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The countdown of the 11 most intriguing questions facing MLS clubs, players and coaches heading into the weekend. 11) Who’s going to stop – or outscore – the Galaxy? The return of Edson Buddle has many pundits ready to peg LA as odds-on favorites to defend their championship, thanks to

PORTLAND, Ore. – When Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson read that the Houston Dynamo were unable to land Scottish Premier League star Kris Boyd last week, it was all hands on deck at JELD-WEN Field. Paulson has been living and breathing Boyd ever since, making Monday’s announcement that his second-year

PORTLAND, Ore. — With the first week of preseason training nearly over, two things are certain: Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer is right where he wants to be. And he expects all his players to feel the same way. "When there's such a long period off from training, guys

On the day they welcomed back David Beckham to the LA Galaxy, club owners AEG took the occasion to make their ambitions clear to everyone. "I want people 50 years from now, people to talk about the Los Angeles Galaxy as the greatest [soccer] team in the history of the

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers added four more players Tuesday in the MLS Supplemental Draft, just hours after announcing the signing of Colombian defender Hanyer Mosquera. It was another busy draft day for general manager Gavin Wilkinson – Portland traded forward Kenny Cooper before last week’s SuperDraft – giving

The Portland Timbers added defender Hanyer Mosquera to the ranks on Tuesday, culminating a long courting process to grab one of Colombia’s most promising young talents. Mosquera, 24, joins the Timbers after playing the past six seasons in Colombia, including the last two with first-division side Club Deportivo La Equidad

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Emptying out the notebook with the best of the best from Thursday's three-hour SuperDraft marathon of picks, speeches, commentary, interviews and general chatter from Kansas City: INVOKING THE THIRD … PERSON: Former US national team forward Eddie Johnson made the move famous but No. 2 overall

The Portland Timbers once again were SuperDraft movers and shakers after dealing a signature piece from their inaugural season. To little surprise after a disappointing 2011 campaign, veteran forward Kenny Cooper was dealt before the SuperDraft on Tuesday to the New York Red Bulls for their first pick of the

The New York Red Bulls made a huge splash on draft day with a brand new big man up top. The Red Bulls swapped their first pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money on Thursday to Portland for US international Kenny Cooper, the hulking striker the Timbers trumpeted

Could MLS veteran forward Brian Ching turn out to be the big winner from today’s MLS SuperDraft (noon ET, ESPN2)? Montreal Impact manager Jesse Marsch, who made it clear that his club could still trade the No. 1 overall pick, has told the Houston Chronicle that "we've put it on

With the MLS Player Combine in the books, the waiting game begins for some of North America’s top young prospects. And that’s something that Darlington Nagbe of the Portland Timbers has intimate knowledge of, just a year removed from becoming the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 SuperDraft. Nagbe

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers' big splash so far this offseason was clearly the signing of Colombian José Adolfo Valencia. But on the heels of a multi-country scouting effort in the two months since the season ended, Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson told MLSsoccer.com that the addition of “El

PORTLAND, Ore. – With two months of the Portland Timbers offseason now gone, things are starting to look a little different in the Rose City. Colombian striker José Adolfo Valencia, a 19-year-old phenomenon considered one of the country’s up-and-coming stars whose signing as MLS’ first young Designated Player was announced

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer bid his players goodbye and a happy holiday season Monday after the team’s final training session of the 2011 season. He also left them with this message: Come back ready to work in 2012. “I just said, have a good holidays,

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – The coaching overhaul in Colorado won’t likely end with former head coach Gary Smith. Rapids managing director Jeff Plush told MLSsoccer.com on Monday that it’s unlikely that anyone associated with Smith would have their contracts extended, meaning assistant coach Steve Guppy (above) will also leave the

The Houston Dynamo were missing Ricardo Clark in 2006 and Brian Ching in 2007. But they still found a way to win back-to-back MLS Cup titles. This year even without MVP finalist Brad Davis, the Dynamo feel equally confident: "It hurts losing him," ]says goalkeeper Tally Hall. "But at the

PORTLAND, Ore. – It’s always nice to be wanted. And as far as Gavin Wilkinson and the Portland Timbers organization are concerned, wanting is about as far as the Colorado Rapids' overtures toward head coach John Spencer will go, thank you very much. The Timbers denied Colorado’s official request to

The Conference Semis are set. In nippy conditions last night in Commerce City, the Colorado Rapids froze the Columbus Crew out of the playoffs at the first hurdle for the second year running. Omar Cummings scored his first playoff goal to seal a 1-0 wild card match and book a

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers struck gold internationally in their first season, signing and developing players like Colombians Diego Chara and Jorge Perlaza and Ghanaian Kalif Alhassan. Now, with the Timbers entering offseason mode, general manager Gavin Wilkinson will hit the road in hopes there are few more nuggets

This is a big week for LA Galaxy fans. Their club has already qualified for the postseason. But they host Mexican side Morelia in a decisive match in the CONCACAF Champions League on Wednesday and then face Real Salt Lake on the weekend in a match which Landon Donovan says

When they drafted Zac MacMath with the No. 5 overall pick in January’s SuperDraft, Peter Nowak and the Philadelphia Union probably didn’t think that their playoff hopes would ride on their rookie goalkeeper. But with Faryd Mondragón out for a month with a broken finger, the 20-year-old MacMath will be

BEAVERTON, Ore. — When Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer came off the training field Tuesday — with his players doubled over and panting after a longer-than-usual practice — he had a clear message for his team: Play up to his standards, or face the bench. “I think we’re at

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers return home this week looking to find the best way out of a two-game losing streak. Playing in front of the Timbers Army at JELD-WEN Field is a good place for the team to start. Portland are 5-1 in league play at their home.

SEATTLE — There was a coconut sitting on the top shelf of Mamadou “Futty” Danso’s locker Saturday night after the Timbers’ 1-1 draw at Qwest Field, and that seems oddly appropriate. Danso has scored the Timbers’ last two goals with his coconut, heading in free kick balls from Jack Jewsbury.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Gavin Wilkinson has been marked by the Timbers-Sounders rivalry forever — with a scar on his chin. “One of my first games in the [US] was Portland playing Seattle,” the New Zealander, who was a Timbers player and coach for 10 years before being named the MLS