The man behind the Portland Timbers push to enter the MLS Expansion race is placing himself directly in the center of public debate as the conversations about how much Public Funding would be needed in renovating PGE Park into a 23,000 seat Soccer Specific Stadium begin.

With Owner Merritt Paulson and Portland City Commish Randy Leonard meeting with MLS honcho Don Garber last week in New York, it looks as if the tantalizing old school Northwest rivalries of Seattle, Portland and Vancouver could become a reality again one day.

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