We'd be remiss if we didn't note that the Portland Timbers actually won a soccer match on the road -- the first time all season that's it's happened -- and that victory, over the team in the Real Vancouver, clinched the coveted Cascadia Cup. Now, some people will pooh-pooh this trophy, but it's about the only thing that Little Lord Paulson's squad has to show for an otherwise highly disappointing season. It's something to cheer us up when the contents of our election ballot depress us to the point of tears.