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Don Ruiz joined The News Tribune in 1988 and has been covering sports since 1999. He is a long-time recreational soccer player and has covered the 1999 Women's World Cup championship game and a variety of international, national and local soccer matches. E-mail Don.

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Posted by Don Ruiz @ 12:18:25 pm

Just arrived in Portland to find this notice:

The Portland Timbers today announced that the team will place 400 standing-room-only tickets on sale for tonight’s U.S. Open Cup match against Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders FC. The standing-room-only tickets will be available exclusively at the PGE Park box office on 18th and Morrison beginning at 5 p.m. tonight.

The standing-room-only tickets are $15. Ticket orders will be limited to four (4) per person. As of noon today, only a select few seats remained for tonight’s match.

Gates open at 6 p.m. for tonight’s 7 p.m. match against Seattle, and fans are encouraged to arrive early as the result of the expected sellout crowd for the third-round U.S. Open Cup match between the two Northwest rivals.

By the way, it is full-sun down here, hot and getting hotter. The temperature is suppose to peak just under 90 and should still be in the 80s for most of the game.