With great anticipation for Jake Zivin's first full season as the television voice of the Portland Timbers, he and I chatted before the Timbers' preseason match against Minnesota United, I gave him my No Pity scarf, and we discussed his approach to soccer broadcasting.
When the legendary John Strong left his post with the Portland Timbers permanently in 2013, fans were apprehensive about who would be tapped to fill the yawning void he left. Now Jake Zivin, another young voice who has quietly climbed the Timbers broadcasting ladder over the last three years, will take on the role of calling the Timbers' action on the field.