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Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers With the MLS All Star game in the books, the Portland Timbers set out this weekend for Minnesota and two important games against the Loons — the first of which, in league play, will take place on Sunday afternoon (1 p.m., TV on ESPN). The Opponent In their third year in MLS, […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Forget Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Saturday night’s showdown between the Portland Timbers and LA Galaxy at Providence Park was all about the home team. In a game that had fireworks left, right, and center — four goals, six yellow cards, and three reds in the final ten minutes — the Timbers, missing their most […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Fresh off of their triumph in Seattle last weekend, the Portland Timbers return home on Saturday night to face another marquee Western Conference opponent: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s LA Galaxy (7:30 p.m., TV on Fox Sports 1). The Opponent The Galaxy got what is by far their biggest win of the season last Friday […]

Portland Timbers If the Portland Timbers were saving something extra for their first showdown of the year with the Seattle Sounders on Sunday night, what they came up with sure was worth the wait. Two goals from Brian Fernandez, the latter of which came just seconds after Raul Ruidiaz had cancelled out his first, were […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It’s here. The first showdown of the year between the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders takes place tonight at CenturyLink Field — with the Timbers looking for a lift after two dispiriting home draws and the Sounders attempting to avenge their playoff ouster last winter (6:30 p.m., TV on Fox Sports 1). […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers All of the sudden, after their superb start to the summer, the Portland Timbers seem to have hit a wall. On Saturday night, playing without a number of starters, the Timbers were held to a home draw by the Colorado Rapids. On Thursday night, with a full compliment of starters against a […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are set to begin another big week tonight at Providence Park, where, before traveling to Seattle on Sunday, they will look to resume their march up the Western Conference table as they host Orlando City (7:00 p.m., TV on ESPN). The Opponent Orlando City last year were one of […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Lucas Melano is leaving Portland again, and, this time, he won’t be returning. The Timbers and Melano announced this morning that they have mutually agreed to terminate the forward’s contract, finally bringing to a close the Argentinian forward’s largely deflating four-year career in the Rose City. The Timbers first acquired Melano for […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers A venue like Providence Park has hosted its share of memorable contests. The one played there on Saturday night between the Portland Timbers and Colorado Rapids might not stand out, but it might well stand alone. It was a game that had a little bit of everything: a serious, emotional backdrop, a […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Coming off of one of their biggest wins of the season in Los Angeles, the Portland Timbers return to Providence Park on Saturday night looking to continue their climb up the Western Conference standings as they host the last-place Colorado Rapids (8 p.m., TV on KPDX). The Opponent The Rapids have been […]

Portland Timbers On a night when Giovani Savarese was called away from his team to attend to a serious health matter concerning his father, the Portland Timbers did their manager proud. Very proud. Three days after handing NYCFC their first home loss of the season, the Timbers traveled to Los Angeles to play an LAFC […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers There aren’t often must-watch U.S. Open Cup games involving two MLS teams, but tonight’s clash in Los Angeles between LAFC and the Portland Timbers is going to be an exception: one featuring two of the country’s best teams, who happen to despise each other, both fully focused on securing a spot in […]