Gavin creates a nice link between last year's squad and what we are doing this year. His ambition, energy and read more

Gavin creates a nice link between last year's squad and what we are doing this year. His ambition, energy and passion for the game will be a valuable asset to the Timbers and to the soccer community.

Anybody with a ticket is now a 'ticket broker,' so how you describe the secondary market is becoming blurry.

Anybody with a ticket is now a 'ticket broker,' so how you describe the secondary market is becoming blurry.

California is a tough team and it was a tough few innings, but I think we just got lucky. We read more

California is a tough team and it was a tough few innings, but I think we just got lucky. We started hitting and they walked a few batters.

I think we have had a very successful construction season this summer.

I think we have had a very successful construction season this summer.

Props to Camille. She came into the game, she knew her role, got the touch on the ball and deflected read more

Props to Camille. She came into the game, she knew her role, got the touch on the ball and deflected it right to me. I just picked it up and put it in the basket. Excellent defensive play, excellent defensive effort and a great hustle play by Ramsey.

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably read more

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted read more

It was clear by then that he was with Rebecca and that they were a proper couple. I so wanted to turn my back on him but he always managed to win me over. I know now that I am weak-willed and that I should have moved on with my life but what can I say? He had such a strong hold over me, it was hard for me to deny him.

We've played a lot of games and there's not a lot of guys who have been through this before. Maybe read more

We've played a lot of games and there's not a lot of guys who have been through this before. Maybe we're getting tired.

Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, read more

Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, to keep the political support going. We've gone to the Moon, we've stopped doing that; now commercial people are doing it. Who knows? Maybe we will get technology from other sources; something I have written about in my days of writing science fiction.