Monthly Archives: April 2011

Don’t Have To Live Like a Refugee (No. 1)

1st Inning- Again, another reintroduction. So, it may have gone unnoticed by some, especially those who govern the spring weather in Portland, Oregon, but the calendar tells the literate human that it is currently the month of April. While T.S. Eliot called it the cruelest of twelve, those that know and/or love the game of […] Continue reading

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First Time At The Last Game

One day in the late 90′s I was walking down the street in Portland and there was a huge bus and a red carpet going from the bus to the hotel door, and velvet ropes on either side of the carpet. There were a few people standing at the ropes, but the scene was blocking […] Continue reading

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History

@ZachDundus and @marty_PDX wrote an expanded history of Portland soccer for Portland Monthly.
Jan 1975: The burgeoning North American Soccer League (NASL) offers Portland the 20th franchise for the 1975 season, bringing pro soccer to Portland for the f… Continue reading

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