Portland, OR - After losing to NYCFC on penalties in MLS Cup 2021, Merritt Paulson announced that he would be promoting Senior Vice President Joe Cote to a higher position in the organization and giving him a bonus after Cote intentionally antagonized fans on Twitter hours after the Timbers lost.

“This is the kind of behavior I look for from my Senior Vice President and I hope it continues,” stated Paulson in a release online.

Cote went on Twitter to antagonize fans using private emails to call a fan out online hours after the 2021 Cup loss as he “Merritt Paulson’d” Timbers fans.

“I remain proud of Joe and I hope he tells the other fake fans to take off. We don’t need fans like them and never did,” stated Paulson.

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Paulson goes after all the other fans in the stadium for not doing enough to get the Timbers a win.