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Timbers Preview: A Season of Questions

Ahead of their season opener this weekend, it’s not clear that the Timbers have done enough to rejoin the ranks of the elite in 2026.
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The Portland Timbers won their first playoff game in four years last fall, but the 2025 season was otherwise largely a disappointment.  After a relatively strong start, the Timbers won just two of their final 14 games—limping to a middling eighth place finish in the Western Conference and doing little to arrest the notion that […]

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The Long Road Back: A 2025 Portland Timbers Preview

After a humiliating end-of-season defeat, can the Timbers return to their winning ways?
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The last time the Portland Timbers took the field for a competitive match, they suffered what was easily among the most humiliating defeats in club history: a 5-0 drubbing, at home, in a playoff game, against a Vancouver Whitecaps team that was about to fire its coach.  On Sunday afternoon, February 23, the Timbers will […]

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Keeping the Faith: Dairon Asprilla Leaves Portland as a Legend

The Timbers’ second-longest tenured player is returning to Colombia after nearly a decade in the Rose City.
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Dairon Asprilla is gone now, heading back to Atlético Nacional, the famous Medellín club he left to join Portland a decade ago.  Asprilla, 32 years old now, is going home to Colombia for the next, and possibly final chapter of his career. He’ll likely spend his first days savoring what happened on Saturday night, in […]

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Will the Timbers Show Up? A 2024 Season Preview

Will the mistakes of last season continue to haunt the Timbers? And is it a new day for the Thorns?
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The Portland Timbers’ 2023 season ended early in embarrassing fashion last November with a lopsided loss at Providence Park that ended the team’s playoff hopes. When the dust settled, 2023 was the second-worst season in the club’s MLS history. On Saturday night, the Timbers will return to Providence Park for their 2024 season opener—complete with […]

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With Phil Neville, Timbers Make Controversial Pick for New Manager

The choice of Neville as the Timbers’ newest head coach is another finger in the eye for fans.
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The Portland Timbers announced Monday they have hired Phil Neville as their new manager, despite the outcry of supporters who have objected to his history of sexist tweets and lack of managerial success.  It’s a decision that is at once shocking and not surprising. Of all the candidates the Timbers could have chosen for their […]

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Timbers 2023 Season Preview: What You Can Expect On the Field… and Off

The Timbers kickoff their thirteenth season Monday night.
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With just one chilly weekend separating the Portland Timbers from the start of their thirteenth season in Major League Soccer on Monday night against Sporting Kansas City at Providence Park, the dust has hardly settled from one of the most tumultuous periods in the club’s history.  Last October, an investigation conducted by U.S. Soccer found […]

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Madison Shanley Announces She Will No Longer Sing National Anthem For Timbers or Thorns

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Madison Shanley sings the national anthem before the Portland Timbers’ match against the LA Galaxy on April 3 at Providence Park. Kayla Marie Plummer When longtime Portland Timbers and Thorns national anthem singer Madison Shanley drove downtown to meet club front office officials on Wednesday, she did so in an attempt to rejuvenate her faith […]

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