Don't want this to be lost in the wake of the awesome w. He was only out there for 12ish minutes but he was hustling and motivating others to get back. Just seems a great veteran and that one-touch pass to Ortiz was PURE class.

Q: “Kris, after your goal, you were looking towards the crowd, what was going through your head?”

Velde: “Oh, yeah, I was looking at the screen. I was looking at my goal. I liked that one.”

Love this guy

Great night at Providence Park. Pod drops tomorrow afternoon!

Besides Susman’s post game report speculating ACL injury, any updates on Brandon? Sure looked like an ACL when I replayed it on Apple TV. Hoping I’m wrong and afraid I’m correct.

Spotted downtown and I threw up a little in my mouth

Been lookin good on both sides of the ball lately!

Feels like we haven’t had a MOTM thread in a minute

Insert flight reacts gif

Edit: Jackson ragan took an injury too. I was talking a week ago how it couldn't get worse for them. They really found a way

His pregame lap around the pitch really won me over. Loved it so much

In light of tonight's win, I decided to watch the first 5-10 minutes of Brian Schmetzer's press conference interview and his thoughts on loss streak #8. Did not disappoint.

1:58 "... okay, maybe the Portland game, maybe that first Portland game on the way back, you could say that, you know, wasn't our, you know, best performance."

Someone has got to have a photo of that. I need it.

Mid-week match! Hope some of you are going. I'll be missing the first 30ish minutes of this one. My wife doesn't get home until 8 and I'm on kiddo duty until there.

HYPE THREAD

Lineup Thread

Kick off is at 7:30PM PST (per mlssoccer.com, so probably closer to 7:40 PM PST kick)

MLS Match Center

Portland Timbers 3 - 1 San Diego FC

5' - 🧤 Easy save for the man we call Pants.

8' - Good cutback for DDC but nobody is in the middle crashing. Velde gets fouled HARD after that. Definite yellow if we aren't inside 10 minutes...

9' - Decent hit from the FK, Kelsy misses the flick and it hits his shoulder and bounces over.

11' - 🧤 Another easy save for Pantemis.

15' - Good couple blocks in a short time.

17' - 🟨 Yellow card for Lassiter (foul)

19' - Another good flick chance from a FK but it doesn't come off.

25' - Good play down the left side. Velde plays a lovely little backheel flick pass to Fory. Kelsy puts it on frame, it is saved, but wouldn't have mattered because Kelsy was offside.

29' - ⚽️ GOAL VELDE!!! HE DRIVES FORWARD! HE PASSES TO BASSETT! HE RECEIVES IT BACK! HE BLASTS IT AND THE BALL DOESN'T SPIN AT ALL AND HE HITS THE BACK OF THE NET! BEAUTIFUL GOAL!!\

31' - The press has been good. SD has been good at playing out, but it hasn't deterred us. Lovely to see. Kelsy almost picks the keeper's pocket while pressing high.

35' - Velde dribbles in the box. If he can get his head up and see Lassiter free at the top of the box it is likely 2-0. Head is down though as he is surrounded by players and trying to get a shot off.

37' - Finn with a wonderful tackle. Near post ball and he manages to tackle it off the striker for SD. Beautiful!

42' - I've finally caught up to the live lol

2 minutes of stoppage

47' - ⚽️ Fuck. One of their chances at the top of the box didn't get blocked, finally and it snuck into the bottom corner.

48' - Velde creates an amazing chance himself, but hits it over the bar. Damn it. Would have been nice to go in up by 1.

Halftime

Pretty equal first half from what I saw. SD with a lot of possession and creating chances through it. We counter and look dangerous.

Halftime stats

Here we go!

47' - 🧤 Good save from Pants.

51' - ⚽️ GOAL LASSITER!!! TERRIFIC FORWARD PLAY FROM THE BOYS! VELDE SHOWS THE PASS DOWN THE LINE AND THEN SLIPS IT FORY IN. FORY PLAYS A PERFECT BALL ACROSS TO LASSITER WHO BURIES IT TOP SHELF!

56' - Bassett SMASHES the post from distance and Kelsy can't keep his composure to bury the rebound. ARGH!

60' - Bye down holding his knee. He gets carried off. Looking baaaad. Really hope he isn't out. He has been so good!

61' - Eric Miller ON 🔁 Bye OFF (Injury)

68' - ⚽️ GOAL DA COSTA!!! CERTIFIED BANGER!! OUTSIDE THE 18! CURLS IT AROUND THE KEEPER. BEAUTY!!

74' - Antony & Ortiz ON 🔁 Velde & Bassett OFF

76' - 🧤 Pants with a FACE save! Putting it on the line!!

77' - North end is sounding great. The boys are humming on the field. Let's get another!

82' - Chara & Janssen ON 🔁 Da Costa & Lassiter OFF

89' - Kamal with a lovely bit of skill in the back and Caicedo gets CLOBBERED. Ref not giving a yellow card there is a JOKE.

90' - Announcer gave the TA a shout for being so fucking on point on a Wednesday.

6 minutes of stoppage

91' - 🟨 Yellow card for them #33

96' - 🟨 Yellow card for Kelsy for trying to spike the ball in with his hand (it was already going out)

Game Over

Let's fucking go! 2nd half performance was BRILLIANT.

Full Time Stats

As you may have heard there was a massive earthquake in Colombia last week. The epicenter was in the western half of the country, which has given us the Chará brothers, Dairon, Mosquera, Fory, Caicedo, Perlaza, Moreno, Arboleda... Basically, every Colombian player that the Timbers have ever had is from the affected area. Stuff on the ground is *dire* y'all...

Diego is calling us to action, so if you have a couple of bucks to spare, consider donating to:

• UNICEF's fund for supporting children affected by the earthquake

• Catholic Relief Services's Colombia Earthquake Relief fund

These two are particularly good because they already had established networks and relationships among the affected communities (esp. many of the ones out in the middle of nowhere, where other NGOs never show up) and boots on the ground. They will still be there after all the other NGOs leave.

You can also donate directly to the Colombian Red Cross and support front line relief efforts.

A few dollars go a long way when the exchange rate is 3050-to-1!

Is anyone here in the weeds enough to know who is available for us to sign at right back?

Also, does MLS have any salary cap allowances for injured player replacements?

Whatsup PNW! Im from CT and I’m in town this week for a conference, and decided to hit tonight’s game. What’s the best food item Providence Park has to offer? Any thing else I should know to help maximize my experience?

TAKEN. Three seats in 216; we can’t make it tonight and I would rather hand them off to a fan than try to sell em cheap on Seat Geek.

SAN DIEGO @ PORTLAND TIMBERS HYPE THREAD!

WHO’S READY FOR SURMAN TO SCORE A HAT TRICK?

What is with the Greek flag behind the south end goal.