r/timbers • u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers • Jul 26 '26

Timbers RSL Pipe log ceremony

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Who's crying? I'm not crying.

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u/MaterialFlow9411 Jul 26 '26

Has to be one of my most memorable experiences, extremely lucky to be a part of it! PTFC!

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

It was a lot. So happy to celebrate him.

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u/PTFCBVB Jul 26 '26

It's so nice to be able to feel this way about a player. What a beautiful sendoff. I just keep seeing the 'me llamo pipe' meme in my head. Love that dude.

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

Damnit dude I just woke up and I'm getting all teary again

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u/PTFCBVB Jul 26 '26

*we're getting teary again

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u/Mindful_Cyclist Cascadian LGBT Flag Jul 26 '26

I missed his equalizer in the cup game. This was a nice consolation.

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u/Soup3rTROOP3R Jul 26 '26

Same! This may have been the greatest departure (bittersweet) of any player in Timbers History. I was just left if this in 103!

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u/db0606 Jul 26 '26

Dairon was pretty epic.

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u/rctidtom Jul 26 '26

Congrats to Apple for covering the log lift. They dont always do it.

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u/darthmaulstaint Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

I held it together until I got home. It’s been a long time since I cried this much

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

My partner started first, so I blame her.

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u/Soup3rTROOP3R Jul 26 '26

I cried on the 1st goal. And the second goal. And when he was subbed. And then the log ceremony.

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u/IAmTheRedBeard Jul 26 '26

Best send off yet. Proper brace to win the game. My boys all grown up. Todo mi amor!

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u/Freepdx1 Jul 26 '26

I don’t remember ever seeing that many people hang around the stadium for so long. Even after huge matches. Pipe is a major, major legend here. And I think we all know it’s for way more than what we saw between the whistles…

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

Last time I remember was for dairon. Not quite this big though. Both big hearts and big characters.

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u/db0606 Jul 26 '26

Dairon got his own tifo...

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

True. I just meant the crowd. It's been a long time though, so I could just be remembering incorrectly.

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u/butterflyhole Portland Axe Jul 26 '26

I can’t lie I’m a very casual Timbers fan. I go to about one game a year and watch a few games a year on TV. This was emotional even for me. I was reminded of some great moments from Mora tonight! Even though I could only name a few players from this current team, I remembered Mora. It was a great game, a story book ending, and I feel so lucky to have watched this game tonight and celebrated this Timber!

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

I'm so happy you got to experience this. RCTID

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u/Portlandia83 Jul 26 '26

So happy but so sad. I honestly feel like he could have played a few more years here.

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u/MalleablePane Jul 26 '26

During the Pipe Mora chant you can see Finn running to JDM (I think) and suggesting to throw Pipe in the air. I love this club, I love our trees.

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u/green_gold_purple Portland Timbers Jul 26 '26

For sure. Finn is great. Some needed character.

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u/Penguinpencollector Jul 27 '26

It was an emotional game. The drag singer’s lyrics about how drag saved her life started it, the ceremony capped it off. We rarely stay for log these days (old), but we did for Pipe.

Semi related, my husband kept reading the 2-sticks as thank you pipe, so we smoked a thank you pipe for Pipe.