web.mlsnet.com - 7/1/2009
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(from MLSNet.com) As Seattle Sounders FC head south to take on the Portland Timbers in the third round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup on Wednesday night, they will be writing the latest chapter one of the most intense regional rivalries in the United States...
web.mlsnet.com - 6/28/2009
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June 28 --- MLSNet.com: Fredy Montero's eighth goal
of the season gave Seattle a first-half lead against...
the run of play, and they tacked on two more in the second half to defeat visiting Colorado, 3-0. (Shown here: Forward Fredy Montero had a goal and two assists for Sounders FC against the Rapids)
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Match Recap: SOUNDERS FC v RAPIDS
web.mlsnet.com - 7/2/2009
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(from MLSNet.com) Roger Levesque scored a diving header
just 49 seconds into the match as Seattle defeated...
Portland, 2-1, in their US Open Cup third-round match at a sold-out PGE Park on Wednesday, July 1. (Shown here: Sounders FC's Stephen King, who scored the game-winning goal)
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US OPEN CUP Match Recap: TIMBERS v SOUNDERS FC [UPDATED]
web.mlsnet.com - 7/2/2009
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(4:46) Official highlights: Wednesday, July 1 --- In
US Open Cup action, Seattle got the best of...
longtime soccer rival Portland, earning a 2-1 win in front of a sellout crowd of 16,382 at PGE Park. --- Sounders FC's Roger Levesque (shown here) scored only 49 seconds into the match. (MLSNet.com)
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Video: TIMBERS v SOUNDERS FC --- (full highlights)
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A Packed Stadium, An Old Rivalry, A New Beginning, Sappy Headlines
Portland Timbers —
It is difficult to imagine a better way of renewing a rivalry that dates back more than thirty years. More than 16,000 people will be jammed into PGE Park (imagine if this was being played in front of 2,000 at Starfire!) this evening to watch the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders go at it in the US Open Cup. A few years ago when the announcement was made that Seattle would leave for MLS, many of us assumed that the only chance we would have to see the Pacific Northwest rivals battle one another again would be in meaningless exhibitions. This is not a meaningless exhibition. Nor will it be the last non-meaningless game we see between the two clubs. With Portland ...
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Sounders Down Timbers in US Open Cup —
NYT > Soccer 7/2/2009
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- With fans boisterously embracing the potential rivalry, Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders beat the Portland Timbers of the USL's First Division 2-1 on Wednesday night in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
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