For some strange reason I'm listening to the Portland Timbers soccer game against the Philadelphia Union on the radio at this very moment, live from Jeld-Wen Stadium, which is seven blocks from my home.
(Jeld-Wen manufactures doors and windows. They're in some financial difficulty right now, but who isn't?)
I'm thinking about turning it off because, frankly, it is boring. Soccer is boring on the radio. Soccer is boring in general, but on the radio it is completely lifeless. The crowd is so loud it drowns out the play-by-play announcers.
The crowd likes what it is seeing. Chanting Timbers' slogans.
Nothing is happening. I just listened to a few in-game advertisements. The announcer just reminded me that it is a scoreless game.
When I open my window and the wind and rain blows over me I can hear 20,000 hardcore fans yelling their heads off.
Most of the seats in Jeld-Wen are covered. These people would not be yelling so loudly if the rain was pelting them.
The wind is disrupting play, passes hanging in the air a split-second too long.
In the 43rd minute, no score!
Free kick for Portland!
Portland has controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.
The announcer just said "Portland is not an easy place to play. Philly will be happy to go into the locker room with a 0-0 tie."
Quote: "The Timbers are just missing that last final ball."
It's halftime. The Jeld-Wen halftime.
A Monday evening.
I must be in Hell.
The second half has started.
Philly scored in the 53rd minute! At last something happened!
Portland scores to tie!!!!!! Jack Jewsbury serves a delicious assist to (let me catch the name) 19 year-old Andrew Jean-Baptiste!
We have a game! Now I'm into it!
This is the best thing since Wheaties!
I'm reminded this game is brought to me by Jeld-Wen. Bless you Jeld-Wen! Bless!
We're in the 57th minute.
Rodney Wallace made a great play, but didn't score.
The fans are into it!
A former OSU Beaver just entered the game. Go Beavs!
The announcer called it "Good back-to-back action." It's 1-1.
A shot was well-off, meaning a wide miss evidently.
Adu is touching the ball often, fitting a star.
Officials called a ball dead. The fans are booing. The officials are being berated at this very moment. The ball is slippery.
Shucks! The Timbers are playing well, but missing opportunities. They're playing their guts out on a rainy night in Portland!
65th minute.
Portland scores in the 67th minute! Timbers 2-1 now. Darlington Nagbe is in the game. For defense?
Non-stop action here tonight folks, and it's still raining!
Portland has a free kick, crossed, nothing came of it.
72nd minute.
Chris Boyd nearly scored a header. A great Adu save!
Nagbe "almost got around his man!"
Another Portland free kick.
Portland scores! "Goodness me," cried the announcer. "A lot of fun to watch," says his partner.
The score is 3-1 Portland in the 77th.
Philly is stunned. Are they finished?
13 minutes left.
Substitutes entering the match. Everybody plays, like Little League.
Shucks, another wide shot missed!
The Timbers were down 1-0 in the 58th minute. Then Wham! Bang!
This one might be over. Too much Nagbe roaming on defense?
Adu is out of the game. Is Philly quitting?
83rd minute.
The color man advocates keep away. Kill the clock. "It's fun to watch, like a hockey check."
A reminder of the post-game show. Interviews with the coach, players.
The Timbers' Army is singing in the rain!
This is anti-climactic.
Yet, Philly keeps threatening to score.
Is Nagbe hurt? He's slow to get up. A sore ankle, perhaps.
It's time to consider player of the game. Wallace, Nagbe, Jewsbury, Boyd, Jean-Baptiste?
The Army is loud, singing their best.
Time is running out for Philly. This sucker is over. There is a lot of love in Jeld-Wen tonight.
We're in a little extra time now. It's the timekeeper's call.
Nagbe is knocked down, they play on.
End, sucker!
"The Timbers will be happy with their effort. Quite impressive." The color man is brilliant.
Killing clock.
Killing clock.
The Army is restless.
The announcers say it's over. Are they to be believed?
3-1 Timbers! It's over!
I've opened the window against the rain. I can hear the Army singing!
Thanks for following the Timbers v. Philly in-game blog.
TS
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