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Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Just one point out of first place, the Portland Timbers travel to Chester, Pennsylvania on Saturday (4:00 PM) for their only meeting of the season with the Philadelphia Union. The Timbers are coming off yet another home triumph—their fifth straight—but have something to prove on the road, where they’ve lost their last […]

David Blair – Portland Timbers FC The San Jose Earthquakes were pitching their perfect game. Elbows were flying, both the Timbers’ center-backs took turns bleeding profusely and wrapping their heads in bandages, Darlington Nagbe was disappearing holding his shoulder, and with plenty of controversy, plenty of exuberant defense, and plenty of close calls, it looked […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After an unwelcome and deflating defeat in the US Open Cup round of sixteen midweek in Utah, the Portland Timbers return to MLS action at Providence Park on Sunday night with the first of three matches of 2015 against the San Jose Earthquakes. Since late May, the Timbers have been superb at […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers When Will Johnson broke his leg in Toronto last year, the Timbers plugged in Ben Zemanski and didn’t miss a beat. They might have even improved. In the four games after Johnson’s injury last season, Portland won three and drew one, only conceding a single goal in the process. Zemanski’s star shot […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers’ 4-1 thumping of the Seattle Sounders on Sunday at Providence Park produced images seen around the world, and images that will last in Timbers lore for a lifetime. But now, on just two days of rest, the Timbers have to bounce back for another midweek game—this time in Sandy, […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers You could say that the Seattle Sounders’ meltdown against the Portland Timbers an unlucky 13 days ago in the US Open Cup beat them again on Sunday, in the only MLS throw-down of the year at Providence Park between American soccer’s greatest rivals. In a way, you’d be right. Obafemi Martins was […]

It was just over a week and a half ago that the Seattle Sounders torpedoed their season with an absolute meltdown against the Portland Timbers in the US Open Cup. You remember, right? Until that day, the Sounders were rolling. They were the best team in the league by a long, long way. But since […]

Robert Mara Five in a row had a whole new meaning on Wednesday night in Southern California as the Los Angeles Galaxy poured a fistful of goals past a hapless Portland Timbers, who saw their much-ballyhooed winning streak come to a halting end in shocking fashion. It finished 5-0 to the Galaxy—the worst defeat for […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Feeling good and riding high, the Portland Timbers play tonight at the LA Galaxy in search of their fifth straight MLS win and sixth straight win in all competitions. This could be the stiffest test yet on the Timbers’ winning streak — the third game in a three-week stretch in which the […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The wins are coming fast and easy for the Portland Timbers now, as a pleasant night in the Rose City was matched with a pleasant performance from its home team. Goals from Argentines Maxi Urruti and Gaston Fernandez were more than enough to put Portland firmly amongst the playoff places in the […]

The Portland Timbers’ midweek match against the Seattle Sounders will live long in memory. The fallout, which includes a suspension for Clint Dempsey, the Sounders’ first ever loss at Starfire Sports, and the Timbers going to a US Open Cup quarterfinal, provides plenty of ammunition for the rematch against Seattle at Providence Park next weekend. […]