The Portland Timbers officially introduced Phil Neville as their new head coach on Tuesday. Neville most recently coached in MLS from 2021 to midway through 2023 at Inter Miami.  He also has experience coaching the England Women’s National Team, and as an assistant for the Canadian Men’s National Team.  Of course most people know him from his 19 years playing in the English Premier League for Manchester United and Everton.  He also has 59 appearances for the English National Team. Neville is signed to a contract through the 2026 season. (Photo is from the Portland Timbers)   ..read more

The Portland Timbers knew a win on Saturday night would have secured them a playoff spot, but a draw or a loss left it open to other results.  And everything would go wrong for the Timbers on this night as they ended up on the short end of a 3-1 result against the Houston Dynamo, and other results did not go their way, and they will miss the playoffs for the second straight season. Felipe Mora scored for the Timbers, while Griffin Dorsey scored twice for the Dynamo and Adalberto Carrasquilla also had a goal. The Timbers had the first good look of the match in the 5th minute when Evander‘s ..read more

The Portland Timbers got a solid beating at the hands of CF Montréal. at the short end of a 4-1 result. Sunusi Ibrahim, Kwadwo Opoku, Mathieu Choinière, and Mason Toye would all score for the hosts, while Franck Boli would net the lone Timbers goal. After neither team had many scoring chances early, Montréal would break through in the 28th minute when Kwadwo Opoku would make a breakaway run down the right side, and would cross to a wide-open Sunusi Ibrahim. who had an easy tap-in from close range, and the hosts had a 1-0 lead. In the 35th minute, it was Opuku would be causing trouble ..read more

The Timbers settled for a 3-3 draw in Los Angeles against the Galaxy on Saturday night in a match where both teams let leads slip.  Santiago Moreno and Felipe Mora would score for the Timbers, along with an own goal by the Galaxy’s Eriq Zavaleta.  Zavaleta would score twice for his own team, along with a goal by Douglas Costa. It only took until the 5th minute for the Timbers to take an early lead, when Dairon Asprilla made a run into the box on the right side, and his low cross found Santiago Moreno just yards from the goal and wide open, and he one-timed the shot into the empty net ..read more

The Portland Timbers continued their hot streak on Saturday night, despite missing a load of starters especially in their midfield.  But they made it pay off as Antony, Santiago Moreno, and Felipe Mora all scored in a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rapids.  Diego Rubio and Andrew Gutman would score for the Rapids. The Timbers controlled early play, and made their first good chance pay off in the 19th minute.  Dairon Asprilla made a nice run into the left side of the Colorado box, and his cross was met at the far post by a nice header by Antony, and Colorado keeper Marko Ilić had ..read more

The Portland Timbers have now earned 13 points out of the last 15 possible, and scored exactly two goals for the sixth straight game, in a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes.  Evander and Cristhian Paredes would have the Timbers goals, while Matthew Hoppe would net the lone goal for the Earthquakes. The Timbers would control much of early play, in fact they’d control play much of the night, outshooting San Jose by a 19-6 total.  Evander had a few good early chances from the Timbers, with his best coming in the 25th minute when his curling free kick from just outside ..read more

The Portland Timbers had goals from Felipe Mora and Evander and kept their solid run of play going with a 2-1 win over Austin FC.  Sebastián Driussi had the lone goal for the hosts. Austin controlled most of the early play, and in just the ninth minute Gyasi Zardes put a header off the right post, and shortly afterwards, David Bingham made another great save to keep the match scoreless.  In the 32nd minute the Timbers finally had a good chance on a counterattack, but Santiago Moreno‘s chance from close-in was saved. Though Austin had controlled much of play in the firs ..read more

The Timbers would find their offense in their defense on this night vs. the Los Angeles Football Club, as Larrys Mabiala and Claudio Bravo would find the net in a 2-0 win by the Timbers over LAFC. After the first part of the opening half saw neither team have much of a scoring chance, the Timbers would make a 28th minute corner kick by Evander pay off when Los Angeles keeper John McCarthy could not control the ball, and Timbers defender Larrys Mabiala faught off his LAFC defender to head home, and the Timbers had a 1-0 lead.  Both teams had moderately good chances to score in th ..read more

The Timbers fell behind 2-0 to the Sounders early, but a Seattle red card changed the match and the Timbers rallied for a 2-2 draw.  Dairon Asprilla and Evander would score for the Timbers, while Raúl Ruidíaz and Léo Chú scored for the hosts. The hosts took a lead in the 9th minute when Raúl Ruidíaz was positioned well at the far post to get his head on a re-direction of a corner kick, and his header put the Sounders up 1-0. In the 30th minute, the Sounders doubled the lead when Léo Chú slipped in behind the Timbers defense, and slotted a shot past David Bingham to put Seattle up 1-0.&nbs ..read more

The Timbers would earn their first victory in awhile, as two goals would hold up in a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake.  Santiago Moreno and Felipe Mora would score for the Timbers, while Cristian Arango would  have the goal for the visitors. It took until the 13th minute for either team to have a good scoring chance, and the Timbers took advantage of it when Evander played a crossing pass to Juan David Mosquera, who made a high return cross across the goal mouth which found Santiago Moreno charging in unmarked, and he would head home from about eight yards out, and the Tim ..read more