall in PGE park, do they make a sound?
Jon Jon I agree that the Pacific NW wasn’t included soon enough however…
This could be an incorrect notion but I like the idea of including cities that are soccer hotbeds but may be small but also larger cities and cities in untapped regions that may not already support it as much. I like the idea of having a balance between making sure MLS thrives by having it in cities where the support is already big and growing the sport itself in America by growing the soccer love in other cities. This could get tricky with all the cities we have though..
chg, call our (Atlanta’s) Uncle Arthur. Once that dude commits, he’ll make it work at any cost. And the next opportunity to get a voice in on it, this Milan-America game.
Young Nimo looked very good when he came on. Good news for RSL for the future, unless they give him up like they did Sturgis (who also looked very good today).
2-1 FT. Terrific showing from both teams. If all US Cup matches were like this – it would be must-see TV.
The MF’er Suzuki seems to be looking too much to set up others. A couple of times I would’ve liked to see him try to get one on goal himself.
Best attended US Open Cup game since the Fusion-Fire final in 2000, according to a quick glance of Wikipedia attendance stats.
factor in that this is a midweek game and it makes the crowd that much more impressive.
if the crowd is large and into the game it automatically makes the level on the field raise up a notch or two.
Montero is on
Is it one of the largest attendances for a USOC game (other than a Final, even those are sometimes sparsely attended)?
It has to be for a game this early in the competition for sure.
Attendance tonight a sellout at 16,382. The capacity is listed as more but they limited the number of seats not because of demand but because PGE isn’t fully optimized for soccer (or baseball) and there are some bad seats.
Jacqua goal negated by a terrible off-sides call. Looked to be two-steps on.
KCB — just saying the PAC NW is a soccer hotbed and they have overlooked it for years.
AS expected the Timbers Army is in fine fettle. The stadium holds about 19,500 and they added about 400 standing room only, so there’s about 20k. When the stadium is remodeled there will be stands on the empty side that the camera shows. GO TIMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon Jon – Need owners with money to be able to support the club. Relax.
Timbers Army is… Awesome! Looking forward to them joining the league. Hope the Portland decision makers are watching/hearing about this.
why was the MLS so stupid to include the likes of Salt Lake, KC, Miami, Dallas, two LA teams before my beloved Sounders and even Portland. Soccer is huge here, what idiots. I don’t see this support anywhere else in the league… what were they thinking?
I really want an MLS team somewhere in the Southeast. I want to be a fan, but the only Southern team is Houston, and that’s just too far to get that excited about. The Carolinas would support MLS. I know it will never happen, but it would work in Charleston just because it would be the only ML team in town.
Great atmosphere – amazing to hear constant singing in a US Cup match. These will be fantastic MLS games in two years.
Seattle has about half of its regulars starting, including Keller, Hurtado, Jacqua, and LeToux. They are dealing with a number of injuries and Gold Cup call-ups.
TIMBERSSSSSSSSSSSSSCORE
1-2 Seattle
Keita brings one back 2-1
Goal Portland
2-1
King puts Seattle up 2-0
How many regulars started for Seattle?
Great goal by King 2-0 to Seattle.
Goal from Levesque off a beautiful cross from Nyassi.
guess i should have looked above for the link. My B
Who scored????
Anyone know a website that I can watch this on?
Most attended US Open Cup match since at least the 2000 final. Don’t know what they capped capacity at, PGE Park can’t quite handle as many as they say it can – but that will be fixed in the upgrade.
1-0 Seattle
Goal!!!!!!! Seattle.
What’s the starting lineup?
Very nice atmosphere in Portland, i’m impressed.
Can’t wait for Portland to join MLS. A Sounders-Portland game is the type I’d go out of my way to attend–and I’m on the East Coast. Sign of things to come in MLS I think and hope
On the left tab where it says “Live Games”, you have to sign up to view the games though.
Portland’s fans look good from what I can tell, which is basically a constant view of the supporters section.
usllive.com – you have to register first.
their link for the houston-austin game wasn’t working, but the seattle-portland feed is working…i’m getting all the on air and off air commentary
Where is the game on usllive?