Wednesday, April 29, 2026

San Diego FC 1-2 Portland Timbers: A Strange Place, an RSL Scouting Report & an MLS Week 10 Review (Whew!)

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Why, hello, Mr. Jackson... I bit off more than I could chew this week, but the tardiness owes more to a busy weekend and needing to move shi...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

MLS Week 8 & 9 Wrap-Up: A Short Longitudinal That Means Nothing, Yet Satisfies Something

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Roger Shewitt isn't a real name. This is Roger Schmidt. Before Major League Soccer kicked off…what I think was its Week 8, I saw the fir...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Minnesota United FC 2-0 Portland Timbers, the Brutal Math of Gettable Points & a San Diego Scouting Report [hiccup!]

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THIS IS THE TRUTH! SMILE!!! If you seriously thought Portland would win last Saturday, I salute your optimism. This post does not make a cas...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Portland Timbers 2-1 Los Angeles FC & MLS Week 7: re Asking the Right Questions

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MLS Week 7 felt like a good week for defenses to let a player run from the midfield stripe to goal. And that’s watching just one game over h...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Los Angeles FC Scouting Report & an MLS Week 6 Wrap Up: To The Plan & Progress

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"Reading Cliff Notes" taken very literally. In the event others are ever tempted to try such foolishness, I’d argue that you can g...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 Portland Timbers: The Psychological Comfort of Getting Robbed

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Were the cops on the take? (Nah.) So, yeah, another editorial curve ball. The idea of posting the Portland Timbers match report/next game pr...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

MLS Post-Week 5 Level Set. Because the International Break

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Not pictured, always, the drummer. I like the rhythm of the regular season (and the falling rain), enough to spend last weekend dipping into...