A round up of stories that include clips from the MLS Commissioner’s visit to Portland, the Timbers’ rivalries thrust into the national limelight, and a former University of Portland star captaining his club’s revival overseas.
USA Today shines the national spotlight onto the Portland-Seattle-Vancouver rivalry that will be renewed in 2011. MLS Commissioner Don Garber was in town last week as the Timbers broke ground on the renovation of PGE Park.
FOX 12 TV goes in-depth with their Oregon Sports Final Spotlight on the impact MLS can have on the city. (Video story on the left as "MLS Commish Don Garber Sounds Off On MLS Timbers.")
Kip Kesgard of OregonLive.com recaps the ceremony.
Garber explains where the MLS stands in the U.S. sports landscape and how the league plans to grow its fanbase.
And finally,Steve Cherundolo, who starred as a defender at the University of Portland and is in his 11th season at Hannover 96, has led his club in a top-three position in the German Bundesliga table after the Die Roten narrowly escaped relegation a season ago.
Photo: Steve Cherundolo photo via German Bundesliga (www.bundesliga.de)
