Pre-Match/Tailgate Information:

Friday night meet up – anyone who is in town can join us at the Green Pig Pub downtown http://thegreenpigpub.com. They are located at 31 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, just 2 blocks from the Little America hotel.

Saturday afternoon tailgate – The Royals SG (The Court), have invited us to join them at Rio Tinto in the Auric Solar Lot 4 – they will be there beginning at 4:00 MT, and we are welcome to come anytime. Bring drinks & snacks to share!

(Parking is $10 at RioT; TRAX is $2.50 one way – take Blue line & exit at the Sandy Expo stop)

Rio Tinto Stadium Game Day Information:

We will all be seated in Section 7. The front row will be reserved for capos. We will have drums, banners & flags!

Please meet at the East Gate no later than 5:55 p.m. MT.

6:00 p.m. MT – all traveling Riveters will enter together, you will need to show your printed ticket(s) at this point.

Stadium rules:

no smoke or flares
bags no larger than 14x14x6
no outside food or drink
no sealed water bottles
empty water bottles ok – filling stations inside
no profanities in chants or yelled (family-friendly stadium)
they have cleared Section 6 as a kind of buffer for us
stadium staff will be assigned to us in case we need anything
possible 15 minute hold before exiting post-match

For any general questions, please email awaytravel@107ist.org !

And last but not least…DON’T FORGET TO PRINT & BRING YOUR TICKET!

See you in Utah!

Your Rose City Riveters Travel Crew

Keepers Care for Kids will be collecting new plushies/teddy bears/stuffed animals at the home opener April 15th for The Children’s Center of Clackamas County. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we’re glad for the opportunity to help this worthy organization. Your caring donations, which can be dropped off at fanladen, will bring comfort to a local child who may be experiencing trauma.

Kids are referred to Children’s Center by law enforcement agencies, child protective workers, parents, teachers, health care providers, therapists, and others concerned for their welfare. As a private, non-profit child abuse intervention center, they offer child-centered abuse and neglect evaluations. They partner with local agencies responsible for intervening when there is concern for child maltreatment.

As the Designated Medical Professional (DMP) for Clackamas County, their primary goal is to provide children and adolescents with comprehensive child abuse assessments in a trauma-informed and child-centered environment. They also connect caregivers and children with services to help families sustain a healthy & happy home.

The 2018 season brings us a new venue for Away Days, as the Utah Royals are added on the NWSL roster.

The first meeting of Thorns and Royals will be Saturday, April 28th at 7:00pm Mountain Time @ Rio Tinto Stadium, located at 9256 State Street in Sandy, Utah.

Use this link to order tickets: https://timbersarmy.org/event-2866969

Flags are allowed with plastic poles under 6′, and drums are allowed as well. Watch the language, though! Heads up that bags will be inspected & cannot be larger than 14x14x6- clear bags are recommended.

We have obtained a discount for lodging at the Little America in downtown SLC.  Reservations & information can be found here: https://reservations.travelclick.com/4650?groupID=2145848

It appears that local transportation via the Trax Blue Line ($2.50 one way) goes from the hotel (Courthouse Station stop) to the Sandy Expo Station stop which is less than a 1/2 mile walk from Rio Tinto Stadium.

Somehow, in all the excitement of the Thorns winning the championship and the ensuing celebrations throughout all of Portland, one of our Rose City Riveters banners has come up missing.

We think it may be hiding from us, and perhaps is still a bit too giddy from partying to successfully make its way back home.

Now it is nearly time for the travel banner to suit up and get on the road for 2018 away matches- so banner, come back!

Have you seen it? Please let us know at info@rosecityriveters.org

****Monday, April 9 update- we’ve met our goal! Thank you!****

We’re fundraising to generate revenue for the match day experience, and have a special treat for those who want to help!

Donate $10 or more to our tifo fund, and we’ll send you a special, limited edition “Tifo Hero” pin!

Thanks to those of you who have donated so far! Our goal is $6000.

Click the “donate” button to your right to donate through PayPal.

Stay tuned to this page, where we will keep you updated on the amount of funds raised.

Come join Riveters at meetups during the preseason matches! $1 off pints with your 107ist membership card.

• Click here for March 11 details*

• Click here for March 14 details

• Click here for March 17 details

Rose City Riveters merch will be available for purchase, too. There will also be an opportunity to make a donation to the tifo fund, and get a great “Tifo Hero” pin. Check the links for all the details!

*March 11 meetup is kid-friendly

We love getting together at Providence Park- and at our away match venues, too!

And sometimes, that doesn’t feel like enough, so we love creating opportunities to get the Rose City Riveters family together outside of Thorns matches. If we can turn it into a helpful act of community service or a fundraiser, even better.

In our excitement to enjoy each other’s company, and enthusiasm to run with a great idea, we recently held a bingo night at Cider Riot. We also planned to have another tomorrow at Lucky Lab…without realizing we were missing some steps.

As it turns out, we really didn’t understand the complexities (see: rules) in hosting bingo. We learned of the criteria late last night, and found that we would likely not be able to be in compliance for tomorrow night’s event. Regretfully, this means we must cancel the bingo event at Lucky Lab.

We know a lot of you were looking forward to this- we were, too! But it’s incredibly important to us that we always work in a manner that is above board, and at a bare minimum, never threatens our nonprofit status.

Our most sincere apologies for canceling this event on such short notice.

We are incredibly grateful for your understanding. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us via e-mail at info@rosecityriveters.org.

See you in the North End soon!

What a fantastic Annual General Meeting the 107 Independent Supporters Trust had! We hope you were there to learn what we accomplished in 2017, and to participate in the breakout sessions to help determine the direction in 2018.

If you weren’t there, we have a video version for you. Check it out! Also, if you would like to view the slides of the presentation as a PDF, you can download those here. 

Ready to get stuck in yet? There are many volunteer opportunities available to you!

Here are a few continuous/committee-type opportunities:

• 107IST Membership Committee
• 107IST Communications – Travel/RSG Content Editors
• 107IST Facilities Committee
• 107IST Partnerships Committee
• 107IST Community Outreach Committee/GCSF Board
• Rose City Riveters Tifo Crew
• Rose City Riveters Merch Crew
• Rose City Riveters Capos/DnT

If you would rather take advantage of event-by-event-basis volunteer opportunities, please visit the Volunteer Opt-In Page.

Or, you might have an idea of your own- and we’d love to hear it!

Drop a note to our events coordinator, Dawn Bauman, at dawn.bauman@107ist.org

Remember that Rose City Riveters fall under the 107IST umbrella, and your membership is valued and important. You can sign up for membership here. Thanks again to all who attended our 2018 AGM!

Sure, Rose City Riveters are known for great match day tifo displays, epic away trips North, and of course, all the red smoke!

What you might not know is that when we fundraise, it doesn’t just go to Riveters expenses- it also goes to support our community.

In addition to products cultivated from our match day drives, financial assistance is also provided to organizations. Here is a thumbnail sketch of where fundraising dollars were directed in 2017:

• Pioneer Courthouse Square – repair $100 (Click here to find our brick!)
• Lori Lindsey trip to Mt. Killimanjaro – $107 (Click here to read about her adventure, coordinated by Altitude Football Project. Athletes set a Guinness World Record for the world’s highest ever soccer match, to help draw attention to equality issues.)
• Street Roots for Spread the Love Scarves (joint with Timbers Army) – $1,000 
• The Living Room Pride Scarf (joint with Timbers Army) – $3,330
• TransActive Pride Shirts & Buttons – $2,539 
• Rock n Roll Camp for Girls BYCAP and End of Year Show – $3,594

Thank you for purchasing our limited run scarves, shirts, and other merch that helps fund great organizations and causes like these!

We made it a double.

We painted tifo, we sang songs, we supported the Thorns.

We went to Orlando, and we brought back the NWSL Championship trophy.

And now we rest. Kind of. For a few minutes. There is always work to be done.

The application period is open for candidates for the 107ist board. The 107ist, for those of you who may just be joining us, is the operational umbrella covering both the Rose City Riveters and the Timbers Army. It’s what allows us to do all the things we do at the scale at which we want to do them.

Applications are open until Friday, November 10, at midnight and can be found HERE. You must have a current, paid 107ist membership to run.

Being a member of the board isn’t easy and it isn’t always fun, but the board is essential and this year, four positions in the 11-member group are open. Newly elected board members will serve a three-year term, from January 2018 through December 2020.

The candidate forum, where candidates will answer questions from their future constituents, will be November 19 at Artists Repertory Theatre beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Whether voter or candidate, consider carefully. You have the ability to shape the organization going forward.