WVHooligan.com – MLS Blog

Details of PGE Park’s $31million renovation for the Portland Timbers’ move to Major League Soccer in 2011 was released Monday to The Oregonian. Renderings show exactly how they plan on making PGE a soccer facility for good. The biggest transformation will be the stadium’s east side. A public plaza at the corner of 18th Avenue…[continue reading]

I guess Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson is just playing some hardball with the city of Portland now. According to Oregonlive.com, Paulson told Beaverton officials that the future of Major League Soccer in Portland hinges entirely on whether he can find a new home for his minor league baseball team. So no new baseball stadium…[continue reading]

Quietly I worry about the expansion bid in Portland. More news continues to come out that stadium issues won’t be resolved. An article on The Portland Mercury’s website says Portland mayor Sam Adams has withheld an economic study that indicates a new Portland Beavers stadium would actually result in a net job loss. Merritt Paulson…[continue reading]

I won’t lie anytime I see the news coming out of Portland I worry over their expansion club a bit. It seems like every bit of news now centers around the money issue with this club. We’ve all seen the number, the $26.8 million gap in the budget for the club. Also the city isn’t…[continue reading]