Portland Timbers To Close out First Kick Celebration
by Ryan Gates on Dec 6, 2011 10:25 AM PST
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TIMBERS FEATURED NATIONALLY ON ESPN2, TO FACE PHILADELPHIA IN SEASON OPENER
Club to open 2012 MLS season March 12 in marquee match at JELD-WEN Field
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Timbers will play host to the Philadelphia Union in their 2012 season opener at JELD-WEN Field on Monday, March 12, at 6:30 p.m. (PT) in a featured matchup that will be nationally televised live on ESPN2, it was announced today as MLS unveiled national broadcast details for First Kick, presented by Dick's Sporting Goods.
The Timbers' marquee game on March 12, which will mark just the 11th Monday match in MLS history, will also air live on ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.
In total, there will be four nationally televised matches as part of First Kick, with the Portland-Philadelphia contest wrapping up the opening week of the regular season.
The matchups, times and national broadcast information for First Kick are below.
Saturday, March 10 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Montreal Impact at BC Place (3 p.m. PT, TSN and in French on RDS2) (PREVIEW VIDEO)
Sunday, March 11 - FC Dallas vs. New York Red Bulls at Pizza Hut Park (12 noon PT, NBC Sports Network) (PREVIEW VIDEO)
Sunday, March 11 - Chivas USA vs. Houston Dynamo at The Home Depot Center (4 p.m. PT, Galavisión) (PREVIEW VIDEO)
Monday, March 12 - Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union at JELD-WEN Field (6:30 p.m. PT, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes & ESPN3) (PREVIEW VIDEO)
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NBC in Dallas? Hope there is a crowd.
Good match-up for us.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 10:32 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
But its NY!
/sarcasm
They at least get two stars in Henry and Shea. Starts the NBCSN off with some decent teams. and sometimes Dallas can pull the occasional 20,000 crowd
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
Unless Shea is playing somewhere else by then...
By the way, this is awesome.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 6, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Three years as first kick was enough.
Don’t they know there is more to the league than them?
Impact-Whitecaps and Timbers-Union are going to be smashingly good matches.
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
One playoff team among the 4 equals good soccer?
The most recent trophy won by the opening day matchups were by the Timbers regular season D2 and the Impact in the NCC?
Punctuation was used with purpose. The matches aren’t great and they lack the Sounders. It isn’t that they aren’t great because they lack the Sounders
I am not a Supporter | I am not a Fan | I am a Sounder
Sounder At Heart
Not to be nitpicky
Especially with my own well documented grammar issues, but are you sure that a comma was the right choice there? I got what you meant after reading the thread, but I thought the exact same thing when I read the headline.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
I did not want first kick
last year because it meant no Arlo. This year I want as many national NBC games for the sounders because he is the NBC announcer.
Selfish for personal reasons
but not reasons that will make me disagree.
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
Ya know, I still thank my lucky stars we even have a TEAM!
It looked really close to insolvency if we stayed D2.
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
I know
If we didn’t move up to the MLS we would be in PDL 2….. or something like that.
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It was MLS or bust
Really like the match-up. Timbers/Philly games were good this year. Monday night sounds like fun. Should be a good advert for the league. Can’t wait!
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Sounders fans are going to go nuts on the MLS site
When is the full schedule released? I’m going to plan a couple away trips.
volatilelyle.com
Same here
Since I don’t have season tickets, I plan to hit the road next year with the TA more and lend my voice to the away support. I’ll still go to a couple of home games obviously but going to the road games with the Army’s a pretty special experience.
Sounder at Heart immediately wrote complaint
Despite having First Kick last year and it being very likely they’ll get plenty of national TV games this year. Thought of “trolling for the good of the league”, but decided Timbers third kit more important.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 11:50 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Didn't they complain about being on first kick last year?
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Not you, necessarily, but I do recall rather a bit of complaining...
Mostly after the game. About being matched up against LA. And about losing again during first kick.
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
IIRC, it was the Galaxy/Red Bulls in short order
Granted, that’s part of the point of First Kick, to put some of the big teams out and get them exposure.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
Obviously that's not the case this year
by K61 on Dec 7, 2011 5:55 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Seattle is 2-1 during First Kick
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Sounder At Heart
Yeah, the "again" bit was not accurate.
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
I can get behind this.
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by William Conwell on Dec 7, 2011 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
I really don't hold SoH in the same light as the MLS/facebook Sounders (dumb)masses
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by almost awesome on Dec 6, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I fixed your post
Sounders (dumb)asses
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Let me clarify
I meant everyone else except those at SaH.
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Yep
I believe it was something like having Sounders and Galaxy on national TV as much as possible is better for MLS. In other words, let’s turn it into a two team league.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
The fact that the Supporters Shield and MLS Cup holders
aren’t on national tv to start the season is a mistake. Nor Seattle, nor Real Salt Lake. The three teams with the best records over the last three years aren’t on TV. The 4th team (the Crew) aren’t on TV.
I am not a Supporter | I am not a Fan | I am a Sounder
Sounder At Heart
Yeah
I think this has something to do with it. Van-Montreal will be great, but Montreal Toronto made a tad more sense for a kickoff game. Toronto is in CCL though. MLS has a record of being accommodating to teams that pursue CCL, and this probably has something to do with the fact that MLS doesn’t want a bunch of showcase games that feature subs, or that cost teams the opportunity to field their best side in CCL.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
I think
Sounders and galaxy both make for good TV. But I am equally happy seeing Portland there too. All three make good TV.
Quick Video on the MLS website about the game
http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos?id=21395
A little meh, but the game should be good.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
Hilarity ensues, c/o SaH
Sometimes twitter can be fun.
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That hash tag was hilarious last night
But at the end of the day it sucked, because the Free Dental and Free College you get for starting a Twitter trend Lacks Sounders.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 7, 2011 9:05 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
A small price to pay for the smiting
of one’s enemies.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 7, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
Free BMW 4 losing weight OMG!
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 7, 2011 10:11 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I Laughed so hard last night
I told my wife about the hash tag and she just looked at me and rolled her eyes…
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My wife does the same thing
I showed it to her and had to explain what a hashtag is. We had a similar conversation last week when I pasted trollface on her Facebook page, and had to then explain what an internet meme was after she asked why I posted the weird face.
by chrisperry1983 on Dec 7, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
and the #lacksounders was hilarious. I was lolling. You win this round, Portland.
by chrisperry1983 on Dec 7, 2011 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
I swear
Those exact same conversations have gone on in my house…. lol
Great now I am thinking of the enemy is not so different from me! Curse you Perry the Platypus! (I don’t know why but that is my favorite show to watch with my son)
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