50+ Portland Saturday & Sunday Events + August Events: Music, Festivals, Movies, Art, Beer, Food

July 30, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE

The weekend is in full swing, with dozens of great Portland events and parties over the next couple days. We’ve listed over 50 below and you can always check out our Portland events calendar to plan ahead.

We have also added events from Leigh Feldman's LifeisaParty email blast. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join.

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Win Tickets: Top Down Rooftop Cinema presents ¬ËœViva Las Vegas' @ Hotel deLuxe (August 4, $18)

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Preview: Portland Timbers vs Toronto FC | Struggling Timbers Try To Jump Start Playoff Push

July 30, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE

By Will Conwell
GAME 19: Portland Timbers (6W-10L-3T) vs Toronto FC (3W-11L-9T)
Saturday, July 30, 8:00 p.m. ROOT
Previous match-up(s): 3/26/11 2-0 Timbers Loss @ Toronto

The Portland Timbers and Toronto FC are two teams who have struggled to come together and play cohesively. The Timbers, in their first year in MLS, were always expected to need time to come together as a team while Toronto are in the middle of their sixth head coach in five years and as many rebuilding efforts. Both have shown signs of being dangerous, capable teams in recent weeks, but neither have seen a truly complete game in league play.

The Timbers are coming off a 2-0 win over Argentine giants Club Athletico Independiente that saw their reserves put forth a dominant first half and hold off the South Americans for the remainder of the game, something the Timbers have struggled to do this season. Toronto also managed a 2-1 win in the CONCACAF Champions league at home against Real Esteli F.C. of Nicaragua.

The Timbers have continued to stick with their 4-5-1 formation recently but have seen success in friendlies playing in a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2, particularly in strong first half efforts against West Brom and Independiente. As the Timbers need to start winning games again it will be interesting to see what formation Coach Spencer brings to the pitch. One possible change would be Read the rest of this entry »

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