"We can do what we do with these issues: study the hell out of them, consult the neighborhoods, worry about parking and park space, and make sure the stadiums and offices are green and no birds or worms will be harmed in the name of athletic progress. And when we're done, we still won't know for sure if it'll work, because some things you just don't know. You do them or you don't. Portland usually doesn't. This will be interesting to watch." Ryan White's highly entertaining column on the ups and downs of a possible Major League Soccer team in Portland, Oregon.