The Portland Timbers announced today that University of Akron head coach Caleb Porter will become the head coach for the 2013 Timbers season, officially taking over the reigns in December after having been the head coach at Akron for seven years. Porter
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Timbers only achievable 2012 goal on the table today vs. Vancouver
After a promising opening win vs. Philadelphia, it’s been a disappointing season for the Portland Timbers, with many roster moves, the coach fired, a fan favorite player traded, and a nine-game winless streak going into a rivalry match against Vancouver on Saturday
MLS Timbers in Dallas while U-23s in playoffs in Calfornia
The MLS Timbers and the U-23s will both be in action tonight at the same time as the Timbers U-23s will be playing in Ventura, Calfornia at 5:00pm against the host Ventura County Fusion in the Western Conference Semifinals. It will be
Do you remember June 10, 2008?
If you don’t, talk to a Timbers fan who has been supporting the team for a few years. I bet they will. If the date doesn’t ring a bell, just ask what the most embarrassing Timbers loss they have ever seen was.
70 minute soccer
The Portland Timbers have played 42 Major League Soccer matches as of today, and the one lesson that has to be learned from those matches is that they don’t end after 70 minutes. In 13 of those 42 matches, including four of
Expansion Montreal a familiar Timbers foe
On Saturday in Montreal, the 2011 MLS expansion Timbers take on the 2012 MLS expansion Montreal Impact, but these are two teams that know each other very well. When the Timbers went up to Major League Soccer in 2011, there was understandably
In memory of Gisele Currier
The Timbers lost a fan who is so much more a part of the Timbers that the word “fan” does not do her justice. The link below is my attempt to put into words how much Gisele meant to me and other
The day we have dreamed about
The day many Portland soccer fans have dreamed about for many years is finally here. And I’m not just talking about the Timbers finally playing a home game at the top level for the first time since 1982, it’s much more than
The day is finally here! MLS Timbers debut tonight in Denver
With the Portland Timbers about to debut in Major League Soccer this evening in Denver, Colorado, it’s amazing to think of the rollercoaster ride that the Timbers and their fans have gone through in the past 10 years. After a debut in
3590 days ago in Kent
It was April, 2001, and the third incarnation of the Portland Timbers were about to begin their first season in the second division A-League. Timbers news in those days was sporadic at best, with OregonLive and the recently launched Portland Tribune with the