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Making predictions in Major League Soccer can be a fool’s errand. With parity the default setting for most of the league’s history, basement dwellers can vault into the ballroom with startling speed – witness the recently-reborn Houston Dynamo and Chicago Fire – and dynasties can just as quickly turn to

PHILADELPHIA – The Timbers were quiet on the first day of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, but there were few people at the Pennsylvania Convention Center busier than Portland manager Giovanni Savarese. The Timbers had no picks in the first two rounds and made no trades. But there was Savarese, working

PORTLAND, Ore. — When new Portland Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese met local media for the first time Monday, questions eventually turned to the Timbers roster. Where did Savarese see strengths and weaknesses? Owner Merritt Paulson leaned into his microphone first. "He's not going to give it all away," Paulson said,

Major League Soccer 420 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor New York, NY, 10018 Phone: (212) 450-1200www.mlssoccer.com Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, and was founded in 1996 after the USA hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup. MLS kicked off its 24th season on

With Giovanni Savarese installed as the Portland Timbers' next coach, club owner Merritt Paulson suggested Saturday on Twitter that new additions will be coming very shortly.

After nearly a week of reports and rumors, the Portland Timbers officially announced the hiring of Giovanni Savarese as the club’s new head coach on Monday. Savarese will be formally introduced as the Timbers' new head coach during a press conference in early January.  “After an intense coach search, I am

TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Report Could two of the Portland Timbers' most influential and recognizable attacking stars be headed out of town? One day after reports broke suggesting that midfielder Darlington Nagbe is soon to be traded to Atlanta United, the Washington Post's Steve Goff took to Twitter to relay a

PORTLAND, Ore. – When Diego Valeri first considered leaving Club Atletico Lanús in Argentina for the faraway destination of the Portland Timbers, he knew nothing about the club or the city. As he put it with a shake of his head on Monday: "Nothing at all." The initial draw, he said,

With the surprise of Caleb Porter's departure as Portland Timbers head coach receding, the team is turning to the next phase of their history. Timbers owner Merritt Paulson and general manager Gavin Wilkinson held a conference call for reporters on Wednesday where they discussed the process of searching for Porter's replacement,

You know how underdogs are. They feed on disrespect – and where there isn't any, they're not shy about manufacturing it. So when the Houston Dynamo's Mauro Manotas said earlier this week that, "We were talking about that in the locker room, that there have been many comments about how Seattle

The Portland Timbers' next update on their search for a new head coach won't come until after the Thanksgiving holiday, according to a tweet sent Monday by owner Merritt Paulson.

Who will replace Caleb Porter in Portland? Plenty of names have been bandied about since news dropped on Thursday night that Porter was leaving his post as Timbers head coach, with potential candidates including current MLS head coaches, lower league champions and a college coach or two. Here’s a look

Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter has decided to move on from his position as head coach. The news was released by the club on Friday morning. Reports, originally at FourFourTwo.com, had the Timbers and Porter parting ways on Thursday night. Porter had been with the Timbers since 2013, winning

When Major League Soccer officially implements Video Review on Aug. 5, it’ll mark the beginning of a new era in MLS history – and it’ll shut the door on a three-plus year process that brought the groundbreaking system to the league. Video Review hasn't officially been written into the Laws

"'Outspoken' is not what I'm going for. I like the 'accessible' descriptor maybe a little bit better, and I think that's part of what the Timbers is – we aim to listen." Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson certainly doesn't shy away from the strong opinions, and he was on fire

Southern California has long been perceived as one of the biggest and highest-profile markets in Major League Soccer, home to the five-time MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy and ambitious 2018 expansion entrants LAFC. But the Portland Timbers’ soccer-mad community makes for even more pressure and visibility at PTFC than anywhere

Today is Diego Valeri’s birthday. He is 31 years old, and he is living the life he was meant to live. Today, Valeri will wake up in the city that’s adopted him as one of its own. He’ll eat breakfast with his wife, Florencia, sipping mate and chatting until it’s

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Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson is optimistic about a $50 million plan that would add 4,000 seats to Providence Park. Paulson told the "Timbers in 30" show that the club have “fully vetted” the plan and that he’s hopeful that they can move forward on it with the City of