Andrew Jean-Baptiste goes 8th overall to Portland. He's going to be playing in a hell of an atmosphere, and a hell of a derby.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/video/2012/01/12/portland-select-uconns-jean-baptiste http://www.mlssoccer.com/video/2012/01/12/cascio-joins-rapids Goal Patrol is already working on trips to see both of them when they play local teams. Good luck to both of them, DJB is going to be playing in one of, if not the greatest environment in all of MLS.
Portland already had the best MLS game atmosphere and their retrofitted baseball stadium will only enhance it now. Is the derby comment a reference to a league rivalry with Seattle or Vancouver?
Yea, the Portland/Seattle rivalry (derby) has been around even before both were in the MLS, now they both are, I think it will only grow more.
When even NY cannot get a 2nd team (and LA doesn't #$@*)@ count), I was trying to figure out how Portland could get a 2nd franchise to create a derby. Thanks for confirming it was a reference to the Portland - Seattle rivalry.
If that's a typical Seattle game, it appears a bit too orchestrated. Do they hand out Dukie cheer cards? Has Toronto's support died out? A few years back, they were quite impressive.
