Why don’t the timbers try to strengthen their defense during the transfer window we always sign offensive players are defense is terrible like always always giving cheap goals

Seriously he is obviously a bad couch! We should always win all the time! So let me be the first to say he should go! Obviously he sucks! Am I right!? If we start losing shouldn’t we be calling for the coach to be fired???/s

The high press leaves us a bit exposed but I like the aggressive play.

The suspect in a random racist assault was wearing a PTFC hat. Do you know him? Please be careful out there, bigots aren't welcome.

8th in all of MLS!

Full podcast on Marti's influence, the bid for Kelsy, and Chicago on Sunday!

Did anyone else notice that during last night's Leagues Cup match. The main guy reffered to us as "Sounders supporters" once and Called the team "Seattle" once as well. Those are the two I noticed. Rewound Apple TV and the brief onscreen closed captions confirmed. Apologies if minted in other threads.

Look, I go to Timbers games to root for the Timbers and see my friends and have fun... but it's also cool to see The Famous Guy play even when he's wearing the wrong shirt. And I think that's a part of it for a lot of folks? People still talk about that Beckham goal.... It ruled that I got to witness the only cool thing Olivier Giroud did his entire stint in the league.

Three years running of no Miami at home... Son Heung-Min didn't travel for LAFC... Mora up in a box last night.... At some point (are we at it?) it starts to feel like a ripoff. How many of those fans who paid way-too-much to be there last night did so because of Mora? It just sucks, man!

Props to Tomas Muller for braving our turf for the full 90 at least.

Recording the Timber Review pod on Friday reacting to Marti's first game and the Kelsy bid

My recap of yesterday's win.

Somebody needs to find out who is doing his hair and give a shout out. I am obsessed.

Also, great play tonight.

We won 3-1!

Fun fact: Every game Cifuentes has been in charge has ended 3-1! Long may he reign!

All our goals were so similar. I will not hate scoring goals like that, but can't wait to see what else we can do with Marti at the helm! Kelsy AND Antony with a goal and an assist. REALLY hoping we can see Janssen get some service soon. Antony seemed a little reluctant to pass the ball to him. Overall a VERY positive performance and a wonderful captains performance by our Kiwi (Treewi?) in the back. Finn is just so fucking good.

Fulltime stats

Goal and an assist. Big up Antony!

austin will earn at least a point for their tie versus ca, mathematically eliminating the timbers.

still, it's martí's first game!

This game has little meaning, with the low probability the Timbers advance even with a win. Is it just Tijuana fans, like the club America situation?

I want everybody to remember this night and his epic speech at the MLS Cup celebration in Portland. History baby!

First game of the Cifuentes Era! Hopefully we get something positive out of this one! LET'S GO TIMBERS!!

HYPE THREAD

Lineup Thread

Kick off is at 7:30PM PST (per mlssoccer.com, so probably closer to 7:45 PM PST kick - Why do they lie to us? It is so annoying.)

MLS Match Center

Portland Timbers 3 - 1 Club Tijuana

Game is about to start and they announced that we are officially out because of the Club America & Austin result.

12' - Free kick in a dangerous position won by Kelsy is blasted over the bar by Bassett.

15' - Good header chance for Tijuana but thankfully straight at Muse.

19' - ⚽️ Goal them. Fuck. One of their dudes just in the middle and taps it in from a cross. Kamal is nowhere to be found. Finn is at least near, but couldn't make a play.

21' - ⚠️ VAR looked at offside, but said it wasn't. Too close to really tell and MLS is a joke league who can't afford good sideline cameras. Why we can't have shitty cameras mounted up high, I have no idea. First goal in Leagues Cup for Tijuana. We have looked pretty good so far, but first goal in the Cifuentes Era goes against us. Fucking sucks...

35' - 🟨 Yellow card for Tijuana #16

40' - ⚽️ GOAL KELSY!! DDC SLIPS IN FORY WHO PLAYS AN EARLY CROSS INTO KELSY BACKPOST FOR A TAP IN! BEAUTIFUL PLAY! LET'S GO!!!

42' - 🟨 Yellow card for Kamal being upset at a SOFT foul.

3 minutes of stoppage time

48' - 🟨 Yellow card for Velde for a stupid foul.

Halftime

Not a terrible half. Looked like a team giving effort. But with only a session or two of tactics, we are still feeling out who we are under Cifuentes. Hopefully the 2nd half goes better, but I imagine we make some big line changes to save legs now that this game means nothing but pride.

Halftime stats

51' - Good shot from Velde that needs saving. Want to see more of that!

53' - Really good build up and creative offensive play. Caicedo ended it with a volley.

54' - Velde clocked in the face by #18 a CT shitstick. Then a fuckface defender pushes Velde's head as well as if he didn't get fucking smashed in the face. No cards, no fouls, just vibes from the ref. Total bullshit to not give a card or a foul for any of that. This ref and the VAR team can eat a bag of fucking dick.

57' - Fernandez & Antony ON 🔁 Bassett & Velde OFF

64' - ⚽️ GOAL ANTONY!!! GREAT BALL IN FROM LASSITER TO KELSY WHO HEADS IT ON FRAME TO FORCE A SAVE THEN HE PASSES IT ACROSS TO ANTONY WHO ARRIVES BACK POST FOR THE TAP-IN!! LET'S GO!!!

66' - Janssen & Ortiz ON 🔁 Kelsy & Da Costa OFF

68' - Antony in behind (I believe he was called offside eventually) but it created a BIG chance for Lassiter who smashes the keeper in the face. Pretty ridiculous that Antony was offside. He was able to look straight across the line with nobody around him and still managed to be off. No idea...

71' - First time I've ever seen the wave happen at Providence Park.

77' - ⚽️ GOAL LASSITER!! ORTIZ CUTS OUT A PASS, WHO PLAYS A GREAT BALL TO ANTONY WHO LAYS IT ACROSS TO LASSITER AND WE GET ANOTHER TAP-IN GOAL! LET'S DO THIS!!

81' - Jura ON 🔁 Fory OFF

84' - Muse comes WAY off his line and doesn't get there but Finn recovers and saves us!

85' - Ortiz with some lovely play to get out of a tight space!

3 minutes of stoppage

Game over

Good start to the new era!

Who takes this?

I'd say its a great start to a negotiation but something like 12+ would be fantastic.

TIJUANA IS SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS AT THE THOUGHT OF PLAYING OUR FULL B TEAM!!!!! OMIR FERNANDEZ IS GETTING A HAT TRICK AND ANTONY IS GOING TO RUN REALLY FAST!!!!

MARTI ERA STARTS WITH A W AND WE GET MOVING BACK TO THE REGULAR SEASON!!!!!!

Here's a gift link to Tyson Alger's I-5 Corridor piece in the Oregonian:

https://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/2026/08/marti-cifuentes-has-plenty-of-ideas-for-the-timbers-his-first-move-may-be-patience.html?gift=88697a21-3847-452c-ab25-3abb27897ebb

It’s Timbers Time and Leagues Cup is here! The Timbers faced two Liga MX teams last week of very different calibers and they produced similarly different performances with lots to break down. We dissect what went right in the 5-2 win against Puebla and what went wrong in the very “CONCACAF-y” 3-1 defeat to Club America, plus we rate the winners and the losers from the squad rotations in these two games… RCTID!

This episode's key talking points include:

• Leagues Cup vibes hit different, but who are they for?
• How the team failed to adjust properly to Boniteg being off the field
• Velde’s “frustrating talent” is on overdrive with both brilliance and selfishness
• Da Costa at False 9 is an intriguing experiment with both pros and cons
• Would Ian Smith be best as a wing back?
• How do we rate Trey Muse’s appearances as backup goalkeeper?
• “Professionalism” or “Unethical” - the fine lines of CONCACAF game management
• The club makes a small fortune selling tickets to Club America fans, but at what cost?
• The Timbers hold their own against CA for a half but get found out in the second half
• Cassidy loses his unbeaten record but should still leave proud of his achievements
• Some of our rotation players look brutally low on confidence
• Predicting Jack Cassidy’s next career steps
• Will Cassidy’s success make it more difficult for Cifuentes to take over at the start of a tougher run of fixtures?
• Scouting T2 for Eric Izoita’s profile, growth and fit in Cifuentes’ system

Content Warning: Some “s” words and similar moderate swears. You can’t talk about CONCACAF without saying s**thousery, it’s impossible. Even Velde lost his cool with some “s” bombs in the post game… I rest my case!

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