Confirmation came Wednesday of Atlanta United acquiring midfielder Darlington Nagbe and defender Gbenga Akroyo from Portland for big chunks of allocation money. The Timbers alsoreceived a senior international slot in the transaction. Up front, Portland receives $750,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and $300,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). The TAMtotal could increase to as […]
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Busy United adds Mattocks and Brillant, re-signs Clark
The worst team in MLS last season has jumped right into the process of rebuilding for 2018. After leading the league with 20 losses and posting the poorest goal difference of minus-29,D.C. United has added Jamaican forward Darren Mattocks and French centerback Felix Brillant in trades, and negotiated a new deal for American goalkeeper Steve […]
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Diego Valeri wins MLS MVP award in a landslide
In his fifth season in MLS with the Portland Timbers, Argentine Diego Valeri was named the league’s top player, winner of 2017 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player award.
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Preview: Burden of favorite is squarely on Toronto FC against Crew
The best team during the MLS regular season squares off with a beleaguered opponent to decide which of them will advance to the MLS Cup final as Eastern Conference representative as well as host. Thus can be described the second leg of the Toronto FC-Columbus Crew SC series to be staged Wednesday (Fox Sports 1, […]
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Caleb Porter: 'I'm emotional thinking about leaving'
The Portland Timbers confirmed reports of Caleb Porter‘s decision to leave the MLS club after five seasons. Porter leaves after five seasons during which Timbers won one MLS Cuptitle (2015) and reached the playoffs three times. He compiled a 68-50-52 record. MLS Coaches, Most Points-Per -Game (2013-17) PPG (RANK) COACH (MLS TEAM)W-L-T 1.64 (1) Jesse […]
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Report: Caleb Porter is leaving the Portland Timbers
Multiple outlets on Thursday night reported that Caleb Porter, who led the Portland Timbers to the 2015 MLS title, has decided to leave the club after five seasons as head coach. The move comes after the Timbers finished first in the Western Conference in 2017 but lost to the Houston Dynamo in the conference semifinals, […]
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What They're Saying: Merritt Paulson
“The tendency to just burn everything down, you know, exists. And on sort of a macro level, you look at what’s going on with the U.S. Soccer Federation right now. Obviously, they had an unbelievablehardship in not qualifying, and there’s some good reasons to want change. But there’s a sort of a just-burn-it-all-down mentality that […]
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Underdog: Dynamo's worst-to-first conference turnaround is within reach
Last in the Western Conference in 2016, the Houston Dynamo is now two games away from completing one of the most impressive turnarounds in MLS history. The Dynamo came back from a goaldown to beat the Portland Timbers, 2-1, and move into the Western Conference finals against Seattle on aggregate by the same score. 1. […]
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Shorthanded: Timbers remain slight favorites for decisive semifinal
Despite pitching a shutout in the first leg, Portland could take the field Sunday against Houston (Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes, MLS Live, 7:30 p.m. ET) trailing by several players. In thefirst hour of play, Larrys Mabiala (hip), Diego Chara (broken foot), and Darlington Nagbe (calf) all went down injured and had to be replaced. Thus […]
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Go for goal: Caleb Porter insists high-scoring Timbers will aim to win in Houston
With all due respect to last year’s epic MLS Eastern Conference final in which 12 goals were scored during 210 minutes of play, most two-leg series are tighter, cagier affairs. Twoteams that could crack that mold are paired in the Western semis that kick off Monday. In their last five head-to-head meetings, Houston and Portland […]