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Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers They gave it a good college try, but on criminally short rest, playing without Diego Valeri, Diego Chara, and any real wingers, a 1-1 draw with the Montreal Impact was just about all the Portland Timbers could manage on Wednesday night at Providence Park. They started brightly enough, as Jack McInerney headed […]

Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports After consecutive 0-0 draws at Colorado and the New York Red Bulls, the Portland Timbers return to Providence Park for their longest and most important homestand of the season. First up? A Wednesday night clash with the Montreal Impact (7:30 PM, TV on ROOT Sports). The History It’s been more than […]

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Nat Borchers lets you know when his team has had a good day at the office. After Portland’s win in Vancouver in the playoffs last year, he tetrissed with the Timbers Army. Earlier this year, he leapt into Jake Gleeson’s arms after the goalkeeper’s heroics preserved a rope-a-dope 2-1 win over […]

Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports July 4th was a success for the Portland Timbers, as the team took a shutout and deserved road point from their game with the then-Western Conference leading Colorado Rapids on Monday. The Timbers haven’t lost in their last six MLS games — a streak which stretches back to May. On Sunday, […]

Colorado Rapids It was supposed to be one of the biggest days in the history of the Colorado Rapids. Somewhat surreally sitting in first place in the Western Conference, the Rapids had a July 4th sellout crowd and a date with the defending champions set up to welcome new goalkeeper and US legend Tim Howard […]

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Make no mistake: Monday night’s July 4th tilt between the Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers isn’t about the Timbers. Instead, with Tim Howard set to make his Rapids debut and first MLS appearance since 2003, it’s one of the biggest days Dick’s Sporting Goods Park has ever seen (6:00 PM, TV […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The US Open Cup draw had — finally — set up perfectly for the Portland Timbers. Beat the Los Angeles Galaxy at home on Wednesday night, and the Timbers would face the rival Seattle Sounders in a mid-July showdown at Providence Park with a place in the semifinals on the line. But […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It took a heavy dose of Argentine magic and a whole lot of luck, but when the dust settled at Providence Park on a scorching hot Sunday afternoon, the Portland Timbers had conjured a great escape: Three second half goals to beat the Houston Dynamo 3-2 and vault above the red line […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers play their first MLS home game for the better part of a month on Sunday against the Houston Dynamo (3:00 PM, TV on ESPN2) with a number of question marks swirling around the team. First and foremost is the future of Fanendo Adi. The team’s leading goalscorer took his […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It wasn’t pretty, and had it been, it wouldn’t have been worthwhile. For the Portland Timbers, Wednesday night was about guts. It was about responding to adversity, about commitment, both individual and collective, and about we-have-to-get-a-clean-sheet-if-it-kills-us. And when it was all said and done, the ten men standing for Portland had done […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After drawing the Chicago Fire on Saturday in Illinois, the Portland Timbers — still in search of their first shutout of 2016 — return to Providence Park for the club’s fifteenth and final MLS match before the league breaks for the group stage of the Copa America tournament. And Wednesday’s game is […]

Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports It was a game that only its mother could love — perfunctory, and little more. The Portland Timbers’ trip to Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois on Saturday night yielded plenty of wind, another series of sensational stops from Jake Gleeson, and a whole lot of soul-sapping soccer in what would conclude […]