Timbers Tid Bits: Roster Locked Edition
by Geoff Gibson on Sep 15, 2011 9:02 AM PDT
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PrintToday, at 5:00 PM EST each MLS team's roster will be officially locked. That means no trading with other MLS teams, no signing free agents. Nothing. The squad club's have after this evening will be the ones they take to the play-offs (if they make it). It's actually kind of interesting that we haven't seen more movements. Typically during this time, teams are frantically signing whoever they can get. This year though, everybody is either content with who they have or teams are choosing instead to begin planning for next season...
We'll see if anything happens today, but just a word to the wise, I wouldn't expect anything from the Timbers.
Enjoy your morning news!
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I wonder if that's why we haven't been seeing him start lately.
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My personal story about Cochrane
played against him often since I was in the same age group as him. My claim to fame was him erroneously trying to play through me as the last defender rather than just clear the ball out. Stripped him of the ball, got 1v1 breakaway and cracked a 15 yard screamer. Only minutes later, in the dying minutes of the game, a ball was rolling to the keeper and both the keep and Ryan hesitated to go for it. I streaked in got a leg in there and poked a slow roller from the top of the 18 into the goal. Bain was furious! We still lost, but the 3-2 loss was better than 3-0 because they dropped points and we got a few. It was tournament time under the 10 point max rules [6 pts for win, 3 pts for tie, 1 pt for each goal up to max of 3, 1 pt for shutout regardless of win/loss, max of 10pts per game].
He also laid me out on a header with an elbow to my neck in that same game. It freaked me out because my entire body below my neck tingled!
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
Fascinating!
I always love hearing stories about people who played with MLS players before they were in MLS.
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by Geoff Gibson on Sep 15, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember playing against both
Ryan Cochrane and Nate Jacqua. I have some stories but it was before I became nice. I also remember that game where Kejsare scored the two goals because I was sitting on the sidelines and when the ball came to me I waited till the last possible moment and then kicked it off the Cochrane’s shins. For the rest of the game all I did was raze him and after the game we almost got in a fight…. It was awesome.
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Are we talking about the same game?
This club game took place at Hillsboro HS.
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
Oh that one
I was talking about the one in Gresham at that small field.
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We tied that game.
Almost pulled out a win against Bain’s team. Would’ve been impressive. Unlike that time I scored two first-half goals against them, but my defense conceded 3 in the second.
Jag kom, jag såg, erövrade jag.
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