Editor’s Note: In the over 90-year history of Providence Park, the stadium has seen thousands of events from baseball to dog racing, presidential visits to Elvis, and even one time, a ski jump. It has also been the site of some incredible instances of American soccer history.
Now on the eve of a stadium rebirth that includes a new 4,000 seat east side, new soccer chapters are waiting to be written. As June approaches and the Portland Timbers and Thorns FC look to open the new look stadium in MLS and NWSL play respectively, we look back to three important soccer matches at Providence Park: Pele’s last professional game in the 1977 NASL Soccer Bowl, the U.