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The Galaxy stops shining in the Rose City

Mike Chabala

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — In the best game of the season so far for the Portland Timbers, what shined at Jeld-Wen Field on Wednesday night were the dynamics of the host team. The stars of the powerful L.A. Galaxy were overshadowed by a nearly perfect and symphonic presentation of all the [...]

August 4th, 2011 | Posted in Sports,Top News | Read More »

Victory eludes the Timbers once again

Diego CharĂĄ

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The Portland Timbers let points slip through their hands in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on Saturday night. Once again, a lack of concentration in the last 20 minutes of the game caused the Timbers to end the match with a taste of defeat. The game [...]

August 1st, 2011 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Seattle comes back twice and defeats Portland Timbers at home

Jorge Perlaza

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — In a match full of excitement in front of a sellout crowd, the Seattle Sounders beat the Portland Timbers by the final score of 2 to 3 on Sunday. This victory gives the Sounders an unbeaten streak of eight games, but gives the Timbers their seventh consecutive [...]

July 11th, 2011 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Portland Timbers lose points at home

Darlington Nagbe

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The final result of the game against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday was 2 to 1 and Kansas extends its unbeaten streak to eight games in a row. On the other hand, the Timbers lost again at home, giving up valuable points. Sporting KC scored two goals [...]

July 5th, 2011 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Timbers taken down by Rapids at home

John Spencer

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — In a very hard-fought game, the Portland Timbers lost to the Colorado Rapids in stoppage time on Saturday. The final score of 0-1 was a very tough result to take for the Timbers’ players and their fans. “It’s a cruel game sometimes,” head coach John Spencer said [...]

June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Sports,Top News | Read More »

Longtime friends hope to bring success to Portland Timbers

Jorge Perlaza and Diego CharĂĄ

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — After their May 25 friendly game against AFC Ajax, in which the Timbers lost 2-0, El Hispanic News had the opportunity to chat with the Colombian duo, Jorge Perlaza and Diego Chará, about their longtime friendship and their hopes and desires for the Timbers in the team’s [...]

June 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Featured,Sports,Top News | Read More »

Timbers’ home winning streak ends

Kenny Cooper

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The unbeaten home streak for the Timbers ended with a loss to D.C. United on Sunday. In what Timbers’ captain Jack Jewsbury, called “a weird game”, D.C. United did one of the two things they had said they were going to do. They beat Portland at home, [...]

May 31st, 2011 | Posted in Sports,Top News | Read More »

Timbers continue undefeated at Jeld-Wen Field

Eric Brunner

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The Portland Timbers won again at on their home field Saturday. The winning goal was scored by former Columbus Crew player and Ohio native, Eric Brunner. Thirty seconds into the second half, Timbers captain Jack Jewsbury initiated the play by taking a free kick at the top [...]

May 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Timbers coach John Spencer has high hopes for his team

John Spencer

Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Writer Portland, OR — The day before the April 30 home game against Real Salt Lake, Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer — a native of Scotland who seems to enjoy a little good-natured teasing at reporters’ expense — answered a number of media questions about his team’s lamented defensive [...]

May 5th, 2011 | Posted in Featured,Sports,Top News | Read More »

Timbers win their second home game

Kalif Alhassan

Galo Legarda El Hispanic News Writer Portland, OR — On a sunny afternoon, the Portland Timbers displayed strong play at home. Completely dominating FC Dallas, they pleased the crowd and took the win with a final score of 3-2 on Sunday. The final moments of the match were very intense and ended with drama as [...]

April 18th, 2011 | Posted in Sports,Top News | Read More »

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