Portland Timbers Third Kit Unveiling Pictures and Notes, Plus Other Juicy Bits
by Geoff Gibson on Dec 6, 2011 12:53 PM PST
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PrintSo you guys have already seen the new third kit. Personally, I'm very impressed not only with the design (which we already had an idea of anyways) but with the way they went about making the kit. But more on that a little bit below...
First some pictures! You guys have already seen all the pictures from the official Timbers site and the store I'm sure, but I've gone ahead and took some of my own. I tried to get all of the possible areas of interest with regards to the kit.
Also for those of you who prefer Imgur I've uploaded them there as well:
You guys will probably notice that some of these pictures were taken from outside the event, namely, my home. The Timbers organization were awesome enough to give me one to take home and keep. Luckily for you guys I'm of the mind that one should always repay awesomeness with more awesomeness, therefor you should expect to see this being offered up via a contest soon.
Some quick notes on the actual kit and package.
- The package is very impressive. The box is sturdy and made out of recycled material. Very impressive! This is a collector's dream packaging.
- The kits are indeed made in Portland and are made out of 100% recycled material.
- It does indeed come with the scarf that's also made of recycled material. Very retro.
- The authentics are available now. Replicas will be available early next year.
There's been some huhbub over the price which is fairly expensive, but since it's made in Portland supporting our local economy I can 100% get behind it.
Also worth noting is that Merritt Paulson let me know that this third kit is NOT intended to only be used for friendlies as some teams do. In fact, he commented that head coach John Spencer wanted to play them for the home opener against Philly, although that to be determined at a later date. Still, it's exciting that we'll be able to see this outside the occasional friendly.
Oh and one more, slightly off topic note, as we were all being ushered into the Key bank Club for the event I noticed a training session was going on. I figured it was just a bunch of trialist and didn't get a chance to take a picture. According to Merritt that training session was put together for a single player exclusively for him. He wouldn't tell who it was, but it's quite exciting nonetheless.
Also on that note, a little bird told me to expect a player announcement as soon as tomorrow. I'm not confirming this. I'm not saying it's going to happen. All I'm saying is that's what I heard. If it doesn't then don't blame me, I'm just sharing the tid bits of info I get.
Finally, yes I will be giving away this Limited Edition authentic retro kit with scarf and box. Details will be arranged soon and hopefully we can do it so that whoever wins gets it as a Christmas present courtesy of the Timbers organization, by way of giving it to me. Seriously I can't tell you how awesome these guys are.
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Grrrr
wish I would have gone now! Then I would have got one!
Our FO rocks!
I wonder who the training session was for……
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Geoffrey vindicating Geoff
http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2011/12/timbers_could_announce_player.html
The Timbers could announce the signing of a player as early as Wednesday.
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According to the internets... Edwin Movil was the dude they had a training session for.
MLS Rumors will post just about anything, as they are a rumors sight, but at least it is something.
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
Site, not Sight.
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
If so, he's doing some globetrotting
I’ve learned Chico is in the middle of quarterfinal, but is it contested due to the Asst Ref getting injured mid-game. First leg was suspended, Chico then got penalized a loss, and now the second leg is being played, perhaps.
The next game is December 8th.
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
Yeah, I've been trying to track down a match report
Looks like he played the full 90 on Saturday.
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Bloody Hard to track it down
Took me forever to find one.
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I really dig it
I like my Rose City Red but this proves that the Timbers have the best Kits in the league.
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Epic Fail
Kits look okay. But 70s retro is old hat. It screams, “we’re too sentimental for a past that wasn’t as good as our selective memory thinks it was.” I’m all for remembering the NASL days, but this overdoes it. The third kit should encourage looking forward, not backwards.
I’m not fooled by the “made local” and “recycled material” marketing gimmick either. Charging $175 (not including “discounts”) and going with an exclusivity thing is not the way to promote local business or sustainability… or the club. To compound it the “cheap” replicas are not available until 2012, aka “after the holidays”. So if you were thinking of the third kit as a holiday gift, well, pony up mother fu$ker or you can just wait. I’ll pass.
But 1000 people will plunk down their credit cards and spend with cheer. Then they’ll walk around the stadium with their expensive and “authentic” retro third kits – that will be cliche’ by 2013 or sooner – then pat themselves on the back for being “local” and for wearing “recyclable materials”, while the replica kit folks are snickered at.
Meh.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 1:25 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
2,012 limited edition kits.
The rest will be those $70 replicas.
Not everyone is going to have to plunk down 175 smackers.
The fact that they also got the kit sponsor to agree to the font change is highly remarkable.
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I think you missed my point
Hey Geoff, if you’re giving away the kit then give it to me. I’ll donate it to Goodwill immediately.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 1:41 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Tells us how you really feel
lol
I think this kit is really polarizing, 45% love it and 45% hate it, while the other 10% just say “Hey, I ordered a Cheesburger!”
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The cheeseburger crowd always grows with time
But our collective love of The Far Side will never wane.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 6, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I love Gary Larsen
His knowledge of the Science world and how to make fun of it was truly impressive.
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You're entitled to your own opinion
But I find it hard to say that it being made locally and out of 100% recycled material is a bad thing. Yes, the price is high, but this is a limited edition run.
Also, I for one am very happy to see a retro third kit amongst a host of teams that prefer to put our eye sores (ala Seattle). I don’t think it’s over doing it at all. The first and secondary kits were and still are very forward thinking. For those fans who were around during the NASL this is a nice throwback.
Let those people enjoy it.
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by Geoff Gibson on Dec 6, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Kits should be donated to Goodwill
and Timbers should start over with it. Nothing against locally made or recycled material itself, but expensive exclusivity is not the way to go with it in my opinion.
That said, knowing they of won’t start over, those 2012 authentic kits sold had better lead to a quality player and some additional community service that helps people who really need it , e.g. not some random military family or just planting trees.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 2:25 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
There are a whole bunch of ridiculously expensive seats at Jeld-Wen
They will sell every single one of those limited edition kits because there are at least a couple thousand people in Portland who make more money than we do and will buy them, just as there are a couple thousand people who pay a premium to sit on the stadium’s east side or in the luxury boxes. I’m not justifying it, and I don’t like it, but expensive exclusivity is part of the business.
The Timbers organization does way more than most teams to keep the best parts of its organization accessible to the masses, and the Timbers Army’s counter culture identity fits into that more than any other supporters group would with their teams. But it’s still a business and the folks running it are capitalists. The extra cash they earn will likely pad the team’s profits (which the investors will like because the merch didn’t make as much money in 2011 as they had projected).
Some teams do the soccer equivalent of burning down the Muppet Theater to make an extra buck. I too hope for more from the Timbers, but I do give them credit for honoring the team’s history, using recycled materials and keeping much of the money in the local economy.
By the way, I consider Goodwill to be an evil corporation as well. I’d donate them to a local women’s shelter or migrant camp.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 6, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I found a cool Harris Tweed for $8 at Goodwill
Timbers merchandise sales less than expected because most merch was underwhelming.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
and the army stuff is better and cheaper
That’s another reason I love the front office. Even though they know they’re losing revenue, they haven’t tried to put the merch van out of business. So far.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 6, 2011 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
No Pity Van out-competing them
And it’s mobile. If Timbers tried to get rid of it, the van would just move to new location while the TA stormed Jeld-Wen with pitchforks and torches.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
It's the scarfs that make the van
The TA has a monopoly on those regardless of what the team does, so there’s no real reason to alienate the TA over something they couldn’t sell anyway.
Hopefully, anyway.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
To put it another way,
2,012 people will buy any old limited edition crap that comes along, with or without the history lesson or any interest whatsoever in the local economy. Those poor rich bastards are paying hundreds of dollars for what amounts to a plain white polo shirt with a couple of antiquated corporate logos, voluntarily allowing themselves to be brainwashed by Portland elitist propaganda about recycled materials and Timbers legendarium. They’re the ones getting bamboozled here, while the rest of us can support our fandom by stocking up on $15 away legends tee shirts.
Suckers.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 6, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Look at it this way
This thread could have been really dull today. Stuff like, “Hey, cool kits! Isn’t Paulson great? I love me some Timbers!” which is pretty much all you’ll read on Twitter 80% of the time.
BTW, I still love me some Timbers and I still think Paulson is great.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think anyone here thinks doubts your fandom
But you did come off as a tad extreme. Personally, I have no problem with wringing as much money out of the fans who can afford it as possible. Especially with the Timbers, as unlike some other teams, they have shown a willingness to invest that money in the on field product. If letting rich people pay a 1600% markup(or whatever it is) on jerseys helps pay for scouting trips to find guys like Chara, I’m all for it. There isn’t a real shortage of cheaper gear, especially with the TA stuff available. If you disagree, that’s cool, but demanding the front office dump all of the stuff and start from scratch was a bit much.
Side question (just out of curiosity), what is your opinion on the exclusive areas of the 107ist online store?
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
107ist a voluntary membership organization
But I think you can buy just about any TA merchandise at the No Pity Van.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 7, 2011 12:24 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Sorry for the misunderstanding
And I was just curious. I don’t get up to Portland very much, so I’m not too familiar with what the van carries vs. the store.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
Apology not accepted. You're banished. Forever.
Just kidding.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 7, 2011 8:58 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Please tell me you have never bought a replica jersey for any team in any sport ever in the history of your sports fandom
Because what you describe is pretty much the way all replica shirt sales go. Those things cost about $10 in materials to make, and they sell for anywhere from $60-300 depending on the sport. So if you’re enraged at this one, you should probably be enraged at all of them, and probably better not buy a replica Timbers jersey or any other team’s jersey ever, because at heart they are all just a cash-grab for the team that’s selling them.
(yes, I own a few replica jerseys, both soccer and baseball)
by pdb on Dec 6, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
All other replica sales for other teams are held until after the holidays, so they can first sell a limited number of very overpriced “authentics” with faux feel good stuff like “local” attached?
Anyway, that’s beside the point. I couldn’t care less about the authentic/replica sales model all teams use. I just don’t like how the Timbers did it this time, especially the golf club style exclusivity thing.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
No
but all other teams sell hideously overpriced jerseys because they know people will buy them. I would not be at all surprised if Adidas were primarily responsible for all the exclusivity/gimmicks/stupid crap anyway, teams cede most of the control of their merch to adidas/nike/whoever else these days anyway.
by pdb on Dec 6, 2011 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
The vid at the Timbers website points to adidas bringing up the 100% recycled material stuff
See Merritt’s quick interview.
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And to his credit, Merritt almost squashed the "Made in Portland" because of costs
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@shawnlevy it was an issue for me. Almost killed made in pdx because of it. Figured replicas at $70 should rectify
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
adidas
For the most part I like their kits better than Nike’s. Just not this one. And recyclable materials and made in Portland doesn’t have to be so pricey, does it?
Anyway, beating a dead horse here.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Sports merchandise in all sports is as expensive as the market will bear
Adidas charges as much as Adidas can get, recycled and locally made or not.
by pdb on Dec 6, 2011 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Ding. Da da ta da da, da da.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 7, 2011 8:53 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Edit fail
Don’t proof read my comments. It’s all hit and run commenting. By the way, a real rant from me would be worse.
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by yepyou'reright on Dec 6, 2011 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
I like the kits. Their drastically different than our regular ones and I LOVE that the secondary crest is on it. As for the pricing, I don’t really care. If the team makes some extra money, good. If someone is deterred from buying the jersey because of the price, no big deal, the special editions will sell out no problem.
It looks a lot better to me with the shorts and socks
I’m still not wild about it, but it’s fine. I do love some of the elements.
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Funny
The Trailblazers are starting up their pre-season camp and yet I am 1000% more excited about the Timber’s signing happening this week than anything the Blazers end up doing.
As far as the jersey goes, I am not a huge fan of predominately white kits, but I am happy that the Timbers released it for folks that are interested. Me; you can pry my Rose City red jersey out of my cold dead hands.
by Dharmabum on Dec 6, 2011 8:12 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
Me too
I could lose my house, my job and if someone offered me money for my Rose City Red I would not give it up.
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Agreed.
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by William Conwell on Dec 6, 2011 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn't sure at first, collars aren't really my thing
But I’m sold, especially with the secondary crest. It’s a nice, clean, classic look. Now if only I wasn’t a broke college student….
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
Cheaper replicas coming soon
There’s hope for all us broke peeps
Blazers win!
by The X-man on Dec 7, 2011 1:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm a fan of the solid white look.
Other than that, I’m almost completely ambivalent to unis. They may look crappy/great but its what you see in the highlight reels that matters. They could go down the Flounders or UO NCAAF road and I’d be a little off-put, but if we beat the hell out of Seattle wearing neon chartreuse I definitely wouldn’t give a damn.
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I'm sort of indifferent on the new kit
Sorta like it, kinda not. That said, it’ll probably end up growing on me.
Now that thats out of the way…… SIGNING SOMEONE TOMORROWW???? Now there’s something thats going to make me stick by the computer all day.
I JUST WANT MY BASKETBALL BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Sean in Vancouver on Dec 6, 2011 9:20 PM PST reply actions
Rumor is:
Movil and Valencia are on there way to PTFC.
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Which by the way
I called Movil :P Before anyone else and if turns out I will be one happy camper and if it doesn’t I will just say I took a stab in the dark…
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Nice call
It’s an interesting pickup, for sure. Does anyone know how many international slots that leaves the team? I want to say one, but I the Green Card situation has been fluid recently.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
Well
If the Timbers have 2-4 players getting green cards that would put our internationals at around 5 I think. We traded 1 away which means we would have 7 total for the year. sign those 2 and I think we have 0, maybe 1 depending on the amount of green cards.
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Thanks for looking that up.
I know Merritt mentioned a few guys weren’t far off from their Green Cards, but I wasn’t sure how likely it was they would have them in time.
Oklahoma State will beat LSU in the National Title game by more than 7 points.
I had a feeling
Merritt’s reactions to your educated guess was partially motivated by a desire to throw people off that scent.
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by Andrew Wheeler on Dec 6, 2011 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Attacking midfielder = good.
Here is a team that has quickly identified last season’s weaknesses (a major disconnect between the midfield and forwards) and is aggressively taking action to improve the team. I am very excited, and I can’t wait to see if these two rumors become fact or not.
so....... Timbers should play more aggressively next season?
I JUST WANT MY BASKETBALL BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Sean in Vancouver on Dec 6, 2011 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yes and no
They should play quicker down the wings with better pace/skill
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quicker/more agressive, tomato/tomoto
(i’ve never spelled that word before….)
anyways, in my novice opinion, it should lead to faster play and more goals scored, which is good to me
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by Sean in Vancouver on Dec 7, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Gotcha
I totally understand the synonym aspect of what you are saying. Yes Spencer wants to attack more, in fact he brought over Ajax from Holland just to see the vaunted 4-3-3 which is a fluid “total Football” attack.
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