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Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers MLS today released the full schedule for its 2018 season. Here are five things to know about the Timbers’ slate. 1. Starting on the Road Phase one of the construction to expand Providence Park means that the Timbers will open the season with a five game road trip and won’t open at […]

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers announced Monday morning that 46-year-old Caracas native Giovanni Savarese will replace Caleb Porter and become the club’s third ever MLS manager. Savarese joins the Timbers from the New York Cosmos, where he spent the last five seasons guiding the historic club to three NASL championships and 71 regular season wins […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers In what might be the most stunning trade in franchise history, the Portland Timbers have sent Darlington Nagbe, the club’s first MLS draft pick and all-time appearance leader, to Atlanta United. In exchange, the Timbers have netted more than $1 million in general and targeted allocation money — a number that could […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After an other-worldly 2017 season in which he became the just second MLS to tally more than 20 goals and 10 assists, Portland Timbers midfield maestro Diego Valeri was today recognized at the Adidas North American headquarters as the league’s most valuable player. Valeri was also named the Timbers’ Players’ Player of […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers In many ways, 2017 was a wonderful season in Portland. The Timbers won the Western Conference regular season, edging Seattle on a tiebreaker and Vancouver by a point, brought the Cascadia Cup back to Portland for the first time, and did it all by playing some of the league’s best soccer. But […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers You have to go a long ways back now to remember what the Portland Timbers were before Caleb Porter arrived in the winter of 2012. For their fan support, they were already a revelation. But on the field, they were a non-entity. They hadn’t won anything, and they weren’t going anywhere. They […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers In a stunning turn of events, Paul Tenorio of Four Four Two is reporting this evening that the Portland Timbers and manager Caleb Porter have mutually agreed to part ways. An announcement is expected on Friday. Tenorio’s reporting suggested that Porter’s departure was the result of a “power struggle” within the club, […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers In the end, the Portland Timbers could suffer no more. Bruised and battered and bloodied and bandaged, the Timbers exited the 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs on Sunday night with a 2-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo at Providence Park — ending a season derailed by the injury crisis that began before the […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Six days ago in Texas, the Portland Timbers battled through the loss of three starters to injury to see out a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Western Conference Semifinal matchup against the Houston Dynamo. Now, the stage for Sunday evening’s second leg in Portland is set. The Timbers move […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Here are player ratings for the Timbers’ playoff-opening 0-0 draw in Houston on Monday night. PORTLAND TIMBERS Jeff Attinella, 6: Had one shaky moment when he was late arriving to a ball over the top for Elis, but made a very nice save on a Senderos header in the second half and, […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Facing huge adversity in their playoff opener on Monday night in Houston, the Portland Timbers stood tall and saw out a result to be proud of: a 0-0 draw that gives the Timbers an excellent chance of advancing when the series returns to the Rose City on Sunday night. But the draw […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Eight days after claiming the Cascadia Cup and the Western Conference’s top seed on the final day of the MLS regular season, the Portland Timbers’ quest for MLS Cup number two begins tonight. The first hurdle for the Timbers is a resurgent Houston Dynamo team that knocked Portland’s old nemesis Sporting Kansas […]