Soccer-Themed Southeast Portland Pub the Toffee Club Is Closing

Local footy fanatics will have to find a new watering hole to watch hours of soccer. The Toffee Club is calling it quits due to restraints created by the pandemic. The British-themed pub on Southeast Division Street announced the closure on its Facebook page on Aug. 7.

The Timbers Have Advanced to the Final of Major League Soccer’s Return Tournament

The Timbers haven’t had a championship parade since winning the MLS Cup in 2015. It’s safe to say they won’t be having one in 2020 either—but they still might win a championship.

Murmurs: Provenance Hotels Got Federal Loan

In other news: Former Timbers goalie sues doctors.

Former Portland Timbers Goalkeeper Sues Oregon Sports Doctors, Alleging Botched Surgery Led to Career-Damaging Injury

The Portland Pickles Plan to Play Baseball in Lents Without a Crowd

The Portland Pickles—Portland’s favorite collegiate woodbat baseball club—are planning to play without crowds this summer, and broadcast them online.

Portland’s Biggest Sporting Events Are Happening This Month. So Is an Outbreak.

These events are mass gatherings that health experts warn are ideal conditions for spreading COVID-19.

One of Portland’s Hardcore Soccer Bars Has Been Replaced By, Well, Another Soccer Bar

When Peter Mahr bought 4-4-2 on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard last June, his professed goal was to turn the place from a hardcore soccer bar into a neighborhood bar friendly to soccer fans and the footy-averse alike. On non-game days, it’s possible that Mahr, a former amateur player himself, has fulfilled that promise. Make no mistake, though: When the Timbers are on at Gol, as he rechristened it, this is still very much a soccer bar.

Fewer Fans of Portland’s Pro Soccer Teams Drive to Games Than Expected, But They Still Hog On-Street Parking