What is the status of the Timbers Alliance? Are the Washington Timbers out as well? Noticed this past weekend at the PCU Classic WA Timbers do not have the Timbers badge on their new kit? Is the Alliance finished?
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Eastside is still in. Eugene, Bend, Medford, and various clubs in Idastan are still in. And I could see the "UPDX Timbers" one of these days... -
Idaho teams should bail, Boise Timbers is so dumb as a brand.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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The Alliance is dead. Teams were not getting anything from the Timbers.
The Timbers hurt our community way more than help.Comment
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An underqualified staff operating within an org that doesn't know anything about developing players. Meanwhile, youth clubs are happy to provide expensive babysitting.Originally posted by Guest View Post
it's a sorry state of affairs.
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The alliance is dead and gone. It was dead before it even stated. No way UPDX is ever and alliance club. They recruited from ODP, do not support ODP and are trying to compete with TA. Eastside will remain a Timbers clubs, it GW's start in Portland soccer.Comment
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Given the harassment matters that recently came to light with the Thorns, why would anyone want their kid to play for and be associated with this organization?Comment
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The PR is old news at this point. Women admins and coach flocked to the Thorns at all level of the organization to fix it or be at least be part of the rebuilding.Comment
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Agree, but word on the street is damaged goods beyond repair.Comment
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Like it ornot the Thorns are still the most successful Women's professional team in the world. Also the Timbers / Thorns acted liked any corp would. Investigate and they were only able to get a she said he said, so they fired him or at least didn't renew the contact. If Chicago did get the hint that's on them.Comment
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All of the following can be true:
1) The Thorns are one of the must successful women's pro teams. I would not say "the", especially if you factor in some of the European clubs which are better funded (if for no other reason than some of the national federations have imposed Title IX-like requirements on domestic pro teams to support women's soccer), but the Thorns are a well respected brand in the women's game.
2) GW is no longer involved with the Thorns
3) Peregrine still isn't really interested in running youth academies--there's little transfer market for women's players, and the Timbers have neither the local population base nor the franchise credibility to justify spending much on a boys' academy.
4) Peregrine's hands were, in some ways, tied in the Paul Riley matter. What many activists are mad that the Thorns didn't do, is to essentially throw a (former) under the bus and publicly accuse him of grave misconduct, something that would have violated longstanding expectations of employee privacy and likely gotten them sued.
5) Peregrine still could have handled it better in many ways; GW was ham-fisted in how he dealt with it, and the team is still owned by a trust-fund fratboy who hasn't given us any indication that he has any clue or concern about how women should be treated.
6) The current staff at Thorns Academy aren't as good at their jobs as they should be.Comment
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GW should be around. That is the problem.Comment
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