Photo Credit Charlotte F.C.   (11) Portland Timbers (2,4,4, 10 points) vs (11) Charlotte FC (3,5,2, 11 points) Saturday May 5, 2024 KO 4:30 PM PST/ 7:30 PM EST Bank Of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina   Portland Timbers Briefly Can the Portland Timbers get a positive result on the road when they play against a struggling Charlotte FC as well snap an average run these have had in the past matches? Enough with the draws and look for the win on the road or at home where it counts as lately, the Timbers shown the disinterest from some of its players not performing to their fu ..read more

Denis Bouanga to the rescue again for LAFC. Not only is the Gabonese forward starting to get his scoring touch back, but he also having a flair for the dramatic. One week after scoring in stoppage time to preserve a draw (and with it a point) against the New York Red Bulls, Bouanga did it again on another Saturday night, only this time, Bouanga’s stoppage time goal against the Portland Timbers rescued all three points, as LAFC escaped with the 3-2 win. “It was a tough game, they have great players and it was going to be a tough match,” LAFC defender Jesus David Murillo said. “First half, we di ..read more

Timbers winger Anthony fights for possession with LAFC defender Ryan Hollingshead during the MLS regular season 2-2 tie between the Portland Timbers and LADX at Providence Park on April 13, 2024,(Photo by Diego G Diaz). (11) Portland Timbers (2-3-4, 10 points) vs (7) LAFC (3-3-3, 12 points) Saturday April 27, 2024 KO 7:30 PM PST/ 10:30 PM EST BMO Field, Los Angeles, California   Portland Timbers Briefly Somehow, this team has managed to come from behind and despite hitting first, still there’s a number of issues to overcome as well fix in its defensive game lacking the so-called finishi ..read more

Two second half goals from Cucho Hernandez in the 51st minute and Steven Moreira in the 74th, delivered a share of spoils between the visiting Portland Timbers and Columbus Crew at Lower.com Field. It is the third consecutive draw for the Timbers. Moreira scored his second goal in 81 MLS matches with a shot from 30 yards in the left corner of the Timbers net as the Crew (3-1-5, 14 points) currently are winless in their last five matches with one loss and four draws. The first goal was scored by Timbers (2-3-4, 10 points) forward Felipe Mora on the 10th minute and With the Portland side hitting ..read more

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

(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