Timbers

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It was the perfect storm. The Portland Timbers got a Wednesday night respite from four straight Saturday road games against a DC United side composed almost entirely of reserves, and a chance to dim quickly mounting frustrations about the direction of the 2015 season. They took it. The final score-line was just […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The fallout from the Timbers’ loss to Toronto on Saturday hasn’t been pretty. Acrimony and frustration have hit levels not seen since the Timbers’ now-infamous swoon at the beginning of last season, and are quickly approaching 2012 levels—a season that has been frequently invoked when talking about Portland’s struggles this year. Thankfully, […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The numbers, now, aren’t unsure about the story they are telling. After the first 12 games of the 2015 MLS season, the Portland Timbers have the same number of points they did after the first 12 games of 2014, and the same number of points after 12 games played this year as […]

After a deeply demoralizing 3-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo last Saturday—possibly the Portland Timbers’ worst of the season—the Timbers travel to BMO Field for an afternoon matinée against big-spending Toronto FC. It’s the Timbers’ third consecutive road game, and second trip to Canada in three weeks. Will Johnson is set to make the game-day […]

It was the worst performance of the season. The Portland Timbers fell apart on a sticky Saturday Houston night en route to a thorough 3-1 beatdown at the hands of the Dynamo. Things were bad early, and got worse late. If it wasn’t a 90 minute meltdown, it was the closest the Timbers have come […]

The Timbers travel to new Western Conference opponent Houston for the second of their three-game road swing that will take up the bulk of May. The first game of that trip, last weekend, was a victory over the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo courtesy, in the final tally, of the Goal of the Week from […]

It’s the Portland Timbers, so of course it couldn’t be easy. First, a two-goal lead became a one-goal lead. Then it started raining. Then it started lightning. Then the game-tying goal was ruled out after a minute’s conversation. Then the Timbers started missing breakaway chances, 3 v 2s, then 2 v 1s, then 1 v […]

With clouds of disappointment and disillusionment thickening once again over the Rose City, the Portland Timbers hit the road for the first of three matches away from Providence Park. This Saturday afternoon it’s the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo, as the CONCACAF Champions League runners-up make their return to MLS play after a three-week break […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Once again, the Timbers got the big things right. They dominated a game against the Vancouver Whitecaps, one of the best teams in MLS. They were suffocating defensively, disciplined tactically, and worked relentlessly hard. Once again, the Timbers got the little things wrong. A missed penalty, a blown sitter, a poor lineup, […]

After a deeply frustrating 1-0 loss at CenturyLink Field against the Seattle Sounders last Friday night, the Portland Timbers are back at it in Cascadia Cup action with their first home game since mid-April against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The rivalry between the ‘Caps and the Timbers, once friendly, has turned decidedly sour. Diego Valeri is […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It was the same old story with the Timbers, in red, playing at CenturyLink Field: Close game. Clint Dempsey goal. Seattle victory. It was a familiar punch in the stomach Sunday night, and it especially smarted because Portland played well. They were compact, they played with composure and confidence, and they got […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It’s the first of the biggest games of the year. The Portland Timbers travel north to face the Seattle Sounders in primetime on Sunday night, off the back of several indifferent performances yielding vastly different results. In many ways, this game feels like the end of the early-season road. By next weekend, […]