44 Facts About Portland Timbers

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Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon.

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The Portland Timbers compete in Major League Soccer as a member club of the league's Western Conference.

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The Portland Timbers have played their home games at Providence Park since 2011, when the team began play as an expansion team in the league.

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Club was founded in 2009, when the city of Portland Timbers was awarded an expansion berth to Major League Soccer.

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The club is a phoenix club, and the fourth soccer franchise based in Portland to carry the legacy of the Timbers name, which originated with the team that competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1975 to 1982.

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In 2013, the Portland Timbers finished the regular season in first place in the Western Conference, clinching both their first-ever playoff appearance and a CONCACAF Champions League berth.

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In 2020, the Portland Timbers won the one-off MLS is Back Tournament, defeating Orlando City SC in the final, and qualified for the Champions League.

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Portland Timbers has long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with whom they compete for the Cascadia Cup.

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In 1985, F C Portland had established and was a charter club in the Western Soccer Alliance League and competed until folding in 1990.

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Professional soccer was dormant in the city until 2001, when the USL Portland Timbers was founded and competed in Division 2 soccer in USL pro till the club folded in 2010.

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Portland Timbers signed five players before the MLS Expansion Draft on November 24, 2010.

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Immediately after the Expansion Draft, the Timbers announced the trade of their first pick, from FC Dallas to D C United for defender Rodney Wallace.

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The Portland Timbers finished 2012 with the third-worst record in the league and was 8th out of 9th in the Western Conference.

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Under Porter, the Portland Timbers achieved immediate success in the 2013 MLS regular season.

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An important player was Diego Valeri, whom the Portland Timbers had acquired from Club Atletico Lanus on loan with an option to purchase.

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The Portland Timbers earned their first MLS playoff appearance in franchise history.

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The Portland Timbers were eliminated in the conference finals, again losing to Real Salt Lake in a two–game aggregate series.

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The Portland Timbers finished the season in 6th place in the Western Conference, 11th place overall.

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In 2015, the Portland Timbers began their campaign without Diego Valeri and Will Johnson, who were still recovering from their injuries they obtained in the previous season.

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Portland Timbers would be defeated by Real Salt Lake in the fifth round.

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Portland Timbers finished the regular season third in the Western Conference, fifth overall.

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22.

The Portland Timbers signed Sebastian Blanco, who had been a teammate of Valeri at Lanus, from San Lorenzo.

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Mid-season the Portland Timbers acquired center-back Larrys Mabiala from the Turkish club Kayserispor.

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The Portland Timbers finished the season in first place in the Western Conference, winning the Cascadia Cup for the second time as an MLS team.

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Portland Timbers were eliminated by the Houston Dynamo in the Western Conference Semifinal.

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The extensive construction meant that the Portland Timbers played the first 12 matches of the season away from home.

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The Portland Timbers finished the season with 49 points overall, which placed them 6th in the Western Conference.

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Portland Timbers began the 2020 Major League Soccer season with a loss at home against Minnesota United FC and a win against MLS expansion side Nashville SC.

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Portland Timbers began the tournament drawn with LAFC, LA Galaxy, and the Houston Dynamo in Group F, which was dubbed the "Group of Death" by the media.

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In 2021, the Portland Timbers finished fourth in the Western Conference, then upset top-seeded Colorado Rapids and staved off a hot underdog in Real Salt Lake en route to their third Cup final as an MLS club.

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On February 23, 2021, it was announced that Portland Timbers had made a deal with TikTok, as team's sleeve sponsor beginning in the same year.

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The stadium plan was in the works for several seasons as the Portland Timbers had a season ticket waitlist of approximately 13, 000.

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Portland Timbers sold out every home game from their transition to MLS in 2011 until the COVID-19 pandemic, a league-record streak of 163 games.

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The Portland Timbers Army is consistently referred to by American media as one of the best, or very best, supporting groups in the country, with Portland Timbers fans often given the same distinction.

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Portland Timbers Army was founded in 2001 as the Cascade Rangers, a reference to the Cascade Range of mountains in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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In 2019, the Portland Timbers Army made national news as they clashed with the MLS front office over the use of the Iron Front symbol on flags flown by Portland Timbers supporters.

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Portland Timbers has won the Cup five times: in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, and 2022.

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Portland Timbers became the first team in Cascadia to win the MLS Cup, doing so in 2015.

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Portland Timbers have a long-running rivalry with Seattle Sounders FC dating to the original North American Soccer League, as far back as 1975.

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Seattle-Portland rivalry rose to higher levels when they faced each other in the 2013 MLS playoffs in their two-game series where the Timbers eliminated their arch-rivals in their first-ever MLS postseason matchup.

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Portland Timbers faced the higher-seeded Seattle in the 2018 Western Conference Semifinals in another two-game series, forcing the Sounders into a dramatic tie on aggregate in extra time in their home stadium and subsequently advancing to the Conference Finals on penalty kicks.

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Many Whitecap players point to the Portland Timbers as being their biggest rival, even while Vancouver has off-and-on rivalries with other Canadian teams.

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Portland Timbers had a testy matchup with LAFC in the 2018 US Open Cup and followed it up the next year with an even more physical battle in the first game at the revamped Providence Park, leading MLS writer Brian Taylor to describe the matchup as a "new rivalry".

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Timber Joey has his own custom jersey with Portland Timbers-based outdoor tool manufacturer Leatherman as the shirt sponsor.

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