Portland Storm

The family is heading north in July 🌩💪🥎

Thank you to the Saguaro Cup team for putting on another great tournament. We may not have played the way we had hoped, but considering we have not played any games since October, it was great to get out and brush off some rust before heading back home to start our league play with a few games under our belt. Hope to see you all again next year

⚡🌩️ Thunder is rolling in from the Pacific Northwest… 🌩️⚡

The Portland Storm flashes into the C Division of the 2026 Saguaro Cup Sports Festival, and trust us, this isn’t a light drizzle.

Repping Rose City Softball Association, this crew of ballers is ready to deliver a deluge of runs, lightning-quick gloves, and thunderous bats! Think you can keep your head above water? Or are you about to get swept away?

🌵 2026 Saguaro Cup Sports Festival
📅 April 10–12, 2026
📍 Phoenix, Arizona

Register your team.
Cruise the free agent list.
Lock in your host hotel.

The forecast? 84° and sunny… with a 100% chance of Storm.

👉 saguarocup.com

Egypt just formally demanded that FIFA cancel the Pride celebrations around their World Cup match against Iran - and Seattle says they're doing it anyway.

Remember that spectacularly awkward situation where organizers scheduled a Pride Match before knowing which teams would play, and it ended up being two countries where being gay is illegal? Well, Egypt is not having it.

The Egyptian Football Association sent an official letter to FIFA "categorically rejecting" any LGBTQ+ activities during the June 26 game, claiming it violates their "cultural, religious and social values." Iran's football federation is also objecting, calling it an "irrational move that supports a certain group."

Here's where it gets messy - Seattle's organizing committee just told the BBC they're "moving forward as planned" with their Pride programming. But there's a crucial distinction: their celebrations are happening around the city, not inside the stadium during the actual match.

So Egypt and Iran are essentially objecting to rainbow flags and Pride events happening in Seattle itself, not just at the game.

The timing makes this even more loaded. The match falls two days before the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Seattle is home to one of America's largest Iranian-American communities and a significant Egyptian diaspora - many of whom are likely LGBTQ+ people who fled persecution in those exact countries.

Another good win. Just waiting for all pool play games to finish up. Should have a pretty good seeding.

Great first game this morning. Last pool play game at 11am against Loft from San Diego. Keep it up Storm

Portland Cup schedule has been released

The skies are clearing but a storm's a brewin'!
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