Timbers forward Felipe Mora scores Portland’s first goal. (Photo by Diego G Diaz).   (9) Portland Timbers (2,3,3, 9 points) vs (3) Columbus Crew (3,1,4, 13 points) Saturday April 20, 2024 KO 4:30 PM PST Lower Field, Columbus, Ohio   Portland Timbers Briefly Another disappointing performance at home for the Portland Timbers against their bitter nemesis LAFC. However, by rescuing a point, the mood of the team looks somehow feisty and looking to deliver this time on the road against the defending champions Columbus Crew. With an inspired Evander and for now Jonathan Rodriguez contribu ..read more

Portland Timbers fans during the MLS regular season 2-2 tie between the Portland Timbers and LAFC at Providence Park on April 13, 2024 (Photo by Diego G Diaz). . The Portland Timbers hosted LAFC in a rare Afternoon match at Providence Park.  A win in front of the home crowd would put the Timbers in sixth place, jumping ahead of LAFC in the western conference standings. Both teams were in green kits, the Timbers still without a sponsor on theirs.  Timbers head coach Phil Neville made changes to his starting lineup. Felipe Mora was in the classic number 9 position, flanked by Jonatha ..read more

(10) Portland Timbers (2,3,2, 8 points) vs (5) LAFC (3,3,1, 10 points) Saturday April 13, 2024 KO 7:30 PM PST/ 10:30 PM EST Providence Park, Portland, Oregon   Portland Timbers Briefly What a stunner at Children’s Mercy Park last Sunday when everything looked like it was a sure defeat and, in the end, the Green and Gold rallied to share the spoils in Kansas City, Kansas. However, the Timbers have a foe that has had the upper edge on the Rose City side since its inception to Major League Soccer back in 2015. Still, the need for the Timbers is to play their game in its entirety, displaying ..read more

Felipe Mora made it on the MLS Team of the Matchday for Week 8 on the bench, after scoring his second goal of the season coming out of injury reserve. With a nice pass from Jonathan Rodriguez, Mora made the score 3-2 after SKC had a great first half and almost sealed the game, but in the end had another second half meltdown and ended up in a 3-3 draw. Source: Major League Soccer Communications Team of the Matchday (3-4-3, left to right): Maarten Paes (DAL) – David Ruiz (MIA), Ranko Veselinović (VAN), Alex Roldan (SEA) – Timothy Tillman (LAFC), Sebastián Driussi (ATX), Xherdan Shaqiri (CHI), Al ..read more

Photo Credit Portland Timbers F.C. Eric Miller became the game hero as well scoring his first goal of his 11 years as a player in Major League Soccer and rallying to draw after Sporting Kansas City staged another second half meltdown at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Again, the Portland Timbers staged another sloppy first half and allowing SKC to score early in the 13th minute through Willy Agada who delivered a one of a kind performance and a brace. Danny Rosero added another goal in the 38th minute as well Agada scoring in stopagge time, in the second half and missing a pena ..read more

(8) Portland Timbers (2,3,1, 7 points) vs (6) Sporting Kansas City (2,1,3, 9 points) Sunday April 7, 2024 KO 10:30 AM PST/ 1:30 PM EST Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas   Portland Timbers Briefly The rally against Vancouver fell short due to manager Vanni Sartini’s accurate moves contrary to manager Phil Neville trying to escalate the attack and, in the end, it was stopped abruptly by the Whitecaps as the Timbers fell short of their objective in the end. My conclusion is that Zac McGraw is in need to be substituted by Dario Zuparic as the all-around starter as the Croatian is pl ..read more

Evander with a beauty of a goal put the Portland Timbers within one goal and later putting an assist for Felipe Mora tying the game, on a match that in the Rose City surrendered by a late goal. Still, the one-of-a-kind goal started the rally for his embattled Timbers, currently on a three-game losing streak as unfortunate side of his goal didn’t make it into MLS Goal of the Week nominations. Mora made it into the bench of Major League Soccer Matchday 7 elite. This is Evander second MLS Team of the Matchday mention. Source: Major League Soccer. com Team of the Matchday (4-4-2, left to right): M ..read more

Photo: Gerrit te Hennepe After allowing the Vancouver Whitecaps an early lead in the first half, the Portland Timbers came back with a lot of fight in the second half and tied the game. However in the end, the Timbers fell short when Ryan Raposo scored his second goal of the season in the 87th minute. Despite the efforts of Timbers keeper Maxime Crepeau, in the end the Vancouver Whitecaps came up with a big win in the always celebrated Cascadia Cup with round one in their favor. The moves made by Caps manager Vanni Sartini, who was in his first match back from suspension,  paid off in t ..read more

(4) Portland Timbers (2,2,1, 7 points) vs (3) Vancouver Whitecaps (2,1,1, 7 points) Saturday March 30, 2023 KO 7:30 PM PST/ 10:30 PM EST BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   Portland Timbers Briefly Disappointing is the ideal word chosen by manager Phil Neville after his team displayed a great match and delivering a number of opportunities at goal, but still the team came short of his objective to come with huge win against the Union. The Timbers didn’t play a pristine defensive game and not being able to stand their ground, in the end it was seen a setback in the end and with ..read more

Portland’s Jonathan Rodríguez take a shot on goal (Photo by Diego G Diaz). The Portland Timbers succumbed to a Philadelphia Union severely affected by the international call up, by 3-1 on the evening of March 23, 2024, in front of their fans at Providence Park. It is a result that does not really tell the whole story of the match. Upon further analysis, the story is about a gritty and tested squad, facing a new project on its infancy, the Phil Neville era 2024 Portland Timbers. A tough contender even with the absences, and Portland’s biggest test yet in this new era. The 3-1 loss, made the T ..read more