It's the third MLS Cup for Columbus, which kept LAFC from becoming the fourth MLS team to win back-to-back titles ..read more

Soccer Columbus Crew: A look back on the club's playoff history The black and gold have made the championship match three times, with their only loss coming in 2015 against the Portland Timbers. More Videos Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Author: 10TV Web Staff Published: 2:17 PM EST December 8, 2023 Updated: 2:17 PM EST December 8, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Crew are looking to win their third Major League Soccer Cup in 15 years on Saturday. The black and gold have made the championship match three times, with their only loss coming in 2015 against the Po ..read more

Ricketts started his national team career with Jamaica in 1998. Within that same year, Ricketts was named to Jamaica's World Cup roster to represent his home country in France. Ricketts began his professional club soccer career in 2005, playing for Bradford City AFC in Bradford, West Yorkshire. After 104 appearances for the club under manager, Colin Todd, Ricketts entered MLS in 2009 to play for Los Angeles Galaxy under the leadership of Bruce Arena ..read more

A familiar face for Portland Timbers fans will be in the studio this weekend analyzing the MLS conference finals. Former Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese will provide Spanish-language analysis for Apple's studio coverage of the conference semis on MLS Season Pass. Saturday marks Savarese's return to the public eye after being fired by the Timbers in August after nearly six seasons, and as the 52-year-old Venezuelan national continues to pursue other opportunities in coaching. Savarese previously worked for ESPN as an analyst, so broadcasting is a familiar space for him ..read more

A friendly face is back in Portland: Maurice “Moe” Harkless has signed to play for the Rip City Remix. Harkless is on the comeback trail in Rip City. “I love being in Portland, I love the city itself, so it wasn't really hard for me to make the decision to come back when the time was right and everything lined up, they made it easy for me as well,” he said. The 30-year-old NBA veteran is now with the Blazers' new G-League affiliate, the Rip City Remix ..read more

Portland Timbers forward Nathan Fogaca (#99) celebrates after his goal in the 76th minute during an MLS match against the Seattle Sounders at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Sean Meagher/The Oregonian By Geoffrey C. Arnold | The Oregonian/OregonLive The Portland Timbers announced their updated roster Thursday ahead of the 2024 season. The club picked the contract option on forward Nathan Fogaca. The Timbers declined the contract options on midfielder Bryan Acosta, forward Franck Boli, midfielder Noel Caliskan, forward Diego Guiterrez, defender Eric Miller, for ..read more

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Portland Timbers midfielder Sebastian Blanco will be leaving the team this winter as his contract expires, the team revealed Thursday. Blanco has spent six years with the Timbers including MLS Cup appearances in 2018 and 2021. “I would like to extend my personal gratitude to Sebastián, and on behalf of everyone within the club, for his seven incredible years in Portland,” said general manager Ned Grabavoy. “Few players have made as great an impact on and off the field, and he will unquestionably go down as one of the greatest to ever wear the Green and Gold. SEE ALSO: C ..read more

Phil Neville was introduced as the new head coach of the Portland Timbers amid concerns from the Major League Soccer team's fan base over some of his past posts on social media, as well as his coaching record. Neville, who has apologized before for sexist Twitter posts from more than a decade ago, addressed them during a press conference Tuesday. Neville, who coached Inter Miami before his dismissal in June, signed a deal with Portland that will keep him as the head coach through the 2026 season ..read more

The Timbers announced Neville as their new head coach this week, five months after he was sacked by Inter Miami ..read more

Should the author of a set of undeniably sexist tweets — ugly, unintelligent, downright backward missives — be held accountable for those remarks into perpetuity? What I can't figure out for the life of me is why Merritt Paulson wants his fragile soccer empire to be the setting for that debate. By hiring decorated former Manchester United midfielder Phil Neville as the next coach of the Timbers, Paulson chooses once again to pit himself against his club's most loyal supporters. Instead of showing compassion for fans who sat at the center of a sexual misconduct scandal that rocked the sport, P ..read more