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Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Some 56 days after reaching the pinnacle of American soccer in Columbus, Ohio, Caleb Porter stood on the field at the Kino Sports Complex North Stadium decrying the performance of his MLS Cup champion Portland Timbers in their first preseason game of 2016. The Timbers — using 22 players in total — […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It’s been a busy week at Providence Park, where offseason activity for the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns has ramped up again after a holiday lull. The Timbers this week have announced two additions to their 2016 roster and are expected to announce a third shortly. They’ve also, unofficially, announced a major […]

Portland Timbers Just one month and one day after they won MLS Cup 2015, the Portland Timbers got their assignments for their title defense. The 2016 MLS regular season will span eight months, kicking off on March 6th and finishing on October 23rd. The Timbers will play 34 games. Fifteen of those games will be […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers On Friday morning, what was long rumored became official: The Portland Timbers traded away Will Johnson. The 28 year old, who was named Timbers captain in 2013, is off to Toronto FC in exchange for a conditional second round pick in the 2017 MLS draft, and targeted allocation money. In many ways, […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers This year’s Portland Timbers team had it all. They were superbly built—balanced, deep, cohesive, and, by the last day of the season, there wasn’t a club on the continent that could hang with them. As a result, these Timbers’ player grades for the 2015 season are unusually high across the board. GOALKEEPERS […]

Portland Timbers There’s nothing like winning. The spoils for the MLS Cup winning Portland Timbers and their city continued throughout Tuesday, as a championship winning sports team paraded down Broadway for the first time in 38 years. Later in the day, the club held a rally at Providence Park in front a raucous Timbers Army. […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers In the end, the Portland Timbers were the best. And it wasn’t all that close. Click here for details on Today’s Timbers Parade & Rally! (Pro Tip: Bring a Raincoat) A run that started with a simple formation change on a sleepy Wednesday night in October ended in ecstasy on a bitterly […]

Portland Timbers Pinch yourselves. Seattle has never made it. Vancouver hasn’t either. Eighteen teams are on winter break, and only two clubs are still playing. But after winning the Western Conference championship last Friday night in Dallas, the Portland Timbers are one of them. It’s the big show. MLS Cup. It’s been a surreal week […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers have advanced to MLS Cup, where they’ll play the Crew in Columbus on Sunday for the league championship. Here are the biggest ten reasons why the Timbers are still playing. 1. The Double Post Penalty Sometimes, it just comes down to fate. There is no way that the Portland […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers For 65 minutes in the second leg of the Western Conference Final in rainy, windswept Frisco, Texas, FC Dallas was the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. The Portland Timbers were up 1-0 in the match, 4-1 on aggregate, and coasting towards their first ever MLS Cup Final when old nemesis Blas Perez […]

Portland Timbers Depending on how, in hindsight, you rate the Portland Timbers’ 5-2 win over LA in October, the Timbers’ 3-1 win over Dallas in the first leg of the Western Conference Final last Sunday might have been the club’s most impressive triumph of the year. It also might have been the most important, because, […]