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SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs PORTLAND TIMBERS BUCK SHAW STADIUM, Santa Clara, Calif. September 19, 2012 (WEEK 29, MLS Game #273) 7:30 p.m. PT (CSN-CA; KPDX) The San Jose Earthquakes will be looking to maintain their long home unbeaten run and their hold on the MLS Supporters’ Shield when they play

PORTLAND, Ore. – Rodney Wallace couldn’t have picked a better time for his first goal of the season. The Portland Timbers defender (above right) struck in the 78th-minute to rescue his team from defeat against bitter Cascadia rival Seattle Sounders in front of a sold-out home crowd at JELD-WEN Field.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Look busy, Portland Timbers. The collective eyes of the North American soccer community will be watching when the Seattle Sounders, the Timbers' bitter Cascadia rivals, pay the Rose City a visit Saturday for a nationally televised game at JELD-WEN Field (3:30 pm ET, NBC, live chat on

PORTLAND, Ore. — It's Friday afternoon in downtown Portland, right at the intersection of SW Morrison St. and SW 18th Avenue. A few assorted souls take a break from their office jobs to eat lunch in the sunshine, enjoying what promises to be one of the city's last truly beautiful

The Portland Timbers may be virtually out of a playoff spot, but they're playing for the second-most important trophy of the season this weekend. That's according to their GM and interim head coach Gavin Wilkinson, who made this statement to media yesterday in the lead-up to Saturday's clash with the

PORTLAND TIMBERS vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC JELD-WEN FIELD, Portland, Ore. September 15, 2012 (WEEK 28, MLS Game #264) 12:30 p.m. PT (NBC SN) The Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC meet in their second Cascadia Cup clash of the season, facing off Saturday afternoon at Jeld-Wen Field. The Timbers recorded

BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Portland Timbers got back to work Wednesday with one mighty big goal within reach: the Cascadia Cup. Despite their dismal overall season, Portland are still in the driver’s seat for the supporter-created, three-team derby among the league’s Pacific Northwest teams. And with archrivals Seattle paying a

When former Colorado Rapids defender Kosuke Kimura was traded to the Portland Timbers from his longtime side, he most certainly circled Sept. 5 on his calendar. That’s when he was set to face his former club in front of his old fans at Dick’s Sporting Good Park. Now, after the

Two trips to Colorado, two 3-0 losses for the Portland Timbers. And while it may be easy for interim head coach Gavin Wilkinson to say it’s déjà vu all over again, he said Wednesday’s 3-0 loss at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park had some positives that the last 3-0 defeat on

BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Portland Timbers will be able to draw on recent history in scouting their match Wednesday against the Colorado Rapids – very recent. The two teams met just five nights ago when the Timbers won 1-0 last Friday at JELD-WEN Field. And with just two training sessions

COLORADO RAPIDS vs PORTLAND TIMBERS DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colo. September 5, 2012 (WEEK 27, MLS Game #258) 7 p.m. MT (NBC SN) The Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers meet in the back end of their home-and-home series over less than a week’s time when the clubs face

PORTLAND, Ore. – Gavin Wilkinson keeps talking about ticking off boxes – a checklist of sorts. And on Friday night at JELD-WEN Field, with Portland’s 1-0 win over Colorado, two more boxes were checked off. Win two consecutive games for the first time in 2012: check. Earn the first shutout

Caleb Porter, welcome to the most exclusive club in Major League Soccer: college coaches who made the jump directly to the pros. Next year, when you take over the Portland Timbers, you’ll become only the fifth member of this elite club that we’ll call “The Fraternity.” And your new brothers

PORTLAND, Ore. — There’s no question, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Darlington Nagbe. An NBC camera crew tailed the Portland Timbers midfielder last week for a future episode of MLS 36. His 36 hours in the spotlight culminated in Saturday’s Cascadia match against the Vancouver Whitecaps, in

PORTLAND TIMBERS vs COLORADO RAPIDSJELD-WEN FIELD, Portland, Ore.August 31, 2012 (WEEK 26, MLS Game #248)10:30 p.m. ET (NBCSN) The Portland Timbers and Colorado Rapids meet in the first leg of their home-and-home series over the next five days with both clubs needing all six points if they are to make

Add a seventh name to Major League Soccer’s 100-goal club. After waiting more than three months between his 98th and 99th career goals, it took Dwayne De Rosario just a week to reach the century mark, rising to head Nick DeLeon’s cross into the back of the net on Wednesday

BEAVERTON, Ore. – For Merritt Paulson, the future has always been just as important as the present. And when it came to the future of the Portland Timbers – or "building something special," as the club's owner and president put it – the choice of Caleb Porter as the team's

Caleb Porter will finally take the dive into MLS. The Portland Timbers on Wednesday announced that the 37-year-old University of Akron head coach will take over as their newest manager following the conclusion of the current NCAA season. He will assume his role with the Timbers and be introduced formally

It appears that a new era is set to begin on Wednesday in Portland, where University of Akron coach Caleb Porter appears ready to succeed John Spencer as the second head coach in franchise history. But Timbers fans will have to wait to see what Porter, who will take over

BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Portland Timbers appear to be just days away from beginning a new era. Team owner Merritt Paulson, in addressing media during Tuesday’s training session at the team’s training facility, said he expects to announce the hiring of a new head coach “sometime this week.” He declined

BEAVERTON, Ore. — "El Trencito" could be back on the rails soon. The first signs of José Adolfo Valencia’s recovery were on display last week as the Portland Timbers' young Designated Player, who has been out the entire season after preseason knee surgery, started training with the team for the

After a scarcity of goals in the past week, MLS' goalscorers came alive once more in Week 25, mostly notably in a goal-filled Saturday slate of games. Six of the week's honorees enjoyed multi-goal showings, while another pair picked up multiple assists in Saturday romps. There was, however, room for

Have we mentioned that scoring is up in MLS this year? If that message failed to get through, Week 25 drove the point home, as teams pumped in 41 goals in 11 matches for a hefty 3.7 goals per game. There were 27 goals in Saturday’s six games, including a

The Portland Timbers don’t seem to be wasting any time when it comes to their search for a new head coach. A report in The Oregonian indicates that a contract offer has been extended by the club to University of Akron head coach and former US Olympic manager Caleb Porter.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Gavin Wilkinson’s description of his first MLS win at the helm of the Portland Timbers was straight and to the point. “It’s a lot better than losing; a lot better than tying,” said Wilkinson, who suffered through a seven-game winless streak after taking over for the fired