—by Owen Longstreet

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Running commentary below.

But while we stood in line, we watched as the Timber's Team ambassadors scaled the lines and decided to kick people out of the line if they were obviously not a Timber fan, and showing support for another team. We saw a poor couple who drove over 3 hours from Seattle and then sat in line for at least a couple of hours in the cold rain to get told they would not sell them tickets.

They pulled out known scalpers and people wearing Sounders gear. Pulling out known scalpers is a no brainer and should be applauded. Secondly, Seattle Sounders supporters have a set of tickets allocated to them by the Portland front office, the same as Seattle allocates tickets for Timbers supporters. There are requirements of all those supporters that travel down. Additionally, how stupid do you have to be to show up in your biggest rival's ticket line decked out in Rave Green?

Sure, good strategy on Portland's part to only sell tickets at the box office, thereby limiting the opportunities for away supporters to obtain tickets. But to kick people out of line, supporters who have traveled hours to obtain tickets for these matches, because they are fans of another club. This is wrong in so many ways.

As I just explained, supporters are required to purchase tickets through their supporters groups, where they have to abide by a certain set of rules put in place by both respective front offices and the supporters groups of both teams. Why don't you cry about this some more on the internet?

The actions of the Portland Timbers organization is so blatantly despicable that there is really no need to embellish.