About
the Cascadia Cup
Supporters of the Seattle Sounders have teamed up with fan-based
organizations
for the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps to sponsor the
"Cascadia
Cup," to be awarded to the club who finishes with the best record in
the
season series between these three teams. The Cascadia Cup has been
created to
celebrate the strong rivalries between each of these three clubs.
As
a part of the USL Division One schedule the teams will host
games against their
local rivals to count in the Cascadia Cup standings.
The team earning the most points in all head-to-head competition
against the other
two teams using the current USL point system will receive the cup. The
current point system awards three points for each win and one point for
a draw.
Corporations
and fans have sponsored previous northwest cups, such as the "Rose
Festival
Cup" between the Sounders and Timbers. The name "Cascadia Cup"
was chosen to reflect the geographical region that includes all three
cities,
Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, B.C.
Fans
have donated money to pay for the two-foot tall silver Cascadia Cup
that will
rotate to each season's winner. The cup includes a plaque which will
have each
winning team's name engraved on it.
"The Cascadia Cup brings back the feeling of what it was like when the
teams played each other in the old (North American Soccer League) NASL
days," said Kurt Schubothe, a Portland soccer fan.
