Many of us were shocked with the terrible news about Gisele's passing yesterday morning. It was unexpected and incredibly saddening. To many of us she served as more than a smiling face in the stands. For many she was the person who sold us our first scarf and a vital link to the NASL Timbers history. She served selflessly and asked for nothing in return. In Gisele's honor we have set up the Gisele Currier Memorial Fund.  All funds generated from this will go to yet to be determined soccer project in her name.

Underdog Portland has graciously donated 2 lower bowl tickets for Thursday's playoff game between the Blazers in the Maverick's to be raffled off and all the money goes directly to Gisele's fund. Each raffle ticket is $10.00 and the winner of the raffle will receive 2 lower bowl ticket (Sec 223 Row J - seats 3,4) with a face value of $110 each ($220 total). I can assure you the non-face value is much higher than that. Due to the time sensitive nature of this and the need to arrange to get the tickets in the hands of the winner we will be cutting off the sale on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. This is a very good opportunity to donate to an extremely worthy cause.

I had the extreme pleasure of being at the Rose Garden for the game 4 comeback. In all honesty it was one of the greatest sports experiences I've ever had. The intensity level at the Rose Garden for the playoffs is through the roof.

Follow this link to buy raffle tickets.