Green is the Color Podcast

This podcast features a conversation with 7 guests as part of the INDUSTRY One Foundation’s 12th exhibition: GROUNDBREAKERS: Exploring Portland’s Impact on Global Soccer Culture.The exhibition runs through mid September at INDUSTRY One Foundation (415 SW 10th Avenue) in Portland.Below is a description of the exhibition from INDUSTRY One Foundation, and you can follow links throughout these notes to find information about these panelists and to support and/or get involved with their organizations. From the INDUSTRY One Foundation release:“Here in Portland, we do soccer differently. Groundbreakers explores the un...

I love the story and lore of the 35-yard shootouts from the middle years of the NASL and early seasons of MLS. I’ve lived through them, and I’ve written at length about them here on this site. It’s possible things I probably should know and remember have been forcibly evicted from my hippocampus by pretty much all there is to know about something as trivial as starting 35 yards from goal with 5 seconds to get off a shot when the game is on the line. I’ve even tracked down the exact Washington DC-area house where the idea was...

This is a 2010 interview with one of the first NASL Timbers employees, who named the team and also helped University of Portland Soccer become an intercollegiate sport: PR Director Dennis O'Meara This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features the Portland Timbers General Manager from when professional soccer returned to Soccer City, USA in 2001: Jim Taylor This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This podcast features a conversation with the hosts of The Timber Review: Adam Susman and Adam Booker This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features the first homegrown NASL Timber, who went on to win 6 indoor championships before returning home with then-new franchise Portland Pride: Jim Gorsek This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features a Portland native & NASL Timbers fan who followed the club through all iterations since, and was there from Day 1 of what the soccer world knows now as the Timbers Army: Nevets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode, recorded live at the Portland adidas Employee Store, features a conversation with Timbers head coach Phil Neville and forward Santiago Moreno This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

I’m excited to announce that I have two very special guests scheduled to appear for the milestone 50th episode of the Green Is the Color podcast: Phil Neville and Santiago Moreno from our 2025 Portland Timbers!And I want you to join us, in person, as we record live on Thursday March 27 at the Portland adidas Employee Store.It is a free event, but you do need to register because only the first 200 guests to register are guaranteed entry. Just click on the sign-up link below and follow the directions from there. And, of course, pl...

This episode features one of the first Timbers signed when the club returned in 2001, a former UP Pilot who was taken by New England Revolution in the inaugural 1996 MLS Draft: Darren Sawatzky This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

As I mentioned in Podcast Episode 46: Other Podcasts/Outlets, V.1, I’ve been able to get to know some of the talented, passionate people at other outlets who work to bring us coverage of the Timbers and Thorns. Before and during the 2025 season, I’m going to have a few episodes where I talk to them and hopefully get to share what they and their work are about. This second episode of those features Talk Timbers and The Morrisonic Podcast.Talk Timbers* Talk Timbers (on Timbers.com)* Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Talk...

Also, in Eric’s interview, he talks about when he wrote and performed a song that would not only outsell Paul McCartney & Wings in our local market but would also become the theme song of our podcast, “Green Is the Color.”Link to: The Bevy Cup website#RCTID This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

In my time doing Green Is the Color, I’ve been able to get to know some of the talented, passionate people at other outlets who work to bring us coverage of the Timbers and Thorns. Before the 2025 season starts, I’m going to have a few episodes where I talk to them and hopefully get to share what they and their work are about. This first episode of those features Stumptown Footy and The I-5 Corridor. Stumptown Footy* Stumptown Footy (webpage, which incudes a link to their podcast)* Stumptown on X (@StumptownFooty)<p...

This episode features the Timbers USL/A-League era all-time leading scorer who played over 100 matches in the green and gold: El Matador, Byron Alvarez This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features a Portland native who turned a one-day tryout into a two-year stint with his hometown NASL Portland Timbers: Scott Meiggs This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

As mentioned in the interview, below are 4 resources where you can learn more about prostate cancer:* American Cancer Society* Prostate Cancer Foundation Patient Resources* Zero Prostate Cancer* BACPAC (Black & African-Descent Collaborative for Prostate Cancer ACtion) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features Pacific Northwest native, former professional player, and current Portland Timbers assistant coach: Shannon Murray This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features an Oregon native who first shot the Portland Timbers in 2003 and is now the Portland Timbers Director of Photography: Craig Mitchelldyer This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

To get a sense of Bernie’s passions, consider reading up on and participating in the following organizations:* Bernie Fagan Memorial Endowment at Warner Pacific University* Special Olympics Oregon* Oregon Brain Bank at Oregon Health & Science University#RCTID This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com