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Fanendo Adi will not be leaving Portland this summer, according to Timbers GM and President of Soccer, Gavin Wilkinson. Wilkinson told MLSsoccer.com in a phone interview on Monday evening that the Timbers “met with Adi and his agent [on Monday] and stated that he would not be leaving the club this

CALEB PORTER COULDN'TBEAR TO WATCH. As midnight closed in, Porter paced the empty hallways of the Portland Timbers’ hotel in Plano, Texas, a quick drive south of where a few hours ago his team had beaten FC Dallas in their final game of the 2014 regular season. The Timbers’ playoff

BOSTON – Last December, Harvard University sophomore Brendan Kent sat in a common room at Leverett House, the largest residence hall on campus, concentrated on a final. But it wasn’t a semester-ending exam that held the statistics major’s attention. The final in question was a soccer game – MLS Cup,

Ce vendredi soir, New York City accueille Orlando pour le duel entre les deux clubs qui en sont à leur deuxième saison en MLS. Si aucun des deux n’a terminé au-dessus de la ligne rouge la saison dernière, on ne peut pas dire qu’ils aient suivi la même voie. Les

The Portland Timbers and owner Merritt Paulson seem to know when they’ve got a good thing going. Gavin Wilkinson, Paulson’s right-hand man and general manager of the organization, has been re-signed to a long-term contract, the club announced on Friday. He has also been given a new title: President of

From the English Premier League frontrunners, to the defending MLS champions. English midfielder Jack Barmby moved from Leicester City, currently in first in the EPL, to the Portland Timbers on Wednesday, signing a loan deal with the MLS Cup 2015 winners. The Timbers will have an option to permanently sign Barmby,

Another player is leaving Portland to head abroad. The Portland Timbers announced on Tuesday that they have transferred midfielder George Fochive to Danish first division club Viborg FF. Fochive, 23, leaves Portland after two seasons and 11 career appearances, all of which came in 2015, with the Timbers.  “This is a position where

Fresh off winning the MLS Cup in December, the Portland Timbers have rewarded coach Caleb Porter with plenty of chances to do it again. The Timbers have signed Porter to a "long-term contract extension," the club announced on Wednesday. “This long-term extension is well deserved, and we are pleased and proud to announce

It wasn’t long after the Portland Timbers and their fans experienced the euphoria of winning a first MLS Cup before reality set in – about 24 hours to be exact. That’s when the Timbers began announcing the decisions they were faced with in building their roster for a title defense

The signings keep rolling in for the Portland Timbers, who announced the acquisition of free agent midfielder Ned Grabavoy on Tuesday afternoon, their second signing of the day after Zarek Valentin. Per league and club policy, the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Grabavoy, 32, is Portland first free agent signing

The Portland Timbers continue to reload after capturing the franchise’s inaugural MLS Cup, announcing Tuesday that they had acquired defender Zarek Valentin from the Montreal Impact in exchange for an international roster spot for the 2016 season. Per league and club policy, terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Valentin,

Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell will be spending the first part of 2016 playing in his native England, with the club announcing Wednesday that he will be joining Championship outfit Brighton & Hove Albion on a short-term loan. The deal will go through, subject to international clearance, when the English

The MLS Cup champion Portland Timbers pulled off a major academy move on Tuesday, when they hired former Chicago Fire academy director Larry Sunderland as their youth technical director. Sunderland, 51, will lead Portland’s academy, developing curriculum guidelines, monitoring academy player and staff development and overseeing coaching and all soccer-specific

They just battled it out for the 2015 MLS Cup but that doesn't mean that Columbus Crew SC and the Portland Timbers couldn't strike up a trade on Friday. After sellingJorge Villafaña to Santos Laguna earlier in the day, the Timbers acted quickly to replace the left back with another veteran

The Portland Timbers parted ways with one of the starters from their MLS Cup run on Friday, announcing they had transferred defender Jorge Villafana to Liga MX outfit Santos Laguna. Per league and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mexican outlet Medio Tiempo reports that Villafana signed

Here are the top 15 stories everyone's talking about this morning: 1. PARADE IN PORTLAND FOR RETURNING TIMBERS The Portland Timbers returned to Portland on Monday and received a hero’s welcome upon their arrival at PDX Airport. They'll keep the party going on Tuesday with a downtown parade and celebration rally

As the 2015 MLS season drew to a close on Sunday, preparations for 2016 were already well underway on Monday. MLS Cup champions Portland Timbers announced on Monday that the team has re-signed midfielder Jack Jewsbury and exercised the 2016 contract options on midfielder George Fochive, defenders Anthony Manning, Taylor Peay

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter spoke a lot in the days leading up to Sunday’s MLS Cup about the fortuitous path of his career leading to this point. He recalled winning an NCAA national title as an assistant coach with Indiana in 2003 under his mentor,

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Much about the Portland Timbers’ run to Sunday’s MLS Cup final could be considered fate. There was the two-goalpost penalty kick miss that allowed them to survive the Knockout Round in a wild extra-time shootout, Nat Borchers’ dramatic goal-line clearance to preserve their passage in the Western Conference

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The five Portland Timbers players still with the club from their inaugural 2011 MLS season have been celebrated as key leaders in the team’s run to Sunday’s MLS Cup (4 pm ET: ESPN, WatchESPN and UniMas in the US; TSN1/4 and RDS2 in Canada). But the original Timber has flown

Here's a paradox: There is no one way to build an MLS Cup contender. And yet, there is only one way, and that's "use every method at your disposal to acquire and integrate talent." Teams that are heavily SuperDraft-reliant, like Sporting KC or New England Revolution, can and do win

PORTLAND, Ore.—After missing out on the Audi 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs, it would have been easy for the Portland Timbers to rethink their approach to team-building. That season, the Timbers added two new Designated Players – striker Fanendo Adi and center back Liam Ridgewell – though neither carried name recognition or big-time

Just a few days after saying goodbye to one forward, the Portland Timbers will welcome another one to town after announcing Thursday they have acquired Jamaican international Michael Seaton from D.C. United in exchange for Targeted Allocation money, an international roster slot and future considerations. Per league and club policy,

The Portland Timbers and attacker Gaston Fernandez mutually parted ways, the club announced via press release on Monday evening. Per league and club policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “We would like to thank Gastón for his contributions to the club the past two seasons,” said Gavin Wilkinson,