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The Timbers Army builds a massive tifo

Added on by Thomas Boyd.

The Timbers Army allowed reporter Rachel Bachman and I to document their secretive tifo building project as the Portland Timbers play in their first home game as an MLS team. If you don't know what a tifo is, watch the video. The first image is a video, just click on it.

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army trace the image onto a large sheet. The Timbers Army coordinated a massive effort to build their largest and most spectacular tifo yet for the MLS home opener. They say it could be the most elaborate and largest tifo every built in North America. The display went off without a hitch during the Star Spangled Banner before the game Thurs., April 14, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army trace the image onto a large sheet. The Timbers Army coordinated a massive effort to build their largest and most spectacular tifo yet for the MLS home opener. They say it could be the most elaborate and largest tifo every built in North America. The display went off without a hitch during the Star Spangled Banner before the game Thurs., April 14, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army hand paint the sheet that will be one of the three massive panels they will raise up to the rafters at Jeld-Wen Field during the opening ceremonies of the home opener, Thurs., April 14, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army hand paint the sheet that will be one of the three massive panels they will raise up to the rafters at Jeld-Wen Field during the opening ceremonies of the home opener, Thurs., April 14, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army hand paint the sheet that will be one of the three massive panels they will raise up to the rafters at Jeld-Wen Field during the opening ceremonies of the home opener, Thurs., April 14, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army hand paint the sheet that will be one of the three massive panels they will raise up to the rafters at Jeld-Wen Field during the opening ceremonies of the home opener, Thurs., April 14, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army use a sewing machine to stitch together white sheets for a banner. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army take care of their duties on a work day April 8, 2011. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - April 4, 2011 - Volunteers from the Portland Timbers Army use rigging to lift the massive sheet off the floor to make room for another panel. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian

PORTLAND, OREGON - 4/14/2011 - Fireworks are launched before the Portland Timbers play the Chicago Fire at Jeld-Wen Field, Thu., Apr. 14, 2011, in Portland, Oregon. This is the Timbers' first home game as a MLS team. Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian