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A season-high crowd of 12,000+ at PGE Park witnessed a relatively comfortable win for the away side in the last regular-season clash, for now, between the Northwest rivals.
Seba LeToux got what proved to be the winner at 20 minutes, and then the Sounders got the man advantage when Scot Thompson was sent off in the 33rd for serious foul play. Boaz Herzog's report in The Oregonian is here.
Reports of the death of the rivalry, however, are clearly premature. There will be U.S. Open Cup meetings, and "friendlies," after the Sounders go up next season – and if Portland can get its act together they'll get a side up in the top league soon as well.
There'll be other meetings, for sure. But until then it'll be the Timbers fans who'll be left to grind their molars.
The Seattle Sounders-Portland Timbers soccer rivalry ends -- or perhaps only pauses -- tonight at PGE Park in the Rose City.
The last scheduled meeting of the USL teams kicks off tonight at 8 p.m., and fortunately it will be televised on FSC.
Here's a look at the meaning of the evening from the Oregonian.
A goal by Stuart Holden pushed the USA past Japan, 1-0, and to the top of their group last night as the Red, White and Blue began its Olympic competition.
Here's a good report from U.S. Soccer.
