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Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports After failing to close out a fourth win of the season against the New England Revolution on Sunday night, the Portland Timbers head east to take on the struggling Philadelphia Union on Saturday at Talen Energy Stadium (4:00 PM, TV on ROOT Sports). The History Just as it was with New […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Though they produced stretches of free-flowing soccer and got another fabulous goal out of Diego Valeri, the Portland Timbers didn’t quite bring it on Sunday night at Providence Park — and in the end, the New England Revolution made them pay. A late rebound goal from Lee Nguyen nabbed a point for […]

Craig Mitchelldyer-Portland Timbers After losing their first game of the season last weekend in Columbus, the Portland Timbers return home to face the New England Revolution on Sunday night at Providence Park (6:00 PM, TV on ESPN2). The Timbers, welcoming Darlington Nagbe and David Guzman back from international duty, will be gunning for their third […]

USA Today Sports The Portland Timbers’ perfect start to the 2017 season is over. Though they were ahead after just four minutes of their game Saturday night in Columbus, a confluence of injuries, national team absences, poor refereeing, and second-string defending downed the Timbers 3-2 in a rollercoaster of a game at MAPFRE Stadium. It […]

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Three weeks into the 2017 season, the Portland Timbers are flying high. Having outscored Minnesota, LA, and Houston 10-3, the Timbers lead MLS with nine points and a perfect 3-0-0 record. On Saturday, the Timbers will take that perfect record into Columbus for their first game at MAPFRE Stadium since they […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After breezing past Minnesota and LA to start the season, it looked as if the Portland Timbers might cruise again on Saturday night at Providence Park against the Houston Dynamo after a Diego Valeri goal gave Portland an early lead. But then the Timbers took two punches. Cubo Torres converted a penalty […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Surprisingly enough, Providence Park’s second game of the 2017 MLS season will be a battle of unbeatens on Saturday night — the 2-0-0 Portland Timbers against the upstart 2-0-0 Houston Dynamo (7:30 PM, TV on ROOT Sports). The Timbers will enter Saturday looking to win back-to-back-to-back games for the first time since […]

Portland Timbers For the first time since MLS Cup in Columbus some 462 days ago, the Portland Timbers have a road win. They got it at 2017’s first time of asking, beating the LA Galaxy 1-0 at the StubHub Center on Sunday afternoon in a game that was in turns sensational and then just plain […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It’s going to be some year. The Portland Timbers had the honor of raising the curtain on MLS’ 22nd season on Friday night at Providence Park, and they took to the occasion with aplomb — pouring in a nickel’s worth of goals on the league’s brand-new 22nd club Minnesota United in a […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers All eyes will be trained on Providence Park tonight, where the Portland Timbers kick off the 2017 MLS season in the Cascadian rain against expansion side Minnesota United (6:30 PM, TV on Fox Sports 1). Despite questions in central defense, expectations are sky-high for the Timbers ahead of their seventh MLS campaign. […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers will open their seventh MLS season on Friday night in front of a national television audience at Providence Park against Minnesota United, and in doing so, they’ll raise the curtain on their league’s 22nd season. It should be a good one for the Timbers. Retooled and refocused after last […]