Episode 460: First match at Jeld-Wen Field and Carlos Ruiz wonder goal | MLS History Retold

About this episode

The episode discusses the first match at Jeld-Wen Field and highlights a memorable goal by Carlos Ruiz as part of MLS history.

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their teams, and we've got a list of almost all of them. We are going to do our research and then come together to retell everyone about those stories and give them the spotlight they deserve. This week we're talking about the first ever match at Portland's Jeld-Wen Field, followed...

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Barnikel, Connor Wright

Topics covered

• MLS history
• soccer stories
• Portland Timbers
• Jeld-Wen Field
• Carlos Ruiz
• MLS matches

Keywords

• MLS
• soccer
• Jeld-Wen Field
• Carlos Ruiz
• Portland
• history
• Timbers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Designated Players Podcast

Places: Jeld-Wen Field, Portland

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