portland, seattle’s tijuana
ok first of all, we are testing out a new “coherent rating system”. from time to time i have been known to post a beer fueled post or two. rare? indeed, but it does happen. so to help you decipher my drivel, and to help subdue the grammar police, i am going to institute a beer consumption barometor. the picture to the right should suggest to you that i have had somewhere between 6 or more beers this evening. hopefully it will help you understand, or at least forgive, my logic, spelling and intent.
so, we have a little game tonight eh? what to make of this game? yes, it is just a practice. but if you really believe that, well you are new to this rivalry.
this is portland, seattles tijuana.
i think sigi will treat this as 50% training and 50% must win. he knows the importance of this game to the fans, and losing it…. practice game or not, is not acceptable. the amount of drivel that would spew from their fans would be unberable.
the thing is, i don’t dislike portland as a town. yes, crucify me if you like, but i really like the city. they have good beer, good layout, nice neighborhoods etc. but the timbers fans sure F that up don’t they?
it isn’t that the TA don’t love their team, or love soccer, or love their city…. they do, and i give them credit for that. the problem is, they have such a little brother syndrome, that our success has bugged the crap out of them and they don’t know how to handle it. so as a result, they are just a pain in the ass.
they ask where our fans were in the usl days…. well, we weren’t in tukwila, that is for sure. portland fans underestimate how valuable their DOWNTOWN stadium is. put that in beaverton, or gresham and they numbers would easily be cut in half.
it is unlikely that they will never get 35,000 fans out to a match, even if they had the stadium to do it, but if they ever did, they would say they had a better fan base…. but since they can’t, they will say we are more plastic.
their arguments are filled with 3rd grade logic at best and the really sad thing is they are more concerned about what we do rather than what they do.
but this is why it is fun to have a rivaly right? getting under each others skin is an art and they are the devil no matter what. he he.
so come on portland fans, bring your meth, beanies, bycicle messenger bags and stumptown coffee up I5 and we will see you tonight.
a few videos from last time we met….
our trip down to portland last year for the USOC
