Soccer Touchdown

This one’s action packed folks. JP, Zippy, and Cortney discuss Hot Dog Banana Time, and we explore K-League with Ryan Walters of K-League United. We talk with former Timber Ryan Johnson about his career including his time in K-League 2 with Seoul E-Land. We chat with Marc Alifanz, actual lawyer who specializes in employment law and host of a podcast called Hostile Work Environment, to discuss the USWNT lawsuit case against the US Soccer Federation. Wen feature a brief interview with Israeli Premier League fan and Timbers Army member, Jonathan Gilat. But wait, there’s more!

0:00 Special Intro

1:30 Hot Dog Banana Time

7:00 K-League

15:30 JP interviews Ryan Walters of K-League United, an English language expert on K-League 1 & 2 calling in from Korea

40:00 Ryan Johnson Interview

1:05:00 Marc Alifanz of Hostile Work Environment Podcast joins us to discuss the USWNT lawsuit vs US Soccer Federation. He’s a bona fide lawyer who has expertise NOT in bird law, but in employment law.

1:30:00 Conversation with Jonathan Gilat, an Israeli Premier League fan and a member of the Timbers Army calls in to set the record straight. For more information about the historic club Hapoel Tel Aviv, check out this video from DW Kick off! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZlJDYl-9rc

1:42:00 MP Tweets again

1:46:30 Now what are you listening to?

Zippy: Hard Times by Guster

JP: Breathless by Matthew Halsall

Cortney: Atlantic City by The Band

JP give you the Covid update, we introduce the new segments Hot Dog Banana Time & What Are You Listening To? As well as sit down with former Timber George Fochive and chat about the famous chant he broke out after winning MLS cup, how much hummus he's eating playing in Israeli Premier League, and why he made the jump to Europe after the Timbers.

We also field a handful of emails and voicemails.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Robert Goulet - Sad Songs

2:00 - The JP Covid Update

18:00 - Hot Dog Banana Time

24:00 - George Fochive Interview

1:00 - Mild Disappointment or Massive Relief: Emails / Voicemails

1:15 - UCOA

1:18 - What Are You Listening To....

Cortney: Charlie Parker - Confirmation

Zip: TENTS - Water Flowing Underneath 



JP / Outro Jam: Cucurrucucu - Paloma Hable Con Ella

The gang are joined by Zippy's favorite Timber of all time, Mike Chabala! They chat Timbers 2006 vs 2011, Chewy's Sphere fit workouts, hair care tips (and the time he cornrowed his hair), and the brutal red card worthy elbow Danny Cruz threw in 2011.

Show notes.....

Intro Jam:

Wild Moccasins - Missing You (the Most)

2:00 - After killing the pod, why are we recording another episode?

4:00 - Interview with Chewy

1:00 - Our Timbers Rushmore

1:04 - Voicemail form Drew

1:09 - UCOA (DC)

1:12 - DC United Rushmore

1:13:30 - VM from Jared

1:15:30 - Quaffy Talk (Soccer Touchdown Edition)

1:17:30 - The Legend of Grandpa Courser & the origin of JP’s love of Football

1:21:00 - MORE Quaffy Talk (Soccer Touchdown Edition)

Outro Jam:

Caviar - Tangerine Speedo

Intro: Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows by Lesley Gore

1:30 - Episode 100 agenda!

4:00 JP COVID update

8:30 - Belarusian Soccer

15:00 - Zarek, our 4th cohost, hops on

20:00 - Chemistry, it all starts in the showers

31:35 - An actual soccer question, Zarek talks coaches

40:00 - Cortney imagines herself hosting a chainsaw podcast

43:43 - Zarek on Brian Fernandez

49:30 - Hockey Talky

1:00:00 - What if? Playing in empty stadiums…

1:14:09: Who are JP, Zippy, and Cortney’s Timbers cult heroes?

1:20:08: If Jeff…

1:22:00 - GOJ’s top 5 Soccer Touchdown memories

1:24:00 - United Cats of Ameowica, Wyoming! The 50th snd final installment!

1:28:50 - Email from Cody Jones!

Outro: Crepescule with Nellie by Thelonious Monk

Cortney, JP & Zippy chat with Portland Native and former Thorn Kendall Johnson about the concussion journey, her own podcast, Arrow Living, and what she has planned for the future.

After that the crew is joined by Jeremy Ebobisse as he catches us up on what he's doing to keep both his mind and body fit during the quarantine.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Bette Midler - From A Distance

2:00 - Chainsaw Talk

5:00 - Who will be the first of Soccer Touchdown crew to get Covid19

6:00 - Interview with Kendall Johnson; https://arrowliving.com/

44:00 - Interview with Jeremy Ebobisse

1:24:00 - Zippy is now playing FIFA, do not friend request him

1:26:30 - Timbers vs. the Revs, CPU vs. CPU & James reaction

1:28:00 - Zippy ended up on a billboard

1:30:00 - Bidet talk

1:32:00 - W League Grand Final

1:34:30 - JP wants VR helmets sent to all season ticket holders

1:37:30 - PSA from Diego Valeri

1:38:30 - PSA from Mike

1:41:00 - Stadium Talk with Randy

1:43:00 - Pod, Pod, Pod, Pod, Pod

1:47:30 - United Cats of Ameowica (double header!)

1:52:00 - On a stick

1:54:00 - VM from Officer Other Zippy

1:56:30 - Tease for EP100

Outro Jam: 

The Menzingers - America (You're Freaking Me Out)

Zippy & JP sit down with filmmaker Lindsay Trapnell and chat with her about her forthcoming documentary Riveted, which follows the Portland Thorns supports group, the Rose City Riveters.

To support the film go to https://rivetedfilm.com/

You can also email Lindsay- [email protected]

As well the boys discuss the panic vs denial taking place after the Timbers home opener.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her

00:00 Lindsay Trapnell talks about her forthcoming Documentary Riveted

rivetedfilm.com or [email protected]

40:00 - Timbers season opener chatter

46:00 - Platitudes with Gio

52:30 - Thoughts on seeing the new guys in a league match

55:30 - Are we in panic or denial?

1:00 - Will Gio do anything different for the next match?

1:02 - Thorns / NWSL / Rose Pose Reminder

1:05 - United Cats of Ameowica

Outro Jam: Komeda - Boogie Woogie Rock N Roll

Zip & JP are left to their own devices as Cortney is in Oklahoma playing with large demolition toys. 
Discussion of the Timbers preseason, the Thorns home opener, beers costing more than a kidney. We also touch on San Diego’s newest pro team, the NWSL finally getting a Commissioner and why we’ve been blackballed from interviewing any players. 



Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Beach Youth - Closer

1:00 Axe Photos are out, how does everyone’s look!? Zippy & GOJ are in the finals. Vote for their ugly mugs.

6:00 - Rose Pose photos will be going doing for Riveters. Saturday March 7th, at the Fanladen from 11AM - 3PM.

9:00 - The new fan code of conduct is out and we got everything we wanted. The Iron front business is sorted! Become a member of the 107st!

12:00 - Timbers talk. Preseason notes; we scared

23:30 - Talk James of the ledge

25:30 - Beautiful comprehensive review of Gio

30:00 - JP has lost his interest in football!

32:00 - Courtney abroad

34:30 - Stadium pricing midweek but beers going up to $11.50

37:00 - MLS teams of intrigue & Inter Miami already dealing with some issues

41:00 - Why are MLS team names so terrible?

44:00 - FC Cincy’s wheels falling off

46:00 - Thorns talkin’ talkin’ bout Thorns / Richard Farley shaming enthusiasm

51:00 - Rumor is Julie Foudy will be the new NWSL Commissioner

53:00 - NWSL releases allocation list

56:00 - W League chatter

57:30 - Get the FA player app to watch the Barclays Women’s Super League

59:30 - The San Diego Loyal have hired Carrie Taylor as the first female coach in the modern era of USL

1:06:30 - Portland Vanity Soccer Podcast is a great new local podcast that you should check out

1:08:30 - Another great Timber podcast called Axe And The City

1:10:30 - United Cats Of Ameowica (Virginia)

1:16:30 - If you’d like us to interview more players, please send an email to the FO PR department, because we’ve been blackballed from the FO.

Outro Jam: Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is?

JP & Zippy are joined by Cortney who might just be a permanent fixture on Soccer Touchdown pending completion of an international transfer certificate, negative drug test, and cardiac ablation procedures.

Intro:

Friska Viljor - Old Man

1:30 Introductions

4:45 McG Voicemail

8:00 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying

9:40 Christine Sinclair - build a statue

13:30 Thorns & NWSL Talk

21:00 Reign FC —>OL Reign? and their awful new coach

29:00 Timbers pre-season

33:20 We miss Zarek

39:05 Yimmi Yimmi Yimmi, can’t you see…Sometimes your play just hypnotize me

44:50 Slawdog Millionaire

48:30 What will Gio do with the most talented roster in MLS Timbers’ history?

53:30 Around MLS, all 67 teams are discussed in detail

1:05:30 T2 at Hillsboro

1:08 Jo Jo Rabbit talk

1:10 Brief History of United Cats of Ameowica for Cortney

1:13:30 - Vermont Talk

1:16:30 - Saved By The Bell / Neil Diamond News

JP & Zippy have sit chat Luke Babson, founder, owner & coach of recent NPSL startup, PDX FC and learn all about the teams past, present, and future. As well they chat with Todd Fulkerson of Black Hearts Union, a PDX FC supports group.

Show notes:

Intro:

Girls - Hellhole Ratrace

1:30 - Roma, the only team with teats on its crest

3:30 - Zlatan being Zlatan

5:00 - Now that the Timbers are out, who are we most wanting to win MLS Cup?

6:30 - Timbers off season wish list

11:00 - NWSL chatter

13:30 - PDXFC, more than Timbers & Thorns in town

15:00 - Interview with Luke Babson, founder, owner, coach of PDX FC

51:00 - Interview with Todd Fulkerson, of Blackhearts Union, a PDX FC supports group*

1:12:00 - United Cats Of Ameowica

1:15:30 - GOJ interviews the RSL cat, Monarch

Outro Jam

El Michels Affair - Tearz

*Here’s the link to that insane flash mob supporters invasion of a French amateur league match:

https://youtu.be/Rp0ksbz0mtE

After a long hiatus Zip & JP are back! Joined by Timbers Army board members Dawn Bauman & Stephan Lewis, they discuss recent events regarding the MLS code of conduct, fans being banned from stadiums, clubs leaving their fans out to dry, and whether we're being forced to break up with the Timbers & Thorns.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam:

Wasuremono - Are You OK

2:00 - Saved By The Bell Talk

6:00 - Interview with TA Board-members Stephan Lewis and Dawn Bauman about the MLS Fan Code of Conduct, the following Iron Front debacle, and how this all went down

1:00 - Are we breaking up with the Timbers? Are the Timbers breaking up with Valeri? Is Valeri breaking up with the Timbers? Did JP renew his season tickets? 

1:02 - Analogy Talk

1:07 - JP has a new theory on when the regular season starts

1:10 - FIFA tournament on October 13th at Lucky Lab (Downtown) to help support children’s cancer

1:12 - JP recants playing FIFA against Foster Langsdorf

1:15 - VM from a hugs fan

Outro Jam: 

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do