How many soccer fans are on this forum?
I am Inter Milan supporter...any one else? [thumbsup]
Portland Timbers fan. There's a great fan base here and our mascot runs around with a freakin chainsaw.
Timber Jim:
(http://brewpublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/timber-jim.jpg)
New guy, Timber Joey:
(http://timbers.theoffside.com/files/2008/09/timber-joey.jpg)
I believe KnightofNii is a soccer fan as well.
spent many years watching Arsenal in North London back in the late 1970's and Early 80's...My brother 20 yr season ticket holder to Man Utd. Old Trafford is his second home.
i don't follow serie a much, but i do like watching roma and inter vs ac milan
my club is philadelphia union.
jbub, i'm trying to get out to portland this year. i just hope i get a few sons of ben to come too.
Quote from: KnightofNi on February 08, 2011, 05:41:31 PM
i don't follow serie a much, but i do like watching roma and inter vs ac milan
my club is philadelphia union.
jbub, i'm trying to get out to portland this year. i just hope i get a few sons of ben to come too.
If you come out, let us know. We'd love to meet up with you (and any additional supporters) and catch a game. We may be able to offer up a room as well.
Quote from: JBubble on February 08, 2011, 05:32:23 PM
our mascot runs around with a freakin chainsaw.
Timber Jim
(http://brewpublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/timber-jim.jpg)
^^ I could've sworn that was
Soccer Mom?!
and i thought the chainsaw was retired. ???
Quote from: KnightofNi on February 08, 2011, 06:08:12 PM
and i thought the chainsaw was retired. ???
Timber Jim retired in '08 at 53; Timber Joey is his replacement. Its still a fun show but I would have like to see Jim before he retired.
Quote from: badgalbetty on February 08, 2011, 05:41:12 PM
spent many years watching Arsenal in North London back in the late 1970's and Early 80's...My brother 20 yr season ticket holder to Man Utd. Old Trafford is his second home.
I typically only follow inter, but a good friend of mine is a huge Arsenal fan...so i'd have to say that's my EPL team...
I dont follow US soccer much, but that chainsaw dude is scary as hell...does he just cut wood before the game?
Knight of Ni -did you catch the game this weekend? that is how I get my rush in the winter...and that game was a hell of a rush...
9i was busy being drunk and then hungover. i didn't get to watch any games.
Quote from: seinovesei on February 08, 2011, 06:46:28 PM
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I dont follow US soccer much, but that chainsaw dude is scary as hell...does he just cut wood before the game?
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Oh heck no. He cuts a round off the log behind the home goal any time the Timbers score. He also is a part of the crowd, revving the chainsaw. It gets LOUD.
The old guy, Timber Jim, also used to climb the spar as well as hang from the rafters with a drum.
(http://wormswiggle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/25777738_0be8caf0b9_o.jpg)
that's freaking cool
I don't follow soccer at all, but I have to agree, that is freakin cool!
When I have my own mascot, he'll definitely have a chainsaw.
Quote from: Monsterlover on February 09, 2011, 06:31:56 AM
I don't follow soccer at all, but I have to agree, that is freakin cool!
When I have my own mascot, he'll definitely have a chainsaw.
When I get my own mascot along with those things^^ a job and his own teeth would be a huge plus! [laugh]
Love Football. Don't follow it as much now. My favourite growing up with Manchester United.
At the sametime, I do not follow American Football. Never got into it.
Quote from: JBubble on February 08, 2011, 07:21:19 PM
Oh heck no. He cuts a round off the log behind the home goal any time the Timbers score. He also is a part of the crowd, revving the chainsaw. It gets LOUD.
The old guy, Timber Jim, also used to climb the spar as well as hang from the rafters with a drum.
(http://wormswiggle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/25777738_0be8caf0b9_o.jpg)
[laugh] That is sick...
Knight, looks like the Union are heading out here Saturday, May 7, for a 730pm game!
HALA MADRID!!!!!
I love futbol :) and as you can probably tell, the great Real Madrid is the object of my affection.
I want to get into MLS, but I haven't had the time to. That mascot is awesome
Quote from: JBubble on February 10, 2011, 11:22:01 AM
Knight, looks like the Union are heading out here Saturday, May 7, for a 730pm game!
we are already planning for time off and plane tickets ;D
and if ya'll want to come out here for the return leg in Sept then you have a place to stay as well. you can even hang out with us at the tailgate. just expect razzing. and tell mom that it's in the really scary industrial part of a run down city but i will protect him.
Glasgow Rangers, but hard to follow in the US unless you pay the bucks to watch it online.
Quote from: JBubble on February 08, 2011, 05:32:23 PM
Portland Timbers fan. There's a great fan base here and our mascot runs around with a freakin chainsaw.
Timber Jim:
(http://brewpublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/timber-jim.jpg)
Oh man, I remember Timber Jim from the NASL days in the early '80s - who'd a thunk the perfect fit for soccer would be a screaming two-stroke? Then again, I guess now they've got the moral equivalent in those damn vuvzelas...
The team I try to keep up on these days is FC St. Pauli (which should get easier when they clinched upgrade to the Bundesliga in 2010). Something about building a team with a fan base of anarchists, prostitutes, punk rockers and other denizens of the Reeperbahn just seemed too wonderfully absurd to ignore, and it's been fun following them ever since.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/08/18/football.st.pauli.punks/index.html (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/08/18/football.st.pauli.punks/index.html)
Tickets are booked for pdx.
If your offer to show a poor east coaster around and let me pass out on your lawn still stands I would be happy to take you up on it. I'm thinking of getting a hotel for after the game though. Something close to the stadium and with my SoB brethren.
Lemme know!
Absolutely man. You ok with a couch and a slobbery dog? She's not as pretty as your moose but she's very cuddly.
I'll PM you so we can get everything worked out.
I am more than fine with that. I'll see if I can pack some local treats for you guys too.
T - O - R
O - N - T
Ooooooh - TFC!!!!!!!
Toronto FC is my number one team in the MLS.
Barca in La Liga
Man City in the Premiereship
Inter in Serie A
Stuttgart in Bundesliga
Toronto FC opens this week in Vancouver and then come home to knock down the Portland Timbers on the 26th.
Just the fans and the game, that's it.
Running time, no commercial breaks, no cheerleaders, no mascots, no music during play. No organized fun, no waves in the crowd, just drunkenness and singing.
It requires desire and patience, for that patience you are rewarded, your eyes must be glued to the play. Anyone who has played knows it's damn hard to kick a ball where you want it to go, while running at full speed as well, one touch is magic.
I hope to see Barca and Real go at it in the semis of the Champions League. And Man U and Chelsea should be good too this round.
That Timber Jim is freakin great!!! What a foto!! I'm a DC United fan and we too plan on coming to Portland for our first game there. We will be expecting some heavy razzing up in Portland!! We went to Philly and Toronto for DCU's first games and had a blast. Great time in both those cities!!! The opposing fans were great. Gave us plenty of stick but we are all civil enough to share pints as well. Expecting it to be just as great in Portland. Our home opener is tomorrow. Can't wait!! I do love Football in general and also follow La U Catolica de Chile and Man U as well. Thank God for women, beer, football and Ducati's!!
Quote from: donzo on March 18, 2011, 12:18:15 PM
T - O - R
O - N - T
Ooooooh - TFC!!!!!!!
Toronto FC is my number one team in the MLS.
Barca in La Liga
Man City in the Premiereship
Inter in Serie A
Stuttgart in Bundesliga
Toronto FC opens this week in Vancouver and then come home to knock down the Portland Timbers on the 26th.
Just the fans and the game, that's it.
Running time, no commercial breaks, no cheerleaders, no mascots, no music during play. No organized fun, no waves in the crowd, just drunkenness and singing.
It requires desire and patience, for that patience you are rewarded, your eyes must be glued to the play. Anyone who has played knows it's damn hard to kick a ball where you want it to go, while running at full speed as well, one touch is magic.
I hope to see Barca and Real go at it in the semis of the Champions League. And Man U and Chelsea should be good too this round.
You and I would seriously get into it.
La liga-Real Madrid
Premier -Manchester United
Serie A- AC. Milan
MLS- Houston
Kinda polar opposites here, huh?
Ha ha it's all good brother, we've still got our monsters. but if this were the football factory then that would be a different story.
(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n513/donzo409/IMG_1891.jpg)
didn't vancouver lay a beating down this weekend? [cheeky]
also, philly owns houston. especiall away.
oh no you didn't! [bang]
yes, it was miserable watching it happen. TFC doesn't do well away.
Don't make me come out to Philly. >:(
come on out. i'll buy you a beer and possibly give you a place to sleep off your hangover. hell, i'll even take the time to show you around our fair city.
just don't expect too much during the game. ;D
October 19th is a long ways away for when TFC visits Philly. I'd welcome you up here for the May 28th match, but I'll be track riding at Mosport for the Ducati Owners Club of Canada 3 day festival. Oh, poor me to have to choose between my two favorite things.
Quote from: donzo on March 23, 2011, 11:55:09 AM
October 19th is a long ways away for when TFC visits Philly. I'd welcome you up here for the May 28th match, but I'll be track riding at Mosport for the Ducati Owners Club of Canada 3 day festival. Oh, poor me to have to choose between my two favorite things.
i know the feeling. between my rec team, track days, and tailgates i'm cutting a few things very close and having to simply cut a few things all together
http://www.yardbarker.com/soccer/articles/msn/columbian_soccer_fans_brought_dead_body_of_cristofer_jacome_in_coffin_to_game/4462434 (http://www.yardbarker.com/soccer/articles/msn/columbian_soccer_fans_brought_dead_body_of_cristofer_jacome_in_coffin_to_game/4462434)
Messi (USA vs ARG March 26th 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMSFkGYdooo#normal)
Messi's my main man!
anyone else cheering for schalke?