Spent a couple of years living in Bristol so always got a soft spot for The Robins even despite how they turned so rabidly on our beloved Marinovic! Seem like forever trapped in perennial Championship purgatory, hope FInn could be the man to turn their fortunes around. Not sure what it's like now days but there's worse cities in the UK to be in as a youngster especially as a pro footballer.
Probably for the best. Could see him getting far more interest and going for a much bigger fee (of which a significant chunk would flow through to us) after a breakout World Cup performance
It won't be 40%. Sell-on clauses are usually in the 15-20 percent range. I seem to remember it being said we negotiated a sell-on clause when we sold him, but even if we didn't, we will still get development solidarity payments.
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Surman with the ex Nix bragging rights, and a star 8.5 Soccerway rating, as the Timbers win 2-1.
Boyd a full game for LAFC, and he stung the palms of Timbers GK with a shot at one point. But looks like he only started as LAFC heavily rotated their squad having midweek CONCACAF Champions League two leg QF commitments to juggle.
They had a 17 yr old score a beauty for their sole goal in this game.
The Colorado Rapids welcomed 75,824 fans for Saturday's Matchday 8 visit from Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF, marking the second-highest single-game attendance in MLS history.
Colorado's 30th Anniversary Match was moved from Dick’s Sporting Goods Park to Empower Field at Mile High, home of the NFL's Denver Broncos, and supporters came out in unprecedented numbers to witness Miami's 3-2 win.
Only the 82,110 fans in attendance for the July 4, 2023 El Tráfico between LA Galaxy and LAFC at the Rose Bowl have beaten that figure.
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Niche Cache. Odds on this is Surman's last season in the MLS.
Continues the trend from this weeks' Niche Cache of AWs players likely going to a higher level and/or bigger club in the next 12 months. Just, Garbett, McCowatt and Surman.
This AWs generation should be stronger again at the 2030 WC. It's a pity there will be nothing worthwhile to play for about 2028 like a Euros or Asian Cup.
CascadiaFC.com: “From a stat-sheet perspective, Surman was awesome yet again. Here’s how his 15 defensive actions were categorized: 5 tackles, 1 block, 7 clearances (4 aerial), 2 interceptions, and 3 recoveries. Without Surman’s reliability and consistency, this team would be conceding at least two more goals per game. Don’t worry, I’m already beginning to work on his case for (MLS) Defender of the Year.No other defender in the league is more important to their team than Surman is to the Timbers.”
The Surmanator sounds in good form. Niche Cache. Who knows if he shines at the World Cup where he will start and be busy - it might be a leap straight into the EPL later this year.
On Anzac weekend it was the Kiwi/Aussie centre-back duo of Alex Boniteg and Finn Surman who were the heroes for Portland Timbers as they won 2-1 away against San Diego. Two struggling teams, the type of game that Portland needs to win in order to climb up the ladder to where they feel they should be. Full credit to Boniteg who scored the injury time winner and got picked for MLS Team of the Week and all that good stuff... but his moment wouldn’t have been nearly so valuable had Finn Surman not made a typically courageous block down the other end in the time that remained, getting his chest in front of a thumping volley that was flying towards the top corner.
That was blocked shot #19 for Surman this season, extending his MLS-wide lead. He’s also fourth for defensive clearances (which he led the MLS for in 2025). Finn Surman and James Pantemis are the only Portland players who have played all 810 minutes thus far. He’s fantastic for them every single week, the consistency is off the charts. And you know what else? He captained them in this game... and they still won. This was the sixth time that he’s captained the Timbers and in the previous five they’d gone 0W-1D-4L. There goes an unwanted streak, batted away just like he batted away that shot at the end there.
Was after a clash of heads in the 45th – he strapped on a bandage before halftime but rightly didn't return after the break – so probably a week on the sideline, but nothing major.
Niche Cache. Actually an ankle injury that saw him subbed off.
.......Surman collected a head knock late in the first half. They bandaged him up so that he could finish the half but he didn’t emerge after the break. There’s a plot twist to this though, as coach Phil Neville later revealed that the head wound was fine and it was actually a tackle to the ankle that he suffered in the second minute of the match which swelled up and caused him to be subbed.
Phil Neville: “It's the biggest honour that you can get to play for your country at a World Cup. But, you know, if you if you concentrate on today and you do the right things today, then tomorrow always looks after itself. And I think particularly for somebody like Finn who's inexperienced, not been to a major tournament, we've been working really well with him in terms of his mindset going into the next four games. Because after these four games, he's going to go away with New Zealand and probably have the biggest moments of his life. That won't happen if he doesn't concentrate now and I think he's he's got his feet firmly on the ground.
He knows that his bread and butter is concentration. If he plays well now, it'll help him for the World Cup... Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't the clash of heads. It was the... I thought it was a horrific tackle. [Diego] Luna went straight through him in the early part of the game that that made his ankle swell up. No yellow card. It was that which kept him out of training today. We're probably going to be waiting till the end of the week before he's back in training.”
