Timbers manager Giovanni Savarese celebrates with his players after Portland beat Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference Final. Portland Timbers FC Had the season ended several weeks ago, we might have written this was the year that Portland fell out of love with the Timbers. After selling out every single regular season home match […]
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Thorns Fans Are Still Waiting For “Organizational Change” After Riley Scandal
Portland Thorns fans during a May 2021 match. Steph Chambers / Getty Images Two-and-a-half years ago, the Portland Timbers were locked in a fight threatening their relationship with their most visible supporters: Major League Soccer had decided to ban supporters from displaying the antifascist Iron Front logo in stadiums, and supporters were irate. At one […]
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Following Harassment Allegations, Thorns Fans Call for Merchandise Boycott and General Manager Resignation
Portland Thorns on the field in 2019, backed by their supporters, the Rose City Riveters PORTLAND THORNS FC Portland Thorns and Timbers supporters are calling for a boycott of stadium concessions and club merchandise and the removal of Thorns general manager Gavin Wilkinson as the fallout from the Paul Riley abuse scandal continues. “Our hearts […]
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Community Mourns Beloved Timbers Fan Kevin Jolly
Kevin and Alice Jolly at a Timbers game. Amanda Marsh When Amanda Marsh and her husband first started attending Portland Timbers matches, they had a newborn son in tow. Because of the baby, it was not always easy to enjoy the games. Kevin Jolly sat near the Marsh family in Section 208 in the north […]
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Portland Timbers: History Looms Large Over MLS Western Conference Championship
“You’re out. We’re in.” Those were the words painted on the traveling Timbers Army post-game tifo high in the nosebleeds of the northeast corner of CenturyLink Field. Timbers forward Dairon Asprilla had just buried a game-winning penalty kick against a red-hot Seattle Sounders who were coming off one of the best second half seasons in […]
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Timbers v. Orlando City Match Preview
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers On the final leg of their five-game, month-long road trip to begin the 2018 MLS season, the Portland Timbers will be in Orlando, FL this Sunday afternoon to face Orlando City (1:00 pm, TV on ESPN). The Timbers will be looking to build on the points picked up in Dallas and Chicago […]
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Timbers Struggle Early, Fall in Savarese’s Debut
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers For the first time since their inaugural season seven years ago, the Portland Timbers have lost their MLS opener. The team’s streak of success on opening nights came to an end on Sunday at the StubHub Center in Carson, where the Timbers dropped Giovani Savarese’s first game in charge 2-1 to a […]
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Win of the Season: Ten-Man Timbers See Off Red Bulls
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Too many times this year, both at home and on the road, the Portland Timbers have played well and found ways not to win. Despite all their quality, when faced with formidable opposition, they’d repeatedly been caught short: not enough defense, not enough composure, and not enough grit. On Friday night, facing […]
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Timbers v. LA Galaxy Match Preview
Eric Cech/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers opened their 2017 season last Friday night at Providence Park in style, mauling expansion side Minnesota United by a score of 5-1. Diego Valeri took home MLS Player of the Week, while Fanendo Adi joined him on the league’s Team of the Week. The Timbers are back in the […]
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Nat Borchers’ Five Greatest Moments As A Portland Timber
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers As his rehab from the Achilles tear that ended his 2016 season continues, Nat Borchers announced his retirement from professional soccer on Friday morning. Borchers steps away from the game as one of the best center backs in MLS history: 340 appearances, 339 starts, 29 playoff games, 1 MLS Best XI appearance, […]
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Timbers Loan Lucas Melano Back To Argentina
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Lucas Melano Era in Portland is over. The Timbers announced today that they have loaned the 23-year-old winger back to his hometown club of Belgrano in Argentina’s Primera División ahead of the 2017 season. Belgrano will have the option to buy Melano outright at the expiration of the loan deal. Melano […]
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Timbers’ 2016 Season Ends in Disgrace
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers So much for that. Though they took on plenty of water throughout a 2016 season that was far more turbulent than it ever portended to be, the Portland Timbers entered the final day of the MLS season in an excellent position: Beat the ninth-placed Vancouver Whitecaps, and make the playoffs. It wasn’t […]