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Here for soccer along with Portland stuff, politics, economics, etc. #RCTID #BAONPDX

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I was not expecting to get invested in this game but after the red card I was locked in

11.03.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lmao, Monterrey pissed away that lead

11.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive getting to spend time today talking with Ade Coker about this match, West Ham, Clive Charles, and Clyde Bestβ€”and the upcoming documentary about Best’s story. #RCTID

11.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MLS’s Polymarket deal looks even worse after players’ gambling bans | Leander Schaerlaeckens With its credibility swaying in the wake of a betting scandal, the very last thing the league needed was to be in business with a prediction platform

In late January, Major League Soccer announced a partnership with Polymarket, where you can now bet on the league's games.

42 days later, it handed lifetime suspensions to two players who had bet on their own MLS games, a case being investigated since October...

Yikes.

Column @theguardian.com

10.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Timbers Takeaways: Whitecaps Whiteout III Takeaways (mostly pointing out bad and disappointing things) from the third edition of "The Timbers get blasted by the Whitecaps at Providence Park"

In the wake of the threequel that Portland didn’t want to see, what can we take away from Saturday night?

Come for the spicy Phil Neville quotes, stay for Eric Izoita’s joyous mother #RCTID

10.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from Timbers training. Juan Mosquera, Antony, and Alex Bonetig are training on the side. Cole Bassett is inside the facility during drills. David Da Costa and Jose Caicedo are active participants. #RCTID

10.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it time for FW Ari Lassiter to be in the starting lineup? #RCTID

"Every time he comes onto the pitch there's more service into the box, the Timbers are getting into more dangerous positions."

Full Timbers vs Whitecaps review πŸ‘‰ creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

10.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great discussion of Neville and the Timbers lack of consistent identity/patterns of play in the first segment.

#RCTID

10.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If our chief vibes officer can improve Mentality, perhaps Portland can increase its POWER in Houston.

(Although Texas is weirdly a low POWER state for the Timbers.)

10.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal officers barred from unleashing indiscriminate force on ICE protesters in Portland

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

10.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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I made a gift link for this. Simon Kuper is always worth reading, and this time he’s talking to the American people.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

10.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Jesse Marsh of LLMs

10.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree. His shoulder was injured from Leagues Cup on. His stats before then were much better. So there’s still potential

10.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Feels like an OK time to mention that the Guardian does not take ad money from sports betting companies and we just hired three of the best U.S. soccer journalists around.

09.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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"Who Could've Foreseen This?!" States Official MLS Betting App β€” The Nutmeg News INTERNET - The official Major League Soccer (MLS) betting application registered their shock and dismay at two players being banned for life from the league for betting on MLS games as they stated, β€œw...

"Who Could've Foreseen This?!" States Official MLS Betting App

www.thenutmegnews.com/current/2026...

09.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah Issued Lifetime Suspensions from MLS for Betting on MLS Matches | MLSSoccer.com NEW YORK (March 9, 2026) – Major League Soccer has issued lifetime suspensions to Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah, neither of whom is currently under contract with an MLS club, forΒ violating the MLS Gamb...

every single reaction I've seen to this being something along the lines of: "This update brought to you by DraftKings. Use code YEBOAH to unlock $50 in free bets" is why I love MLS.

09.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This release is brought to you by Draft Kings, the official win probability sponsor of MLS

09.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As Tim Geithner likes to say, plan beats no plan. So I guess the strategy is whatever Israel is trying to achieve until we actively decouple from that.

09.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Phil Neville on the hot seat πŸ”₯πŸ‘€?

The Portland Timbers have not looked good to start the MLS season (and didn’t end last year great either), but who’s more to blame, the talent or the coach?

@empiregass.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social

09.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 5

I’d suggest Instagram. You can find the video there. 🫑

09.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this. Pep reliving the glory days of picking apart zonal defending

09.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thomas MΓΌller: Tolle Geste mitten im Spiel! MΓΌller brilliert ohne Tor, lenkt Aufregung im Publikum um und sichert Vancouver den Erfolg in der MLS.

Good news: The Timbers have made the German media.

Bad news: It's because Thomas MΓΌller diplomatically tamped down the celebration on the fourth Whitecaps goal.

#RCTID
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09.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If you want to see footage of 23 red cards being earned, Graham has you covered

09.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#RCTID

09.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Other than that, mrs Lincoln, how was the play?

09.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Long term view of MLS home field advantage across history from @eliotmckinley.com (a must follow).

The home field advantage decline happened starting 2015/16: which is when TAM was introduced. It allowed more aggressive teams to invest more, hence reducing a bit of parity.

09.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Armchair Analyst: Nashville's continuing evolution, NYCFC's catalyst & more from Matchday 3

Including a Miami team just throwing stuff at the wall & a Cincy side that looks lost both on and off the ball.

tacticsfreezone.ghost.io/nashvilles-c...

09.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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MLS Winners and Losers: San Diego FC’s depth, Real Salt Lake’s youth movement & more Some teams are already looking lost. Others are wowing us. Hop in.

✍️ @Backheeled.com: MLS winners and losers from Matchday 3, including an improbable moment for Wiki Carmona and a ridiculous moment from Gabriel Pec.

09.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should have gone with Izoita

09.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Too much dribble. Too much dependence on crossing

09.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0