Timbers

The Portland Timbers are back in action for the first time in 10 days with a 2 pm, nationally televised Sunday clash with the New York Red Bulls at Providence Park. With just six games left in the regular season, the Timbers are clinging to the sixth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. […]

Between rare weekends off, the Portland Timbers face a crucial and unusual Wednesday night home match against playoff rival Sporting Kansas City at 7:30 pm from Providence Park. Thanks to injuries, suspensions, international call-ups, the resurgence of the Seattle Sounders and the emergence of the San Jose Earthquakes, this game will have a unique feel […]

After some 30 games of the 2015 season, the Portland Timbers ended up right back where they started on opening night Sunday afternoon at CenturyLink Field: minus Will Johnson and Diego Chara, playing with zero pressure, and admirably turning in a performance more skillful than simply gritty. Sure, the Timbers lost the battle to the […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The final regular season meeting of the year between the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders is the showpiece of the last MLS Rivalry Week of 2015. The game will kick off, after plenty of pre-game hullabaloo, just after 2 pm on Sunday afternoon. For Seattle, this game is an absolute must-win. The […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It’s thanks to Boniek Garcia and Will Bruin, and their goals that put the Houston Dynamo 2-0 up on the Portland Timbers at halftime on Friday night, that a little life came back to Providence Park. Up until those goals, two lapses from the Timbers defense punished clinically by a Houston team […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers return to the field and the thick of the MLS playoff race on tonight at 8 pm on Univision as they take on the Houston Dynamo. This is the second consecutive and final home match Portland has on a Friday night. The Timbers won the last one narrowly over […]

It’s been that kind of year. Rarely have the Portland Timbers played great soccer. Diego Valeri has been injured and bottled up. He’s provided little, and Darlington Nagbe has provided less. The Timbers have fewer goals per game than all but one team in MLS, and there aren’t any obvious answers in sight. And yet […]

After an important, if not entirely satisfying, 1-0 win at home over Chicago a week ago Friday, the Timbers look to double down on a Western Conference playoff spot with a trip to Utah to play Real Salt Lake. With wins in their next two, the Timbers would all but assure themselves of making a […]

Molly J. Smith/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers won on Friday night. Beat the Chicago Fire 1-0. And it’s not exactly news that wins are important in sports, but this one was a must for the Timbers—the easiest remaining game on a schedule that is about to get brutal. It’s a good thing that the Timbers […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The transfer window is shut, and the business end of the season has arrived. The Portland Timbers have now played roughly two thirds of their 2015 MLS games, and the team is really neither here nor there. July wasn’t kind to the Timbers, who haven’t won a match in over a month. […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Gaston Fernandez is gone. Mutual consent. He’s headed back to Argentina, and the best guess here is that he took one look at Fanendo Adi, Maxi Urruti, Darlington Nagbe, Diego Valeri, Rodney Wallace, Dairon Asprilla, and the straw that broke the camel’s back, Lucas Melano, and said get me the hell out […]

Well, at least it was functional. Not uplifting, not particularly helpful, not particularly horrible. Just functional. The Portland Timbers traveled south for their final meeting against the San Jose Earthquakes and played out soccer’s cardinal sin: The slow, monotonous, dreaded 0-0 draw. The Timbers will take it, though, especially considering the 15 goals shipped in […]