Spin Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Who to root for?Columbus has three Zips alumni and is the home team.Portland has Caleb and three player alumni.Columbus has a Cup (2008), and home field. Portland doesn't. Guess I'll root for the Zips. Can't lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalapeño Zippy Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 There are also two former Akron players on the Portland coaching staff -- Cameron Knowles and Pablo Morreira (sp?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) PORTLANDTIMBERSFOOTBALLCLUB ! Edited November 30, 2015 by ZippyRulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) It is my dream MLS Cup matchup and it is only 1.5 hours from home.I will go to Columbus wearing my Zips #6 jersey (Darlington Nagbe era) honoring two great Zips' #6's ... Darlington Nagbe & Wil Trapp. I will tailgate with the Trapps, and then I will watch and cherish every second of seeing the former Zips greats on the field and on the sideline. In the end, I will be happy for the winner and sad for the loser, but it will be an AWESOME day to be a Zips Mens Soccer fan!Go Zips! Edited November 30, 2015 by Zip_ME87 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 As we get closer to the weekend, it seems to me that this thread and the Creighton Blue Jays thread should be at the top of the list, so to bump this one...Who else is going to Columbus on December 6th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 It is my dream MLS Cup matchup and it is only 1.5 hours from home.I will go to Columbus wearing my Zips #6 jersey (Darlington Nagbe era) honoring two great Zips' #6's ... Darlington Nagbe & Wil Trapp. I will tailgate with the Trapps, and then I will watch and cherish every second of seeing the former Zips greats on the field and on the sideline. In the end, I will be happy for the winner and sad for the loser, but it will be an AWESOME day to be a Zips Mens Soccer fan!Go Zips!The #6 shirt has become a hallowed jersey in Akron Zips lore! Agreed? We are the keepers of such things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2015/12/caleb_porters_vision_for_portl.htmlnice article about Mr. Porter and his vision...at the top of the article, it says both portland and columbus are 15-11-8 this year....long odds on that happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) The #6 shirt has become a hallowed jersey in Akron Zips lore! Agreed? We are the keepers of such things.Yes and Richie Layrea currently wears it very well. Edited December 3, 2015 by Zip_ME87 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) I love this. The Timbers' Victory Log is on its way from Oregon to Ohio. #PTFCShould be fun with Timber Joey & Timber Jim in Columbus. http://www.timbers.com/post/2015/12/03/daimler-trucks-north-america-transport-timbers-victory-log-columbus-conjunction-mls Edited December 4, 2015 by Zip_ME87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 zips mens soccer twitter....has some really good photos of Michael, Darlington, Ben, etal.....on their way to Ohio and arriving in OhioMichael and Darlington have huge smiles when they arrived in Ohio I saw an article in the Portland paper...that talked about Indiana (in Yeagley's last year...with Caleb as an assistant) winning the NCAA title at Columbus Crew StadiumCaleb has a lot of great memories in columbus and Akron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Ben Zemanski, Michael Nanchoff, Darlington Nagbe, and Pablo Moreira ready to board the TimbersFC plane headed to Columbus yesterday.Michael Nanchoff: Just the 4 brothas from Akron heading home to Ohio for @MLS Cup! @KingJames with a RT would be Akron, North Royalton, Lakewood, and Brecksville-Broadview Heights well represented. Edited December 4, 2015 by Zip_ME87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) http://www.timbers.com/post/2015/12/03/portland-timbers-travel-columbus-mls-cup-dec-3-2015 Edited December 4, 2015 by Zip_ME87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Pre-game press conference streaming.The questions will start flying from downtown Columbus at 3:30 pm ET, and will feature head coach Gregg Berhalter, captain Michael Parkhurst and star attacker Kei Kamara from Crew SC and their counterparts Caleb Porter, Liam Ridgewell and Darlington Nagbe from the Timbers. Edited December 4, 2015 by Zip_ME87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/12/columbus_crews_championship_ru.html#incart_river_indexnice article from the plain dealer....about the columbus crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) After leaving a legacy at Akron, Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter aims for more history in Ohio...After all, was his time at Akron not ultimately grooming him to become the MLS coach who led the Timbers into MLS Cup in just his third year?But that viewpoint is ultimately a myopic one. A deeper dissection into what made those Akron teams great is a study into the heart of good soccer for its own sake. Porter and his staff did not make Akron what it was to create job opportunities elsewhere. They did it because they were sure the game’s aesthetic demanded it.That legend trails Porter into those hallowed Akron halls illuminated by his own accomplishments to this day. Sunday’s MLS Cup final in Columbus will bring Porter within a 126-mile drive down Interstate 76 from the Akron campus he helped fashion into a hub of fluent, attacking soccer in seven luminescent years at the rudder. In a college soccer realm too often dominated by an approach that values white-knuckles winning over style, Akron was (and remains) a city on a hill.The Zips played a game to be watched, not just to be won. And Porter was at the center of that revolution. ... Edited December 4, 2015 by Zip_ME87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 ...But it wasn’t until 2009 that Porter’s vision shocked college soccer to its filaments. There is a never-ending range of arguments about the best teams in college soccer history. There are Claudio Reyna’s Virginia squads of the early 1990s, the turn-of-the-21st-century Indiana teams, maybe St. Louis in the 1970s. But in modern college soccer there has been no loftier two-year run than the one enjoyed by Akron in 2009 and 2010, when a collection of future pros gathered for a squall that would tilt college soccer on its axis. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 ... As their possession style constricted around defenses like a snake marking its next meal, Akron mowed through opponents. Aside from one shocking defeat to nine-loss Cleveland State, Akron stormed through the postseason and downed Lolla’s Louisville 1-0 in the title game thanks to a 79th-minute goal from Scott Caldwell, another future pro. Porter had his national title. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 I want to attend the match vs. Creighton RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Sorry for the multiple posts, but there were so many great lines to be quoted. Probably the best article ever written about a University of Akron athletics program. Credit Caleb Porter, Jared Embick, Oliver Slawson, the AK-Rowdies, and ZipsNation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chris Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 As I was driving on Route 8 tonight, I saw a white moving truck with a giant Portland Timbers logo on each side. Not sure why it would be in Akron. Hmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) As I was driving on Route 8 tonight, I saw a white moving truck with a giant Portland Timbers logo on each side. Not sure why it would be in Akron. Hmmmm...Was this the truck you saw http://m.imgur.com/Xtwy0Cq?If so, Portland Timbers has a guy who cuts a piece of a log off with a chain saw for every goal Portland scores. He then gives that piece to the player who scored the goal after the game. He's kind of their mascot if you will. They hauled the log to Columbus for the game. Edited December 4, 2015 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Was this the truck you saw http://m.imgur.com/Xtwy0Cq?If so, Portland Timbers has a guy who cuts a piece of a log off with a chain saw for every goal Portland scores. He then gives that piece to the player who scored the goal after the game. He's kind of their mascot if you will. They hauled the log to Columbus for the game.No, it was a white box truck similar to a uhaul with two large Timbers logos on each side. Similar to this http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/box-delivery-moving-truck-713206.jpg It was on the Tallmadge Ave/Route 8 overpass just north of downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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