3 soccer scarves made by the Portland Timbers fan group called the Cascadia Entertainment System. This group cranked out a lot of Nintendo x Timbers themed merchandise in the mid 2010s, though it is long since defunct. From top to bottom: the first scarce is black with Legend of Zelda Tri-Forces on each edge, on the left is 8-bit Link from Zelda 1, on the right is 8-bit Zelda, in the middle is 3 hearts (depicting the health system in the game; the second scarf looks like the side view of a Super Mario Bros 3 like level, on the upper left where the score would normally be it says “Rose City” and in place of the timer it says “1975” (a reference to when the club was first started), on the upper right is says “Kings of Cascadia”, in the main section is is a series of Mario platforms, pits with water and Big Bertha fish trying to catch Mario, Mario has just punched an item box and instead of normal Mario item, a double sided axe has popped out; the last scarf looks like the overworld map on Super Mario Bros 3, a line connecting several boxes representing levels that end at a castle, only in this case the levels have the initials of teams that Timbers had to go through in the 2015 playoffs (Sporting KC, Vancouver Whitecaps, FC Dallas), the castle at the end says the initials for Columbus (which was the team the Timbers beat in MLS Cup), at the far end of the level path is Providence Park (home of the Timbers) with the words “2015 Champs” and a Mario Super Star on it, beyond the Columbus castle is a trophy with a Mario Super Star on it representing the MLS Cup, on the right side is a winner podium that looks like what you see after a completing a cup in Super Mario Kart with an angry Donkey Kong wearing a D for Dallas shirt on 3rd step, an angry Princess Peach wearing a yellow dress that says “CCSC” for Columbus Crew SC” on the 2nd place step, and Mario (or Luigi?) wearing a Timbers jersey and green hat and holding a bottle of champagne standing on the first place step.

Back side of scarves in previous picture, from top to bottom: the top (Zelda themed) scarf says “I can’t help falling in love with you”, which is a reference to the Elvis song that the Timbers Army sings at the 85th minute of games; the middle scarf says “Gut The Fish” and has a picture of Mario in a frog suit chasing after a Cheep Chomp fish, this is a reference to the “Gut the fish” phrase used when talking about beating the Timbers biggest rivals, the Seattle Sounders (aka the Flounders, as they are called among some Timbers fans); the bottom scarf looks like the animation that plays on the title screen for Super Mario Kart with a side view of two karts racing among a Mario level background, in the cart that’s behind and on the left is a yellow Wario (depicting Columbus), on the right in the lead is a green shirted Mario (depicting the Timbers), between them it says “New Record!! 00’27”00” (representing the goal the Timbers scored in the MLS Cup final in the opening 27 seconds), and in large text in the center it says “Onward, Rose City”

A thread of #SoccerScarves from my collection, mostly #TimberFC related, but not entirely. This first set is from an old fan made merch group in the #TimbersArmy called the #CascadiaEntertainmentSystem. #Nintendo #SuperMarioBros #Zelda #MarioKart #rctid #PortlandTimbers #FootballScarves #MLS