Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaitautoko o Portland Timbers a Liam Ridgewell e tuhi ana i tana pou tuarua mo Sportsmail i te wa o te Major League Soccer 2015 i te United States. I konei, e kōrero ana te 30-tau-tau mai i Bexleyheath i ngā haerenga a tōna whānau ki Portland, e tū mai ana ki te whetū o Brazil o Orlando City, a Kaka, me te tukinga e tū mai ana ki ngā hoa whawhai kaha o Seattle Sounders i te ata o te Mane i te 2:30 i te ata o te UK. E rima tekau haora. Koinei te roa o te wā i noho ai tētahi rōpū o ā mātou kaiwhaiwhai ki waho o Providence Park i mua i te kēmu ki a FC Dallas. Kua whiwhi tīkiti rātau, engari ko ta rātau i hiahia ai kia noho tuatahi ki te taiwhanga. He mea poauau, ehara? I haereere au i te taone nui me Nat Borchers ka mutu ta maua korerorero. He kino te kite i te ngakau nui o ngā kaiwhaiwhai, ā, ka mau tonu i a rātou i ngā tukinga katoa. He mea motuhake te huru. I te rā o te kēmu e aroha ana ahau ki te waiata motu i te tīmatanga. Ehara i a au, engari he tino whakaongaonga ki ahau. Ka whakairihia e nga kaiwhaiwhai o rātau kākahu, ka waiata. He honore te tākaro i mua i a rātou. Kei te mahi a Liam Ridgewell mō te Portland Timbers me te wā hou o te MLS e haere ana ki Amerika. Kei te whakamātau a Ridgewell (matau) ki te whakatū i tōna taha i te tukinga ki New York City FC i te wiki kua hipa. I whiua e mātou a Dallas 3-1 mō tā mātou wikitōria tuatahi o te tau, he mea tino harikoa nā te mea i tae mai ōku tamariki a Luca rāua ko Eva ki te toro ki ōku mātua a Bob rāua ko Linda. He pai ki te whakatika me te rere. He nui te ua, engari i tētahi rā ka tangohia e mātou ngā papa kōrere, ā, ka tītaka ngā tamariki i te roto i muri i tōku whare. Ko Luca, e iwa ona tau, i haere mai ki te whakangungu ki ahau i ia rā. Ka koropiko ia e pā ana ki, ka korero ki te mau tamaroa, ka patuki i te pōro a tawhio noa. Kāore au i te mōhio mēnā he pūkenga tāna pāpā, ka taea rānei te kī atu? He nui te pēhanga ki ngā tamariki taitamariki ināianei, kāore au e hiahia kia kaha rawa, tukua ia kia koa. I haere ia ki te whakangungu me nga Timbers Under-9s i tetahi ra ka tutaki ki a Gavin Wilkinson, te kaiwhakahaere matua, me te rangatira a Merritt Paulson. I ui ia he kawenga o ngā pātai e pā ana ki te nui i pau ia, me te pehea te nui ngā mea rerekē utu, rite tamariki mahi. Kāore he...
Kei te tākaro a Liam Ridgewell i tēnei wā mō te Portland Timbers i te MLS. Ko te 30-tau-tau i tae mai ki te Brazil Kaka, e takaro ana mo Orlando City. I pōwhiri a Ridgewell i tōna whānau mō te haerenga ki Te Hononga o Amerika. Ka whawhai a Portland ki a Seattle Sounders i te Mane i te 2:30 o te ata i te UK.