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Eric Cech – Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are starting to roll. Back in the friendly confines of a gray, drizzly Providence Park, the Timbers beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1 on Saturday to move into fifth place in the Western Conference — a full six points clear of the red line that has loomed so […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers On Monday morning, just a day removed from their crucial 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake, the Portland Timbers traveled to Central America for a Wednesday clash against Costa Rican champions Saprissa in the CONCACAF Champions League. It wasn’t pretty. American teams have had precious little success in the Monster’s Cave, Saprissa […]

Eric Cech – Portland Timbers As bad as they’ve looked at so many different points in 2016, Saturday night felt good for the Portland Timbers from the moment they opened the gates at Providence Park. With the club celebrating its 100th consecutive sellout in the MLS era ahead of another crucial game in the Western […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers’ game on Saturday night at Providence Park against Real Salt Lake will be hugely significant in the Western Conference playoff race, but, for completely unrelated reasons, it will also be a special night for the club (7:30 PM, TV on ROOT Sports). Saturday’s match will mark the 100th straight […]

USA Today Sports Images No matter the heights they soar to at Providence Park, no matter what they’ve done the week before, and no matter who is on the field, the 2016 Portland Timbers can’t win a road game. Through fourteen road games this season, the Timbers are still without a win away from home […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Last weekend, the Portland Timbers got their title defense back on track with an absolutely necessary 4-2 thumping of the Seattle Sounders. On Saturday in Frisco, the Timbers will try to build on that victory as they face the Western Conference’s pace-setter FC Dallas (6:00 PM, TV on KPDX). Caleb Porter will […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers, be it through missed flights or missed chances or missing players, had their backs firmly against the wall ahead of Sunday afternoon’s do-or-die meeting with the Seattle Sounders at Providence Park. Their response? It was to blow through the wall. By the time Hilario Grajeda blew his whistle to […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers With their position in the Western Conference playoff picture under serious and immediate threat, the Portland Timbers will play their biggest game since MLS Cup 2015 on Sunday afternoon as they face the arch rival Seattle Sounders at Providence Park (2:00 PM, TV on ESPN). Last weekend in Seattle, the Sounders — […]

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports The Portland Timbers will make their first and only trip of the 2016 season to Seattle on Sunday night, to face a revitalized Sounders team in a match that suddenly carries major playoff implications for both teams (6:30 PM, TV on FOX Sports 1). This match is the first of a […]

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports Last Sunday, down a man against Sporting Kansas City, the Portland Timbers dug deep. This weekend at RFK Stadium against DC United? Not so much. Blame the weather — so oppressively hot that kickoff was pushed back an hour — the cross-country travel, the efforts of a competent opposition, or the […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are back on the right side of the Western Conference standings after a win equal parts improbable and impressive against Sporting Kansas City last Sunday at Providence Park. This Saturday, the Timbers welcome back captain Liam Ridgewell to the lineup as they make their first trip of the year […]