The return of the Portland Tie-bers. 6 on the year, no one else has more than 4. After a break in programming next Tuesday where we can't tie (so will probably lose), see you back in a week.
Substantially better than I expected us to play tonight. Not amazing, but I thought we were going to get torn apart tonight after seeing the lineup. Kudos to the guys who stepped up from the B squad tonight, playing like they want that job. GG NY, game felt like it could have tilted either way most of the game. Hopefully it’s not another 3 years before we see you again.
It's really great that we managed to get a result...er, at *home*. Hopefully we'll be able to get three back at our fortress... *on the road.*
Huh. This season is all kinds of upside down.
Also, what up with the biased thread title? New Jersey? What, no "Pink Cows" too? This the MLS reddit, not the Timber's one, WTF?
GG Red Bulls.
A much improved performance from the Timbers.
We haven't played a USOC game since what, 2019? It will be interesting to see if the organization takes Tuesday's match seriously or if the tradition of treating the open cup as an inconvenience/joke of a competition continues. (Hint: given the COVID and the injuries the latter is far more likely.)
True, maybe not caring about Open Cup was a John Spencer/Caleb Porter thing as opposed to an organizational thing? Can't remember what year the LAFC match was.
I suppose the point is that it's been a long time since we played in the USOC and I'm curious to see the approach, especially given the state of the roster.
Well he gave a free kick close to our goal a bit ago because Bonilla touched a Red Bull player in the back and he went down easy. So I heavily disagree.
Early in the season when he came on he changed up the game immediately. The last few times he’s been a ghost. He barely got a touch and we he did, he did nothing. I love the guy, he’s our best player but he’s seems in a bit of a funk.
I guess it’s fine when Red Bull players go through the back of Timbers but if a timbers players goes through he’ll give a dangerous free kick opportunity.
I gotta say, I watched Zach Ryan play against Hartford in the Open Cup and came away thinking he was the worst player to suit up in the 26-year history of the club.
Good luck, kid! Just be slightly better than Branco!
Thankfully he hasn’t been asked to make a really important decision because he’s been a little sub par in my opinion. Not bad though, so above average for most PRO refs.
I'm really torn on the 5 subs to be honest. I get that there probably needs to be a little more lenience for injuries but it breaks up the rhythm of the game so much.
I honestly don't know why Zac stopped getting minutes, he was so solid in the back at the start of the season. I do hope Zuparic is okay though, we need the depth if nothing else
Zac stopped getting minutes because Zuparic and Mabiala got healthy.
Zac looked good, but he's the 4th stringer. He's played for T2 a couple times this year, and I think he'll probably swing between the first team and T2 a lot, along with Rasmussen and Bonilla.
I second this motion.
I have confidence in all 4 of our main CBs, but it seems like once or twice a half the other team plays a dangerous ball only for Zuparic to come out of nowhere and either sweep the ball away or make a key tackle.
Everybody chill out with these out-of-conference games. I haven't seen the Timbers since opening night and I haven't watched the Sounders at all this year. I apologize for forgetting both Portland and Seattle have brothers.
Looked it up. Chris and Sean Henderson (96-98) played at the same time as Alexi and Greg Lalas (97). I don’t think they ever played against one another.
I thought the [Feral Kid](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/00/eb/a2/00eba24204eb83c818d8ab6cb27e1e9a.jpg) from Mad Max would have been too old by now to play pro soccer, but it turns out he’s playing left back for NYRB with the same haircut
They play on opposite sides. Rasmussen is currently filling in for bravo at left back and would probably be less effective as a right back since he is left footed. Regardless I do like Rasmussen and hope we see him get more minutes.
I'm not sure.
I know he was originally a LW that was converted to LB in college (and that shows, he looks much more comfortable in possession than defending), not sure if he can play on both sides.
He needs someone to put the ball on his foot where he can shoot immediately. Look at that goal, and look at last year.
Anytime he has to bring it down, and make any sort of decision, he's just way to hesitant
You know how you sometimes have team goals with lots of precise, clean, one-touch passing leading to a tap-in? That was not one of those goals. But it's still a goal.
Also, little context if you missed it. He’s been living in Portland and training with the team for a few years now, but didn’t get officially signed until this past offseason
Timbers winning a game challenge (impossible)
The return of the Portland Tie-bers. 6 on the year, no one else has more than 4. After a break in programming next Tuesday where we can't tie (so will probably lose), see you back in a week.
Substantially better than I expected us to play tonight. Not amazing, but I thought we were going to get torn apart tonight after seeing the lineup. Kudos to the guys who stepped up from the B squad tonight, playing like they want that job. GG NY, game felt like it could have tilted either way most of the game. Hopefully it’s not another 3 years before we see you again.
Agree
We will go into Philly on Saturday either 1st or 2nd in the East but the RBA form is getting so frustrating.
It's really great that we managed to get a result...er, at *home*. Hopefully we'll be able to get three back at our fortress... *on the road.* Huh. This season is all kinds of upside down. Also, what up with the biased thread title? New Jersey? What, no "Pink Cows" too? This the MLS reddit, not the Timber's one, WTF?
This is a Western opponent, so they think they're being original.
the team from New York beat us. You’re New Jersey
Also, that's fine and adorable on r/Timbers or whatever, but this is r/MLS. The club is New York Red Bulls.
I didn’t make it. just joking about why I don’t find it offensive.
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaps you guys are lucky that all the obvious jokes about your club are way too dark to use in this thread
Honestly will take that result. Didn't look horrible, especially in 1st half. I lowkey think we have a sneaky good defense too. GG NJ ❤️
GG Red Bulls. A much improved performance from the Timbers. We haven't played a USOC game since what, 2019? It will be interesting to see if the organization takes Tuesday's match seriously or if the tradition of treating the open cup as an inconvenience/joke of a competition continues. (Hint: given the COVID and the injuries the latter is far more likely.)
We beat LAFC in an Open Cup match one of those years IIRC so maybe they will take it seriously who knows 🤔
Everyone forgets the 7/Eleven Red Card Wedding.
True, maybe not caring about Open Cup was a John Spencer/Caleb Porter thing as opposed to an organizational thing? Can't remember what year the LAFC match was. I suppose the point is that it's been a long time since we played in the USOC and I'm curious to see the approach, especially given the state of the roster.
Pretty sure it was the first year they had Vela and were tearing up the league, so 2018?
GG Red Bulls
Tie is better than I expected, we scored a goal, and a lot of the guys looked more determined than recently, so I'm happy
Not the result I wanted but I will take it over the last 3 games
Positive signs, but I am whelmed.
Good game Red Bull.
Blanco has had no impact.
Arguably a negative one! At least Moreno had speed.
7 minutes added on for this one, only 6 for the game in Chicago. The mind boggles.
These announcers aren’t good. The ref literally said add a minute
I wish BWP had been in the booth the whole game. Best part of their broadcast for sure.
I thought I heard Ridgey say they added a minute
They’re probably listening to the RB broadcast team
Yeah ESPN+ has NY announcers
Ooooooh.
Oh no, he just got back
lol how's that a foul based on the calls the rest of this game?
He’s been okay, but slightly biased to the home team IMO.
I don't think he's been biased all. Pretty much letting just about anything go
Well he gave a free kick close to our goal a bit ago because Bonilla touched a Red Bull player in the back and he went down easy. So I heavily disagree.
He’s been pretty good overall. No clear mistakes imo
Yimmy Chara knocks you over you're flopping.
It’s the only critique I have for this guy. He’s allowed a little more physicality for the Red Bulls.
Yimmi Chara knocks over *your CB,* I have questions
Nyrb commentators can't pronounce a Spanish name to save their lives
They butchered Gio’s name so bad I almost didn’t know who they were talking about.
Was at the game and didnt hear it, but our guys all know him personally, from long before he was with you.
I had it on mute for the first 70'. Gonna have to put it back
"Chair-eh?"
To be fair, Cangialosi comes from a sport with a Chara
Are you saying I've been pronouncing that guy's name wrong when I joke that we should sign him?
LOHR-ee-uh
This has been a sloppy half of soccer.
The first 15 minutes of the half were pretty good.
Star Wars night? How many Wookies are in the crowd?
Interesting to see RB players still going down and asking for a foul when this ref hasn't called much at all this game
That's an uninspired substitution...
Mabiala has been ass
Noticeably slow
Cool if see a few Ayala minutes.
Wish granted
Bingham almost showing why he no longer has a starting job in MLS
Lol that ball was clearly out on the sideline.
It feels tactical shitposting that we loaned a kid from Stoke and his whole deal is doing long throws as set pieces.
This is another game where Blanco hasn’t provided a huge spark off the bench.
He's been on for like 10 minutes, what exactly are you expecting here?
Early in the season when he came on he changed up the game immediately. The last few times he’s been a ghost. He barely got a touch and we he did, he did nothing. I love the guy, he’s our best player but he’s seems in a bit of a funk.
I think they wanted a spark off the bench from him.
Floppin' Red Bulls
Where tf was his help??? He had a great breakaway. But nobody was up there
Man if we could get one late that would be really something. Manifesting that for our Timber bros.
I guess it’s fine when Red Bull players go through the back of Timbers but if a timbers players goes through he’ll give a dangerous free kick opportunity.
I gotta say, I watched Zach Ryan play against Hartford in the Open Cup and came away thinking he was the worst player to suit up in the 26-year history of the club. Good luck, kid! Just be slightly better than Branco!
Do you not remember Buckmaster? And he was playing over a guy who was at the World Cup
I gotta be honest, I thought Rece Buckmaster was nothing special in an average way. Did not see him as the affront to humanity others did.
It was more that it was apparent that they needed to sign a replacement for him in the summer window but just didn’t.
A lot of this game reminds me of U10s. Bunch of people in a small area just randomly kicking at the ball
CCJ showing off tonight why he needs a trade within the league or just a sale to a mid-level European league. Square peg in a round hole.
I like that the “bad guy from an ‘80s teen movie” hair is back in style
Is Tolkin Aussie?
The Australian province of Chatham, New Jersey
I guess not. Is he a homegrown then?
Yep, academy kid
I'm just gonna say it. I like this ref. He's been good all game.
Thankfully he hasn’t been asked to make a really important decision because he’s been a little sub par in my opinion. Not bad though, so above average for most PRO refs.
Wondering if anyone dressed in Star Trek gear for this like those dudes who show up at Ren fairs.
On the upside is don’t have to hear the RB announcer say Zoo Par Rich.
Can I interest you in a LOReea, instead?
Did Gio kiss Blanco's head before he wen ton?
Wouldn’t you?
I'd add in a bed tuck and some milk and cookies for that cute mf
I'm really torn on the 5 subs to be honest. I get that there probably needs to be a little more lenience for injuries but it breaks up the rhythm of the game so much.
I mean, there's still only 3 substitution windows, so it's not like teams can stop the game on 5 separate occasions.
Tuiloma and Blanco, let's go
It’s Tuiloma time
Oh geez, I know Bill and Zac played well at the start of the season, but Zuparic is so good. Really hope this is just cramps.
I honestly don't know why Zac stopped getting minutes, he was so solid in the back at the start of the season. I do hope Zuparic is okay though, we need the depth if nothing else
Zac stopped getting minutes because Zuparic and Mabiala got healthy. Zac looked good, but he's the 4th stringer. He's played for T2 a couple times this year, and I think he'll probably swing between the first team and T2 a lot, along with Rasmussen and Bonilla.
Zup is our best back IMO.
I second this motion. I have confidence in all 4 of our main CBs, but it seems like once or twice a half the other team plays a dangerous ball only for Zuparic to come out of nowhere and either sweep the ball away or make a key tackle.
That's a nasty looking bruise on Zuparic's thigh
It’s a mark from cupping
Everybody chill out with these out-of-conference games. I haven't seen the Timbers since opening night and I haven't watched the Sounders at all this year. I apologize for forgetting both Portland and Seattle have brothers.
Lol you're good! I think we just all jumped to respond cause we do love our Chara bros
I think you’re the one overreacting but it’s ok.
Long > other CBs
Brothers vs brothers again? (Albeit briefly…)
Has there been an MLS match before with two sets of brothers on the field?
Looked it up. Chris and Sean Henderson (96-98) played at the same time as Alexi and Greg Lalas (97). I don’t think they ever played against one another.
Seems like the Henderson brothers played against brothers back in the day but I can’t remember who.
Well there's definitely been the Charas against the Roldans with seattle
Pretty much every time Portland (Charras) and Seattle (Roldans) play these days.
Yes. We do play seattle like 20 times every year
We don't! Sorry I asked!
Yes. Seattle has the Roldans so whenever those two teams play.
My bad, totally forgot Alex Roldon existed!
:)
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Red Bulls fans less likely to commit murder tonight
DIEGO CHARA SUPER SUB
That is Long's 12th goal for the club. Only CCJ (13) has more among active players.
Set pieces. We’re going to keep giving up scads of set piece goals, aren’t we? 🤦♂️
There it is :(
Bring on Blanco.
I was just going to ask how many NYRB fans there are on here but that answers my question
YOU TALK ABOUT CHAOS
That was scary
Dammit
Skipper's goal!
This ref is hilarious
In the same way that shitting your pants is funny.
Stop flopping. Embarrassing.
I thought the [Feral Kid](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/00/eb/a2/00eba24204eb83c818d8ab6cb27e1e9a.jpg) from Mad Max would have been too old by now to play pro soccer, but it turns out he’s playing left back for NYRB with the same haircut
And I say fortress in context from 12 years ago…
I heard that too. WTF?
I'm sure others have asked but any reason why it's so empty?
It's rained for two straight days and nobody gives a shit about out-of-conference opponents.
New Jersey ....
just happy to hear we finally got one in the net
Tom Barlow is gonna score 3 goals and be a local hero with St. Louis City next year but this is really starting to get old.
Side note it's criminal that it took 25+ years for St. Louis to get a team.
Small crowd. Is this typical turnout for a RB home match?
Yep this is a pretty typical turnout these days
Bad weather I think.
Oh right, it was raining earlier. I guess that stops some fans from attending.
area around the arena floods a lot
So literally fair weather fans?
I mean it's a red bull franchise. Do you expect die hard fans?
Literally
RBNY bribing people to watch with an app and points?
You mean like the Timbers used to do with the rose city rewards points during the game?
That system was dumb but I did get a couple of signed tickets from the auctions they had. https://imgur.com/a/0SC9CJq
I’m not as down on Van Rankin as most people are but I’m ready to see Rasmussen get more time.
They play on opposite sides. Rasmussen is currently filling in for bravo at left back and would probably be less effective as a right back since he is left footed. Regardless I do like Rasmussen and hope we see him get more minutes.
I mean, same on both points, but they don't play the same position. Rasmussen is an LB, not an RB.
I thought Rasmussen has played both?
I'm not sure. I know he was originally a LW that was converted to LB in college (and that shows, he looks much more comfortable in possession than defending), not sure if he can play on both sides.
As an emergency
Van Rankin IS the emergency! (I kid, I kid.)
He looks promising
Bill wasn’t fouled there? Ok.
Lol BWP saying "I'm gonna go find a bar"
Horseshit kickout from Mabiala there...
He's lucky it didn't connect
Really appreciate it when the broadcasts bring in voices like BWP or Federico Higuain in for a good 10+ minutes with the commentators.
Timbers Broadcast has Liam Ridgewell permanently and I honestly love it despite the fact you can only understand half of what he says
Wull ou yust needa yet youst ta ‘em.
Haha
He was a captain for us...next to non-native English speakers....
Uh... Why is Bingham playing?
Fucking no idea, hasn't let us down so far though
Ivacic is hurt
Geez we suck at home
I maintain that Niezgoda is a quality striker who just doesn't mesh well with our style/ other attacking players.
He's also glacially slow. If he's on the ball there is no player in the league that couldn't track him down and dispossess him.
Agreed. He needs a new home.
He needs someone to put the ball on his foot where he can shoot immediately. Look at that goal, and look at last year. Anytime he has to bring it down, and make any sort of decision, he's just way to hesitant
How does the ref miss that foul on Moreno. Bullshit.
Not sure if I can ask but can Anybody hook me with up a stream please?
Dm me
LETS FUCKING GOOO
Moreno looks like last year Moreno this game. I love it.
Moreno is going places. Creative, energetic... I love it.
You know how you sometimes have team goals with lots of precise, clean, one-touch passing leading to a tap-in? That was not one of those goals. But it's still a goal.
Tha GOD
WE SCORED
Timbers didn't look bad in the first half. But second half, they look so much better.
Feels like a fever dream
I'm happy for Niezgoda.
You're so strange 2022 RBNY
Hey there he is!
Hellllll yeah, after a super awkward time getting it through the midfield, the drought is finally over
Wtf is this what happened to our safety donut on the scoreboard?
It went brrrr
Moreno is so fucking good!!
That was ridiculous
Hey Timbers, when did Bingham become the starter? Just wondering as I hadn't heard from him for what feels like a while since he left us.
Also, little context if you missed it. He’s been living in Portland and training with the team for a few years now, but didn’t get officially signed until this past offseason
whoa. had no clue! How are the fans feeling about him?