We're Going to Win the (Soccer Blogging) League

Roberto once dished out the goods regularly with large portions over at OregonLive, and things were good. Then he left to concentrate on building The Offside, and things were less good for Timbers fans, but were good for Soccer fans far and wide. And then Roberto stepped aside again, to concentrate on building Open Meadow schools, which didn't concern soccer fans at all, but still sounds pretty cool (and some of those students are probably players and fans themselves, i'd bet).

And since Bob left that blog pulpit at the GoryOnion, there's been a vast gulf between the blogging that PDX soccer fans need and the blogging they've been getting. Don't get me wrong, Donald bleeds Timber green and does a fine job at the helm, and talktimbers is still the first source for breaking news, and this blog is... um.... still around, i guess? But Bob wrote with gusto, timeliness, and detail, with a workrate that is and was unmatched.

All of which is a long-ish way of throwing double devil-horns and pumping our fists that Timbers Roberto is back where he belongs, enshrining PTFC at the top level of The Offside team blogs, and getting off to a cracking start already. It's almost like he never left! Welcome back, Bob! The Timbers season just got a bit easier to follow.