The Portland Timbers Gazette
Squad16 Aug 2038
A fracture rules Joseph Jones out for 77 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Portland Timbers will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings16 Aug 2038
Age has not caught Moses Amasi yet — 8.81
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.81 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Match14 Aug 2038
Nobody wins at Portland Timbers
12 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad16 Aug 2038
Eduardo Edson says Portland Timbers went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market16 Aug 2038
Only the photograph left for Daniel Morris
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Daniel Morris will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Portland Timbers the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad16 Aug 2038
Tempers go at Portland Timbers
Juan Mosquera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings16 Aug 2038
Nobody could get near Adrian Wibowo
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad16 Aug 2038
Kevin Lugo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match14 Aug 2038
Portland Timbers see off Sporting Kansas City
Three points for Portland Timbers, 3‑1 the final word against Sporting Kansas City in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Kevin Lugo
- Boardroom Wages eat 90% of everything Portland Timbers earn
- Market Inter Miami CF expected to open talks for David Zardes