1-1. Sublime chip by Mauro Diaz and a great first time finish by Hollingshead. Probably too little too late, but it keeps things semi interesting
Great result. Congrats.C'mon Timbers. Finish this. Whatever happens this has been a hell of season. Didn't expect them to make it this far.
Not as terrified as I was with being without Ridgewell tonight (hopefully he can be fit by next weekend). Urruti and Milano are viable replacements. For the most part, I've been extremely frustrated with Adi this season. He's caught fire the past month and a half. Reason being, he's got no awareness at times where he is on the pitch (has to up there in being whistled for off-sides). Still trying to get my pulse rate down.Great result. Congrats.
How terrified are you about the prospect of starting Urruti in the final if Adi can't go? (Or is he better than I think he is? Outside of that goal against KC in the conference semis, I haven't gotten the impression that he's particularly effective, but I don't watch the Timbers religiously, so I may be missing something.)
That was nuts.OH MY GOD. What an almost insane end to that one.
Portland @ Columbus
It's very early, but NOAA currently says the high in Columbus next Sunday will be 50, which would be excellent. That SKC game was played in 20 degree conditions, the coldest MLS match ever played.That was nuts.
To be fair, I think that in most leagues that RBNY goal would have been disallowed because BWP impeded Clark, and then BWP looked offside on that last chance that he headed off the post, but still...that was exciting as hell.
Now I'm thinking back to the final 2 years ago, when SKC hosted and the game was a giant crapfest because it was played in freezing cold weather on a rock-hard field. Hope we manage to get better conditions for a more entertaining final in Columbus, but I'm not counting on it. Entertaining conference final series, in any case.
Milano with the dagger, fantastic goal. That was nasty.
“The Comeback of the Year thing embarrasses me,” Melia told reporters earlier this week during Sporting Kansas City's end-of-season media day. “I don't know what I came back from.”
I don't know Miami at all, but the site is fairly close to downtown and near a MetroRail stop. There still could be regulatory and/or political shenanigans but acquiring the site is a concrete step."Miami Beckham United has secured a stadium development site at 650 Northwest 8th Street in the City of Miami's historic Overtown neighborhood," Miami Beckham United said in a statement. "We intend to create an assemblage of private and County-controlled land totaling approximately 9 acres in Miami's urban core, within walking distance of multiple public transit options and the up-and-coming Miami River District. The private properties, which comprise the majority of the land, are under contract and we intend to purchase the County land at fair market value pending approval of our site by the MLS Board of Governors."
Not that drunk. Buy I've been smiling since the final whistle. And I cried several times.I can only imagine that steeplechase is really drunk right now. Congrats to the Timbers.