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The final hurdle to bring Major League Soccer to Portland was cleared on today when the Portland City Council voted 4-1 to approve $31 million in funding to renovate PGE Park. The vote means the Portland Timbers expansion team can begin play in 2011 as planned. As we all know Portland and Vancouver will join the…[continue reading]

I am glad to say it is Friday. Somehow this week has flown by me here but thankfully we have a weekend full of soccer ahead of us here. Two games tonight, with one just about underway in New York, and plenty more tomorrow and Sunday. Nearly every game has playoff implications surrounding them. I’d…[continue reading]

From time to time I have a few links that I come across and want to discuss but never get to because I just don’t want to spend the time on writing a full post about it. Well hopefully I can change that a little bit and provide a quick thought and the link for…[continue reading]

It seems like this is a report we’ve posted time and time again here. Hopefully this will be the last. Portland city council has approved a plan to allow both MLS and minor league baseball in the city. PGE Park will get renovated as planned and the baseball team will get their new stadium. The…[continue reading]

Just a reminder, Portland’s expansion club announcement will come later today at noon CT. There should be video on the league’s site (or a new Portland2011 site) in a little while of the announcement. No word on if the scarves will just say Portland 2011 or if Timbers will be included on it.

I just got a couple emails and Facebook messages from some readers up in Portland (and yes I know this stuff is already posted elsewhere but I felt it needed posted again). Apparently there is going to possibly be another expansion announcement this week in Portland. According to the messages that a rally and press…[continue reading]

Editor’s note: This is the second column but Geoff Reid. As mentioned before Geoff will be writing on WVH from time to time. Today he tackles the fun that has been the 2011 expansion race. With the 2009 MLS season about to kick off this week and everything that’s happened the week gone by, I…[continue reading]

Right now you can view my twitter feed for a quicker update on the Portland situation. Portland has voted in soccer. In a tight 3-2 vote, the city passed the plan to get Portland an expansion club in 2011 along with Vancouver. Stay tuned for more.

Today is the big day out west in Portland. The city will vote on whether or not the Timbers will get that lovely “promotion” to MLS. We all know Portland is pretty much in at this point but should this vote go badly tonight they could see their way out of things. But for hype-sake…[continue reading]

Could there be trouble now with the Portland bid? Oregonlive.com is reporting today that talks between the city and Merritt Paulson ended badly. Paulson denys any fit that was thrown at the meeting. It appears both sides are playing some hard ball with one another to get a deal here. Thankfully this should all come…[continue reading]