The Portland Timbers earned an impressive 3-1 road game victory against the Real Salt Lake last night. Last Sunday night here in Portland, though, was a different story...
Until last Sunday, Kathy and I hadn't brought Lena along with us to a Timbers game since a couple seasons ago. The last time Lena watched the Portland Timbers play the Vancouver Whitecaps, a few things were different: Lena was only 11 months old, the now Providence Park had recently made the change from PGE Park to Jeld-Wen Stadium, the refs were vigilant, and the Timbers were victorious.
Before we get to the more recent game from last Sunday, here are a couple throwback photos from our 2013 Warner Pacific alumni night (link) at PGE Park:
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| Warner Pacific grads Amy, Garth, and 15-20 others cheered along with baby Lena (on Daddy's lap) for the Timbers |
Fast forwarding to this past week, the Portland Timbers were beat 4-3 by the Vancouver Whitecaps in the latest Cascadia Cup rivalry on Sunday. The www.mlssoccer.com game recap is here.
After I got home from work, we dropped off our 4 1/2 month old Levi at a friends' house and headed for the MAX train with Lena.
"A twain! Daddy, c'mon!": Click this Vine video above for audio
The view of the field from our seats was pretty good, near the jubilant Timbers Army section. I tried throughout the game to explain to Lena what was happening and who was handling the ball.
Thanks to some dirty plays by the Whitecaps and some controversial (read: horrific) missed calls by the refs, the mood of the crowd was a bit more intense than normal. Lena got a little freaked out and spent much of the game hiding been our legs.
It didn't help that we were sitting in the "angry" section.
Sitting in the angry section also meant that the frequent use of obscene hand gestures (and even a fight) around us rendered many of my best pictures inappropriate for this blog. Some things are a little difficult to Photoshop out of a picture.
But hostility didn't rule the entire evening. Here's a Vine video of the crowd exploding after the second Timbers goal of the night:
Timbers GOAL!!
And of course, our mighty Timbers transformed last Sunday's unfair loss into a distant memory last night on the road in Salt Lake City. In contrast to the travesty that Lena witnessed last weekend vs. the Whitecaps, it was nice to see the refs stay on top of things.
A happy Timbers Army is a happy world. RCTID!!
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