Outer Roses Podcast

This week, Matt, Richard and Scott get together to talk about their thoughts on the two previous Timbers matches against Houston and Minnesota. They discuss the highs and lows of a crazy heatwave week and where the Timbers might look to bounce back this week against Austin. The group also talks about proper player pronunciations and the origins of the theme song used on the pod. They finish up wit...

This week, its just Aaron and Scott as Matt and Richard couldn't make it. The two do a recap of some pivotal moments in the Timbers 2-1 win over SKC at the weekend. After recapping, they get on a bit of a side track about Baseball and seeing games in San Francisco. Once back on track, they discuss what we expect to see against Houston midweek and at the weekend against Minnesota. Side bets an...

This week, the Outer Roses crew has a special guest to talk analytics and some of the behind the scenes of the Caleb Porter era of the Timbers. Chris Gluck joins us to talk about analytics, what it was like to work with Caleb Porter and Sean McAuley and a little bit into scouting and metrics. After a quick trivia round, the group then moves on to talk about what they expect to see with SKC coming...

The first episode, the Outer Roses crew focuses on Stadium Capacity updates, the George Fochive signing and the potential of a GK signing (that has not been announced yet). We also do a quick Start, Sub, Sell! to round things out. There will be a second episode this week focusing on statistics featuring a special guest, as well as an SKC preview. Music Credit: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod Link: http...

This week we have a special guest! Corey joins Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott to talk about the Timbers 3-0 loss to Philly. They then move into Merritt's post game Twitter bomb, which including information about players returning and potentially full stadium capacity. The group talks a bit about what they think the new stadium policy will be (News Flash - the day after recording all the detai...

This week on the pod, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott do a quick recap of the Timbers 3-0 win over the LA Galaxy before jumping into some injury updates and transfer rumors. They then jump into some Philly inspired trivia before giving a breakdown of what we expect to see against Philly this week. Finally, we close out on a Start, Sub, Sell! focused around horror tackles we've seen in the past...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott catch up on the Timbers 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes. After a big discussion on Eryk Williamson, the group move onto some fun Carson, CA trivia. We then preview the upcoming match against the LA Galaxy and finish off this week with a Start, Sub, Sell! Music Credit: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-bu...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott catch up on the recently Champions League exit for the Timbers and what our thoughts were on the Club America match. The group then moves on to our recent 2-1 loss against Seattle. After a bit of Trivia from Matt, the group does a quick preview of San Jose and what to expect in our upcoming match this Saturday. We finish out with a fun Start, Sub, Sell! fo...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott give their thoughts and predictions for Champions League. They then move onto Seattle and our upcoming match this Saturday and what we expect to see. We also get a great Azteca story and also give an update on why you haven't seen podcasts from us recently. Next week things will be back to normal and we'll get back to our regularly planned progra...

This week, Aaron, Matt and Scott sit down to discuss thoughts on the Timbers preseason and what to expect this year. The group also talks a bit about the second Squad Goals piece on the Outer Roses website and also a preview of the upcoming match against CD Marathon. The group gives their predictions on how we think the match will go and what we'll need to do to make sure we go through to the...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Scott and special guest Corey discuss presason, a few season ticket emails that went out recently and the recent Zoom town hall held by the club. They talk about the upcoming plans to have fans in the stands at Providence Park in a limited capacity as early as April. They also talk about how ticket allocation will work during this limited capacity time and what the season w...

This week, Aaron, Matt and Scott talk about the newly signed CBA, our CONCACAF Champions League opponents and some new contract extensions signed at the club. The group goes deeper into some of the details of the CBA and why the timing is important, then leads into a quick look at our path in Champions League. After talking about our opponent (with a full team preview happening in a later episode)...

After recording multiple episodes that ended up with unusable audio, Aaron, Matt and Scott finally get back together to catch up on everything Timbers that has happened in 2021. This was a mostly news heavy episode to get everyone caught up to speed since the last time the crew recorded. Moving forward there will be regular uploads and content again (now that we've figured out how to avoid th...

After a little hiatus, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott get together to talk about the start of offseason. They preview what to expect in the offseason in terms of future episodes and they give their grades based on the Goalkeeper and Defender positions. Then the group gets into talking offseason transfers that have already gone through as well as some player rumors that have popped up. Next episode...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott get together to talk about the Timbers disappointing playoff loss to FC Dallas. They then move on to talking about Silly Season and some of the first moves the team has made this offseason. The group also discusses some of the rumors going around surrounding the club and finish off by talking about offseason content to come. Music Credit: Slow Burn by Kevi...

This week Aaron, Richard, Matt and Scott talk about their MLS Playoff brackets. They also do a preview of Dallas (way to late obviously), talk about the Asprilla suspension and quickly touch on the Tobin Heath news. We could have edited out the Dallas game stuff but we figured it would be fun to laugh at how wrong the group was. As we sadly enter the offseason, we'll still be creating episode...

This week, Aaron, Richard and Scott talk about the Timbers last two regular season games, the loss to Colorado and the draw against LAFC. There's a brief recap of both games and our thoughts on the overall performances and we touch a little on the upcoming playoff games. We finish out with another Start, Sub, Sell! segment and preview our Playoff episode. Next week we'll talk playoff bra...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott talk about the Timbers going back to the top of the West after their 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps. The group also talks about the Thorns signing Crystal Dunn and Tobin Heath and Man United. Also, everyone gives their thoughts on Supporters Player of the Year. Quick note - There is a missing episode from last week that is still being worked on....

This week starts off on a sad note. We lost a podcasting soccer legend in Daryl Grove. He was the cofounder and host of the Total Soccer Show. RIP Daryl. Richard, Matt, Aaron and Scott discuss the RSL and LAFC games and what these results mean for the rest of the regular season. The group talks a bit about what went wrong, Matt's Trivia returns and we go through another fun run of Start, Sub,...

This week Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott talk about the Timbers 6-3 victory over the LA Galaxy and the 3-0 win over San Jose. The group discusses the major events in the two games and end up stumbling on a game of Start, Sub and Sell. We round it out with Matt's Trivia Corner. Next week, we will talk about the RSL and LAFC games and do some more fun stuff with Body Armor! Link to Scott's...

This week, Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott discuss the Timbers 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps. The group does a game recap and then talks a little about the Colorado game being rescheduled due to COVID. They finish up chatting about the upcoming match against the Galaxy and briefly touch on UEFA Champions league. Link to Scott's Extra Life through the Portland Sports Gaming Community: ht...

This week the Outer Roses podcast finally returns! After crazy schedules, forest fires, power outages and just some bad luck, Aaron, Richard and Scott finally get back together to catch up on the Timbers. We quickly run through the results from MLS is back until now and talk about the state of the team and if we think they'll make the playoffs. After chatting about the Timbers, Corey hops on...

This week we have a special guest! Our MLS is Back Bracket challenge winner Tom King comes and joins Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott to talk about our final thoughts on the tournament as a whole. Everyone's gets a chance to talk about what they thought the important take aways were from this tournament and if we will see this tournament again (and when/how that would work). Matt's Trivia...

Join a mostly sober Aaron, slightly buzzed Matt and Richard, and a drunk Scott for their post match thoughts on the Timbers 2-1 victory over Orlando. The group talks through their thoughts on the game, who their MOTM was and who they thought player of the tournament would be. This one is a bit all over the place but things will return to normal next week. Music Credit: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod L...

Aaron, Matt, Richard and Scott celebrate as the Timbers are headed to MLS is Back finals! There's a quick contest update, a recap of the Timbers victory over Philadelphia and a preview of the upcoming final opponent: Orlando City SC. The group also gives their thoughts on who they think benefited most from the tournament in a preview of an upcoming pod talking about their final thoughts on th...