Soccer Touchdown

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  • Episode 93: Women's World Cup Wrap Up
    Erin Jean O'Regan, Maite Zabala, and Dawn Bauman join hosts, JP & Zippy, for a post-world cup digest. We chat about the talking points from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, what stood out, what did we forget, the glory, the joy, the elation, the heartwarming moments, and of course, the controversies. Intro and outro music is Peaches, Boys Wanna Be Her.
    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 92: Cornucopia
    Zippy and JP, along with GOJ, attend Zarek Valentin's Ribbonz Celebration wrap party and bring you conversations from Zarek, Diego Valeri, Connie Valeri, Steve Clark, and Jeremy Ebobisse.
    Along with the general meandering, we bring you discussion around a cornucopia of topics.
    Show Notes:
    Intro Jam
    Sunshine - Two Hundred Grand
    1:30 - Malmö Vs. Östersund rivalry and banter
    5:30 - Zlatan vs. Timbers talk
    13:00 - Speaking with Zarek Valentin at Ribbonz initiative wrap party
    18:30 - You may still be able to donate to the causes Zarek is raising money for. Check out www.theribbonz.com
    19:00 - Speaking with Diego Valeri about his beautiful goal, taking his shirt off in celebration, and the Valeri family band
    25:00 - Speaking with Connie Valeri about Diego’s goal celebration, her future as a Thorn, and her plans to be an inventor
    31:00 - Remembering Chabala’s glorious first goal against LA Galaxy
    33:00 - Are JP, Zippy, GOJ going to frost their tips in solitary with the Timbers?
    34:00 - Speaking with BriFer about his thoughts about the LA Galaxy match
    37:00 - Speaking with Jeremy Ebobise about practicing his knee slides, asking Zarek for advice on finishing, and Settlers of Catan game
    45:00 - Chatting with Steve Clark about his horror show, his saves, and how Ace, his aristocratic dog, is the George Clooney of dogs
    51:00 - How many points will the Timbers acquire in their remaining matches and where will they end up in the standings?
    55:00 - Does GOJ still love Zlatan?
    1:00:00 - Looking at the rest of the MLS table
    1:03:00 - All Star talk
    1:05:00 - MLS has altered it’s commercial guidelines
    1:08:30 - GOJ is outraged by the new Las Vegas Lights jersey
    1:11:30 - Soccer Touchdown grammar school with GOJ
    1:18:00 - The meat of the episode; all the things GOJ wants to talk about
    1:21:00 - CPL talk
    1:22:30 - GOJ Minnesota away
    1:24:00 - GOJ’s interview with Forward Madison’s Managing Director, Peter Wilt
    1:33:00 - GOJ is starting a PDX Forward Madison supports group, the Rose City Flock
    136:30 - Thorns talk
    141:00 - Mana Shim announces her retirement from football / equal pay chant
    143:00 - Real Madrid starting a women’s team
    144:00 - The GOJ T2 update / pep talk
    1:46:30 - The Experimental Football League
    1:50:30 - What if football started using a fixed offside line, like in hockey
    1:50:30 - Flounders fans find like mindedness with TA stand with humanity
    1:59:00 - Francisco Erwin Galicia, a Dallas-born U.S. citizen, was arrested on his way to a soccer tryout and held in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 23 days
    2:02:00 - United Cats of Ameowica (Texas)
    2:06:30 - STDSIAFIMLSFL winner announced
    Outro Jam:
    Knox Hamilton - Work It Out
    2 hr 13 min
  • Episode 91: Ifeoma Onumonu & Then The Dregs
    Join Zippy & JP as sit down with former Thorn Ifeoma Onumonu to chat all about her time in Portland, making the transition from Boston to Portland to Tacoma, what her plans are post football, the Reign FC book club, and of course Settler of Catan.
    After that, it's just JP, Zippy, and the dregs.
    Show Notes:
    Intro Jam: 
Mark Mothersnbaugh - Gun Buyers
    2:00 - Oregon Country Fair chatter
    3:00 - Ifeoma Intro
    7:30 - Are Midge & Jeremy as good at Settlers Of Catan as they claim?
    9:30 - Reign FC book club
    12:00 - Going from Boston to Portland to Tacoma
    14:30 - Playing with Jess Fishlock
    16:00 - Coming back to play in PDX for the first time
    18:00 - Ife's football origin story
    23:00 - Favorite players or teams growing up
    25:00 - Her season right now
    28:00 - Playing with members of the USWNT & watching World Cup
    34:00 - Thoughts on the Thailand vs. USA controversy
    36:30 - Favorite goal celebration
    39:00 - Post football plans in Integrative Biology
    44:00 - To ice or not to ice (JP is ALWAYS pro ice, but only if it’s perfect ice)
    45:00 - Go to karaoke jam
    47:30 - Whatever happened to the Midge & Ife show?
    49:00 - Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Soccer Touchdown quiz
    56:00 - Back to Eden is a tasty vegan spot on Alberta that you should check out
    58:00 - The Dregs: let’s go through every single match that’s taken place since we last recored
    1:00:30 - Timbers Talk
    1:15 - Thorns Talk
    Outro Jam:
    Blood Cultures - Best For You
    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 90: 1 Wedding, 2 Home Openers, 3 Points
    JP & Zippy are joined by Stumptown Footy contributor and Red Smoke Radio Co-Host, Tyler Nguyen as they discuss the Thorns home opener, what to expect during the Thorns World Cup absences, and why do the Thorns end up with some many un-drafted players on their squad?
    Erin Jean lays down a sweet Thorns report and Zip & JP further discuss home opening day shenanigans— a wedding, flag wavers, Enchanted Forest TIFO, a sideline scrum, and what makes a bicycle kick a bicycle kick.
    As well, a brief interview with Zarek Valentin about joining forces with Patch Patrol to raise money for this Ribbonz initiative fundraiser.
    Show Notes
    Intro Jam:
    Bryan Johnson & Family - Dead Fox 

    3:00 - Stadium Talk
    5:00 - New views in the stadium
    12:00 - Thorns talking, talking bout Thorns
    28:30 - Wold Cup betting 

33:00 - EJO Thorns Report
    40:00 - Why the Thorns keep signing un-drafted players
    44:00 - Tyler teases supernatural activity on the next Red Smoke Radio episode
    48:00 - Teasing the Katelyn Best article about non-contract players
    49:30 - Wedding outside the stadium before the Timbers match: Merritt Paulson plays flower girl, Timber Joey officiates
    54:30 - Timber chatter
    1:30:00 - Big Kev wants more bicycle kicks
    1:02:00 - Enchanted Forest Tifo
    1:03:00 - Soccer Touchdown’s ruling on what is a bicycle kick
    1:11:30 - Sideline scrum in front of LAFC bench
    1:14:32 - We’re losing the Podcast Wars
    1:16:30 - Fan from LA; what makes them support Galaxy vs. FC?
    1:21:00 - Diego Chara has sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to never grow old
    1:23:00 - US Open Cup draw, and shocker, the Timbers draw Shittle
    1:25:30 - Don Garbage and his new “no political statements” makes for an awkward home opener moment
    1:32:00 - Zarek sits down with Zippy & GOJ to chat’s about being back home and this years Ribbonz initiative. You can find out more at www.theribbonz.com
    1:45:30 - GOJ’s Dad recounts the time he met Mia Hamm
    1:50:30 - United Cats of Ameowica
    1:55:00 - How to find Tennessee on a map
    

Outro Jam: 
Jonathan Something - Spooky Delight
    2 hr 3 min
  • Timbers Army Covert Ops Edition: TA:CO Thyme!
    Regional supporters group, TACO, or Timbers Army Covert Ops, was invitied to submit a podcast to the Soccer Touchdown feed, and wow did they deliver: it's TACO Thyme! Enjoy a rambling conversation about the origins of TACO, memories of how they got "stuck in", and a look back on the Timbers 2019 season so far by way of interpretive sounds. Featuring The Other Zippy (aka SHOUTY, aka Fergy), Nancy, Megan, and Ford!
    Hope you enjoy their first effort at delivering a podcast for your listening pleasure. Please let us know if you'd like to hear more from regional supporter's groups. And if you happen to be interested in experimenting with the audio format as a way to explore the beautiful game from a Portland perspective, please let us know. We're pretty open to having you drop in our feed.
    As always, please feel free to reach out at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 503-660-FANZ, or find us on twitter, insta, FB.
    47 min
  • Episode 89: Heated Verbal Strife
    Join JP, Zippy & guest Randy as they meander through the PTFC landscape chatting about various topics from Timbers, to Thorns, to new concessions at Providence Park.
    Along the way we answer several questions posed from listeners, and some disagreements arise.
    Intro Jam:
    Mondo Cozmo - Plastic Soul
    Wold Cup, We Excited!
    5:00 - We have a new hotline; 830-476-5664
    6:00 - VM from (OZ) Other Zippy from TACO (Timber Army Covert Ops)
    7:00 - JP thinks GW is a genius, Zippy does not
    12:00 - Listener questions
    18:00 - VM from DanArchy about Park Provisions, new concessions!
    23:30 - Phoenix Rising is undefeated on Dollar beer night!
    26:00 - Brainstorming ways to sneak food / booze into the park
    27:00 - Stadium Talk with Randy
    30:00 - Providence Park soft opening with 2 T2 matches
    34:00 - T2, Timbers, Renzo, BriFer chatter
    38:00 - BriFer and other nicknames
    41:00 - JP has an idea for a new patch for BriFer
    45: 00 - Remember Me with Vytas
    49:30 - What flavor are the crips, with JP & Randy
    55:00 - Thorns chatter
    1:30 - EXTRA Stadium Talk with Randy!
    1:02 - UEFA Women’s Champions League and why isn’t there a Women’s Club World Cup?
    1:05:30 - Caitlin Murray’s new book - The National Team: The Inside Story Of The Women Who Changed Soccer — is GREAT! You should purchase and read it. Here’s the link!
    https://www.amazon.com/National-Team-Inside-Changed-Soccer/dp/1419734490
    1:12 - PDX FC is a great deal for local football at only $5
    1:15 - Someone asked us to rate players hair
    1:19 - Brek Shea was a DP! A DP!
    1:20 - United Cats of Ameowica
    Outro Jam: 

Cloud Control - Dream Cave
    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 88: Women's World Cup 2019 Preview Show
    JP & PJ are joined by 6 amazing guests in this 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Preview. Zippy couldn’t be with us for this one, but please listen anyway. We attempted to insert several exclamatory “bros” to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
    We run through the groups, after gathering what information we could piece together. Hopefully, this makes for enjoyable listening in the run up to the big tournament which is set to kick off from June 7th through July 7th in host country France, featuring 24 teams from 6 confederations, in 9 host cities.
    00:00-13:25 JP & PJ intro, with a history of The FIFA Women’s World Cup
    13:30-28:40 Group A with Bitty
    28:45-42:50 Group B with Dawn
    42:55-44:40 Stadium Talk with Randy
    44:40-1:05:45 Group C with Emilie
    1:05:50-1:23:00 Group D with Jonanna
    1:23:0-1:46:03 Group E with Alex & Kathy
    1:46:03 Group F with JP & PJ
    2:05:00 Goodbye from Soccer Touchdown
    e-mail us at [email protected]
    twitter: @soccertouchdown
    2 hr 9 min
  • Episode 87: If It Happens, Bro OMG!
    The boys dive into the upcoming Thorns season and discuss NWSL, World Cup, Caitlin Murray's new book— The National Team: How the US Women’s Soccer Team Dreamed Big, Defied the Odds, and Changed the Game.
    SamBot provides comfort or fear, depending on how you view her stats, the boys review the sizzle reel of rumored Timbers signing, Brian Fernandez, and address several interesting emails and voicemails.
    Show Notes:
    Intro Jam: Generationals - Ten Twenty Two
    3:00 - Thorns Invitational talk
    13:30 - NSWL allocated players for USA & Canada
    16:00 - USWNT chatter
    18:30 - Canadians, too nice to tell if they’re arrogant
    22:30 - Caitlin Murray has a new book and you should read it. As well, she’s not longer writing for the Athletic which is a loss for us all
    25:30 - The Athletic had replaced their beat writers for the Timbers & Thorns with someone from Seattle. Gross.
    30:00- Gender pay equality taste delicious thanks to Luna Bar
    32:30 - USWNT law suit
    35:00 - Stadium Talk, with Randy
    40:00 - Intermission / Sound Collage
    43:00 - Timbers are bad
    47:00 - SamBot provides consolation and stats
    51:00 - Brian Fernandez rumored to be coming to the Timbers, JP doesn’t believe it will ever happen
    53:30 - Oh wait, JP changes his mind
    56:30 - Melano… a DP or not?
    59:00 - Remember Me - Fenando Adi
    100:30 - Remember Me - Vytas, who has signed with at team
    1:01:00 - Our favorite Lithuanian League Teams
    1:03:00 - Zarek’s gonna be a Papa
    1:04:30 - Canadian Premier League Kit chatter
    1:07:00 - STSIAFIMLSFU / Email
    1:09:00 - The Sounders have stolen the Vancouver Canucks mascot.
    1:10:00 - Portland Timbers Thorns Gaming Community looking for gear and donations. Find them at https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?
    1:11:00 - Red Dress PDX is May 17th, get tickets or volunteer @ www.reddresspdx.org
    1:15:00 - Voice Mail from Tokyo about towel scarves
    1:16:00 - Voice Mail from Ben regarding SJ away
    1:19:30 - Treating other nice is nice
    1:21:00 - Voice Mail from Hero regarding SJ away and only 3 things you can change with a team
    1:27:00 - Cha-cha-cha-changes
    1:31:30 - United Cats of Ameowica
    1:33:00 - Stumptown Footy did a WAY TOO deep dive into our podcast. 
https://www.stumptownfooty.com/2019/3/31/18286671/portland-timbers-podcast-timbercasts-part-03-soccer-touchdown
    1:34:30 - McG makes a MEAN focaccia bread
    Outro Jam: Jackie Shane - Any Other Way
    1 hr 39 min
  • Episode 86: Cinsanity - A Clusterf$&k Of Whoopsies
    Join JP, Zippy, & GOJ as they travel to Cincinnati to experience among other things, FC Cincy’s inaugural MLS home match, Skyline Chili, and several filming locations for the 1993 Oscar contender, Airborne.
    While in Cincy the boys are joined by infamous Columbus Crew support Savannah Bee, along with Bob Brumburg of Die Innenstadt FCC supporters group to chat about soccer culture in Ohio.
    Show Notes:
    1:00 - Checking in from Chicago
    4:00 - It’s so embarrassing / things that got shredded
    8:00 - Zippy complains about air travel
    11:00 - Interview with Savannah Bee of Cincy Crew & Bob Brumburg of Die Innenstadt
    14:00 - S’pose
    40:00 - We did not enjoy the game / LAFC totally cool with Nazi fans
    44:00 - Cincy match-day experience
    46:00 - Cincy Airborne sights tour
    49:00 - Some people are saying “The Timbers just need more confidence.”
    52:00 - The Skyline Chili experience / more shredding
    1:07 - GOJ, with the dietary habits of a goat living in a landfill, thinks Skyline Chili is gross.
    1:09 - Confidence in chili eating
    1:12:00 - Match observations- not available via broadcast
    1:15:30 - Remember Me, center-back edition
    1:19:00 - Thons chat
    1:23:30 - Garbot kinda-update
    1:26:30 - Stadium Talk, with Randy
    1:31:00 - Soccer Touchdown patches: now in existence
    1:32:30 - United Cats of Ameowica
    1:35 - Voicemail from McG
    Ouro Jam: 

Connie Francis - Cincinnati, Ohio
    1 hr 42 min
  • Episode 85: King of Patches
    The boys sit down with Randy Kilwag, a man with his fingers in all the PTFC support pies- from patches, to zines, to stadium watch, to subbuteo- we discuss it all, as well as get his uniquely awesome backstory.
    Discussion of Cincinnati away, in which JP & Zippy will be taking GOJ with them for the away day, and GOJ graces us with Rhode Island UCOA.
    Show Notes:
    STDSIAFIMLSFL announcemnt. Sign up at fantasy.mls.com
    Code To Join League is: E3N5LD3L
    Intro Jam: The Undertones - Teenage Kids
    9:00 - Timbers Preseason Chat
    15:30 - The Zarek Factor
    18:00 - Kilwag’s Stuck In Story
    20:30 - Soccer Touchdown Watch Part Announcement, March 2nd, 2019 from 2PM to 6pm at Beulahland.
    22:00 - Stadium Talk With Randy
    29:30 - JP’s Theremin Blues
    30:30 - Around MLS Chatter
    34:00 - Cincinnati Away, We Going!
    37:30 - Nags Wants Out Of ATL
    39:00 - Why Can’t the Timbers Land a Big Player?
    43:00 - Diego Valeri, Head of Scouting
    45:30 - Rifer vs. Farley, Two Grown Men in Odd Relationship
    52:00 - Thorns / NWSL / W League Chat
    58:30 - T2 and such
    1:01:30 - RIP all the Portland Breweries
    1:03 - Patch Patrol, A Deep Dive
    1:17:00 - The Story With Subbuteo
    1:22:30 - JP & Zippy Get Called Out For Skipping Subbuteo
    1:25:00 - Timbers Skateboarding?
    1:27:30 - Patch Questions From Fans
    1:34:30 - The Patchy Awards
    1:43:00 - JP Makes a Plea For His Favorite Patch
    1:48:00 - Noob Packs & Merritt Badges
    1:52:30 - Over $15,000 Raised for Charity!
    1:57:30 - Kilwag, Owner of HUNDREDS of Patches, Only Has 4 Patches Sewn on Anything.
    1:59:00 - PTFZine
    2:03:30 - Total Soccer Show Go Fund Me for Daryl Grove
    2:04:00 - United Cats of Ameowica, Rhode Island
    Outro Jam: Less Than Jake - My Own Flag
    Websites & Links
    Patch Patrol:
    http://patchpatrol.com/
    Portland Table Soccer:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/portlandtablesoccerclub/about/
    http://league.garagesoccer.com/portland-table-soccer-club/
    PTFZine:
    https://ptfzine.com/
    Cold War Skateboards:
    https://www.facebook.com/ColdWarSkateboards/
    Total Soccer Show / Daryl Grove Cancer Go Fund Me
    https://www.gofundme.com/team-daryl-grove
    2 hr 13 min

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Soccer Touchdown is a Portland based podcast that takes a community and fan oriented approach to enjoying all things soccer, including local clubs like Timbers & Thorns, but also clubs from around the world and the supporter culture that drives them on. If you are interested in featuring on Soccer Touchdown, please listen to the pod, and contact us at [email protected] and/or @soccertouchdown on twitter, insta, or facebook. You can also give us a call anytime, and leave us a voicemail at 503-660-FANZ (3269)with questions, comments, or topics you'd like us to discuss.