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Goals are the most important statistic in soccer. Whether scoring your own or preventing the opposition from doing so, the only definitive numbers are the ones on the scoreboard. And MLS teams have gone about it all different ways for a decade. Some have relied on set pieces, like Dom

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Since joining the Portland Timbers In January, Sebastian Blanco has quickly integrated into the side, giving the Timbers a fearsome front four as he lines up alongside Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe, and Fanendo Adi. Getting Blanco to the Rose City and inking him to a Designated Player

Hope. It springs eternal around Major League Soccer this time of year. Coming off a dumpster fire of a season? You could be this year’s Colorado Rapids. Still smarting from another playoff choke job? There’s no reason why your team can’t exorcise those postseason demons by replicating the Sounders’ (or

The moment Nikola Ćirković stepped into the challenge, Darlington Nagbe had him in his palm. The entire stadium could see it. At the time, the US men’s national team was well on its way to a scoreless draw with Serbia to formally kick off the second Bruce Arena era on

The Portland Timbers completed a flurry of personnel moves on Monday, announcing the re-signing of versatile midfielder/defender Amobi Okugo, the signing of free-agent fullback Chance Myers and the early return of winger Dairon Asprilla from his loan stint with Colombian side Millonarios. Okugo, 25, has made 139 league appearances (113

LOS ANGELES – MLS Commissioner Don Garber strode to the podium, adjusted the microphone and took one final look at the draft card in front of him. Two picks into the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, the Chicago Fire were on the clock. “We have a trade to announce. How about that?”

The Portland Timbers just got a little younger. The Timbers announced on Thursday morning that they have signed winger Victor Arboleda, defender Rennico Clarke, and goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh to first-team contracts. Arboleda, 20, Clarke, 21, and McIntosh, 22, join the club after playing for its USL side, Timbers 2, last season.

After considerable speculation, Lucas Melano is on his way back to Argentina. The winger, who spent a season and a half with the Portland Timbers, helping them win the 2015 MLS Cup, has been sent on loan to Argentine side Club Atletico Belgrano for the remainder of 2017, according to

Roy Miller is headed back to MLS, as the Portland Timbers announced on Wednesday that they’ve acquired the veteran defender via transfer from Costa Rican club Saprissa. The former New York Red Bull will remain with Saprissa through the end of February to participate in the club’s CONCACAF Champions League

The Portland Timbers announced on Thursday they have mutually agreed to part ways with defender Steven Taylor. The 30-year-old, signed on Aug. 1 after spending 13 seasons at English side Newcastle United, made nine MLS regular season appearances for the Timbers, scoring one goal. He also briefly played on loan at

Jurgen Klinsmann is out, Bruce Arena is in and the LA Galaxy’s search is on for new head coach and general manager. It’s hard to understate Arena’s importance to LA since he took over as head coach and GM of the club in August 2008. He inherited a team that

After a distinguished playing career, Ned Grabavoy is moving on to the technical staff. On Wednesday, the Portland Timbers announced that Grabavoy, who retired at the end of the 2016 season, has been hired as the club’s director of scouting and recruitment. One of just 39 players in league history to

Two-time MLS Cup champion midfielder Ned Grabavoy, of the Portland Timbers, announced Tuesday he will retire at the conclusion of the 2016 season, ending an MLS career that lasted for 13 seasons. "I've put a tremendous amount, physically and mentally, into this sport over a long stretch of years, and as

As the Portland Timbers fight for their playoff lives in 2016, they added a promising young player for 2017 and beyond. On Friday, the Timbers announced the signing of 17-year-old academy defender Marco Farfan as an MLS Homegrown Player for next season. Farfan is the youngest signing for the Timbers

TUKWILA, Wash. – Seattle Sounders interim head coach Brian Schmetzer is far from a newcomer to his team’s ever-contentious rivalry with the Portland Timbers. Schmetzer has been a part of the Cascadia soccer scene dating back to his days as a player with the NASL Sounders in the 1980s, then

With the summer transfer window set to close on Wednesday, the Portland Timbers signed their second defender in as many days, announcing on Tuesday the acquisition of 23-year-old Nigerian national team center back Gbenga Arokoyo. The Timbers traded for the Discovery priority to sign the defender, sending Targeted Allocation Money and

The Portland Timbers moved to shore up their injury-depleted back line on Monday, signing English central defender and longtime Newcastle United mainstay Steven Taylor. The 30-year-old Taylor made more than 260 appearances across all competitions for the Magpies, with 13 goals in league competition. He was released by Newcastle in June following their relegation

BEAVERTON, Ore. — The Portland Timbers will not have central defender Liam Ridgewell for Sunday’s match at Sporting Kansas City (2 pm ET on FOX and MLS LIVE in Canada), whether he's healthy or not. Ridgewell, who hasn't trained all week but is "progressing" from a calf injury, according to Timbers head coach

BEAVERTON, Ore. — When Lucas Melano collected the ball at the top of the Timbers penalty area and dribbled full speed to the top of the Seattle penalty area to set up Fanendo Adi’s clinching goal on July 17, fans of the Portland Timbers got a clear picture of what

BEAVERTON, Ore. — The Portland Timbers have known for a while that Jake Gleeson could become a top-notch goalkeeper. It is why the New Zealander was one of the first players signed by the Timbers when they entered Major League Soccer. “We always knew he was a very good goalkeeper,”

The Portland Timbers announced the transfer of Adam Kwarasey to Norwegian club Rosenborg BK on Monday, marking the end of a short but fruitful MLS stint for the goalkeeper. The Norwegian-Ghanaian 'keeper signed with Portland on Dec. 8, 2014 and made 40 regular-season league appearances over the 2015 and 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Timbers-Sounders rivalry that's set to be renewed on Sunday (3 pm ET; FOX in US, MLS LIVE in Canada) is one that also plays out on all levels of the soccer developmental pyramid. Timbers general manager and president of soccer Gavin Wilkinson, who has experienced the Cascadia rivalry as a player,

The Portland Timbers added to their defensive corps on Thursday, when the club announced that they have signed Lithuanian national team left back Vytautas "Vytas" Andriuskevicius. Andriuskevicius, 25, joins Portland with over 120 matches of first-team experience in the top divisions of the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Lithuania. He last played

The Portland Timbers announced on Thursday that they have sent midfielder Dairon Asprilla on a year-long loan to Colombian side Millonarios FC. The loan agreement includes an option for Millonarios to permanently acquire Asprilla. "This year-long loan with a transfer option frees up cap space and gives the club flexibility