Saturday I went to the Portland Timbers game against Coventry City, a second-tier team from England. Portland was still overmatched... but since CCFC was just in the beginning of their training camp basically... it evened things out.

10,985 fans were there, not quite the 15,000 or so for the Sunderland match last year, but then again CCFC isn't in the Premiership. Anyways, I went with Laurel and sat right behind the Timber's Army, which was crazy and loud as always. It was an awesome atmosphere and Portland lived up to the label of "SoccerCity USA."

Coventry City dominated the first twenty minutes or so, scoring in the eighth and taking a 1-0 lead. It looked like the Timbers would be overmatched, but they got things together and fought back. They started controlling the game in the middle of the match. They scored in the 67th minute off a PK (hand ball in the box).

The game would finished tied 1-1. Both clubs agreed to a penalty shootout to decided the winner and give the fans a treat. Portland won on PKs 5-3, sending the crowd into a frezy. Really it was a tie, but still, it was a good game by the Timbers and really fun to attend.