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Legenden om Veldinho

May 13, 2026

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14 min read

Legenden om Veldinho

"A Bit of History Here Today"

Apr 1, 2026

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1 min read

"A Bit of History Here Today"

54 years ago, Clive Charles, Clyde Best, and Ade Coker started for West Ham United—the first time three Black players started for one team in the top league in England.

Announcement: Clyde Best Documentary in Portland June 4 and 5, Aladdin Theater

Mar 12, 2026

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1 min read

Announcement: Clyde Best Documentary in Portland June 4 and 5, Aladdin Theater

Tickets now available for the Portland showings of Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story

It's Here, and It's Beautiful

Mar 5, 2026

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2 min read

It's Here, and It's Beautiful

40 years of Portland's original soccer store and 100 years of 1844 SW Morrison Street come together in the anniversary collection collaboration between Tursi Soccer and Portland-based Grafletics.

Live Timbers Legends Podcast Announcement (adidas Employee Store, 2/24/26)

Feb 18, 2026

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1 min read

Live Timbers Legends Podcast Announcement (adidas Employee Store, 2/24/26)

Meet guests Diego Valeri, Scot Thompson, and Mick Hoban as they join me at the adidas Employee Store for a live taping of the podcast

Season Preview*: All Apologies [5/5]

Feb 13, 2026

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6 min read

Season Preview*: All Apologies [5/5]

On Pelé and Timber Jim Serrill and us

Season Preview*: Red Card Previous Marriages [4/5]

Feb 6, 2026

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3 min read

Season Preview*: Red Card Previous Marriages [4/5]

The 2026 season could use a donnybrook... and Darlington Nagbe

Season Preview*: Numbers 23-36 in Your Program, Number 1 in Your Heart [3/5]

Jan 30, 2026

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4 min read

Season Preview*: Numbers 23-36 in Your Program, Number 1 in Your Heart [3/5]

Before you buy and personalize your 2026 kit, some Timbers' numbers history to consider

Season Preview*: The 'College' Draft [2/5]

Jan 23, 2026

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3 min read

Season Preview*: The 'College' Draft [2/5]

From Smillie to Fernandez-Kim, an abridged 50 years of Timbers draft picks

Season Preview* [1/5]

Jan 16, 2026

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2 min read

Season Preview* [1/5]

No NASL-Timbers season NASL'd more than 1976. Our first Match Day* of the year will be a series, looking back at the club's sophomore season—and looking forward to the 2026 MLS campaign

"Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story" to be released in March 2026

Nov 20, 2025

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1 min read

"Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story" to be released in March 2026

Portland will be among the US cities hosting its stateside premiere in June

West Ham Week

Nov 18, 2025

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1 min read

West Ham Week

Revisiting our connections to the London club, with a special announcement coming Thursday

To Whom It May Concern: Fax Machines and the FA Cup

Aug 26, 2025

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3 min read

To Whom It May Concern: Fax Machines and the FA Cup

How a Clive Charles letter of recommendation led to current Portland Thorns Academy Director Tracy (Osborn) Nelson becoming the first American woman to win the FA Cup

Semana Diego Chará: Día Cuatro

Aug 14, 2025

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1 min read

Semana Diego Chará: Día Cuatro

Kick back and enjoy 14 Diego videos from his Timbers tenure

Semana Diego Chará: Club Deportivo Dinastía Chara

Aug 13, 2025

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2 min read

Semana Diego Chará: Club Deportivo Dinastía Chara

Where the Chara brothers' trail becomes a path for others in their hometown

Semana Diego Chará

Aug 11, 2025

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1 min read

Semana Diego Chará

This week, leading up to Saturday's Diego Chará bobblehead night at Providence Park, Green Is the Color is celebrating our capitán with a different Diego post each day. Today: 2011

Bigger Footprint, Larger Strides

Jul 1, 2025

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2 min read

Bigger Footprint, Larger Strides

Timbers invest $25 million to purchase 13-acre property, expand training facility into the "Portland Timbers Performance Center" by 2026.

Wherein The Quest Ends

Jun 13, 2025

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7 min read

Wherein The Quest Ends

The search for the first Portland Timbers mascot concludes

The Greatest Show on (Tartan)Turf

May 25, 2025

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3 min read

The Greatest Show on (Tartan)Turf

56 years ago today, Civic Stadium hosted the first professional soccer match in Oregon—and first on a new kind of (artificial) surface.

Unstuck in Time

May 20, 2025

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4 min read

Unstuck in Time

Put a 50-year-old team in a 112-year-old tournament, and everything old is new again

Welcome New Podcast Sponsor: Lexus of Portland

Mar 12, 2025

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1 min read

Welcome New Podcast Sponsor: Lexus of Portland

Green Is the Color is happy to announce Lexus of Portland as our newest sponsor!

The Endless Soccer

Jan 30, 2025

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5 min read

The Endless Soccer

When Harry A. Merlo’s men took the beautiful game from Soccer City, USA to the Salmon Capital of the World

Hopefully, We Are Here Forever

Jan 23, 2025

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3 min read

Hopefully, We Are Here Forever

Happy 50th Birthday, Portland Timbers

50th Anniversary Timbers Axe Portraits

Jan 7, 2025

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1 min read

50th Anniversary Timbers Axe Portraits

The perfect way to start (or continue) your soccer story in Soccer City, USA

Happy Holidays!

Dec 23, 2024

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1 min read

Happy Holidays!

Wishing you all the best over the holidays and looking forward to what 2025 brings.

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