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Timbers midfielder Rodney Wallace outmaneuvers Vancouver defender Steven Beitashour near the touchline during a 3-0 win for Portland against Whitecaps FC on Aug. 30 at BC Place. photo: Anne-Marie Sorvin (USA TODAY Sports Images)

in MLS. The 2013 MLS Newcomer of the Year and assist leader is one assist shy of tying the all-time single-season club record (14) across all eras set by John Bain in 1980. Vancouver (8-7-13, 37pts) comes into Saturday’s match following a 2-1 loss on the road against FC Dallas on Sept. 13 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. After falling behind early on a miraculous goal by FC Dallas forward Blas Pérez, Whitecaps FC battled back as forward Erik Hurtado scored the equalizer in the 67th minute, but Vancouver surrendered the game-winning goal to Pérez in the 78th minute. Following Saturday’s match, the Timbers play host to Alpha United on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Providence Park in their third CONCACAF Champions League group stage match; kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (Pacific).

Against Whitecaps FC Dating back to the first matchup between the Timbers and Whitecaps in 1975 – a 2-0 win for Portland in Vancouver – the Timbers are a combined 29-34-15 against their Canadian rivals. The Cascadia rivalry between Portland and Vancouver continues Saturday with the 11th MLS meeting between the sides. Portland leads the MLS series 5-1-4, including a 2-1-2 record at Providence Park. In 2012, the Timbers hoisted their first Cascadia Cup as an MLS side following a 1-0 win against Whitecaps FC at BC Place in Vancouver. In 2014, Whitecaps FC benefited from two penalty kicks in the first half for a 4-3 win against the Timbers earlier this season on June 1 at Providence Park. In the second regular-season meeting, the Timbers grabbed a 3-0 win on the road at BC Place on Aug. 30 behind goals from defender Alvas Powell, Urruti and midfielder Rodney Wallace. Aug. 30, 2014, at BC Place (Vancouver, B.C.)

Portland 3, Vancouver 0 Scoring:

POR – Powell (Valeri) 51, Urruti (Harrington) 75, Wallace (Nagbe) 79

Major Changes

VAN - None

IN: D Christian Dean (MLS SuperDraft), M Andre Lewis (MLS SuperDraft), M Mehdi Ballouchy (Re-Entry Draft, Stage 2), D Steven Beitashour (Trade from San Jose), M/F Sebastián Fernández (Loan from Boston River), M/F Nicolás Mezquida (Transfer from Boston River), GK Paolo Tornaghi (Signed), M Matías Laba (Loan from Toronto FC), GK Marco Carducci (Homegrown Player), M Pedro Morales (Signed), D Ethen Sampson (Homegrown Player), D Kendall Waston (Signed), M Mauro Rosales (Trade from Chivas USA), M Marco Bustos (Homegrown Player), M Kianz Froese (Homegrown Player) OUT: D Lee Young-Pyo (Retired), D Greg Klazura (Option declined), GK Joe Cannon (Option declined), GK Simon Thomas (Option declined), D Brad Rusin (Option declined), M Jun Marques Davidson (Option declined), M Daigo Kobayashi (Option declined), F Tommy Heinemann (Option declined), F Corey Hertzog (Option declined), GK Brad Knighton (Trade to New England), F Camilo Sanvezzo (Transfer to Querétaro), M Matt Watson (Trade to Chicago), F Kenny Miller (Contract terminated), M Aminu Abdallah (Waived), D Jay DeMerit (Retired), M Nigel Reo-Coker (Trade to Chivas USA)

Saturday’s match, presented by Tillamook County Creamery Association, marks the final regular-season meeting between the Portland Timbers and their Pacific Northwest rival, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Saturday’s nationally televised Cascadia clash on NBC Sports Network is a pivotal match for both teams in the hunt for the final postseason berth in the Western Conference as the Timbers trail Whitecaps FC by just one point with six matches remaining on the schedule. Portland (8-8-12, 36pts) enters Saturday’s match following a 4-2 win over Club Deportivo Olimpia of Honduras in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on Tuesday at Providence Park. Forward Maximiliano Urruti registered a brace, midfielder Will Johnson tallied a goal and two assists and defender Rauwshan McKenzie netted his first professional goal as the Timbers put together a commanding performance to take the lead in the group. In MLS play, Portland received a game-tying goal from midfielder Gastón Fernández in the 76th minute of a 2-2 draw against the Colorado Rapids on Sept. 13 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. The Timbers are 4-1-3 over their last eight games in all competitions and have scored two or more goals in each of those eight games. In regular-season play, Portland has earned at least one point in seven of the last nine games (4-2-3), while battling for a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Unbeaten in three consecutive matches, Saturday’s game marks the second of three straight home games in all competitions for the Timbers, including two CONCACAF Champions League games (Sept. 16, Sept. 23). As a team, the Timbers entered the week third in MLS in goals (49) and have logged a league-best 16 goals in the final 15 minutes of matches and 32 goals in the second half. Showcasing their scoring depth, Portland is the only team in MLS with five different players who have scored six or more goals during the regular season: Maximiliano Urruti (9), Diego Valeri (8), Gastón Fernández (7), Fanendo Adi (6) and Will Johnson (6). Against Colorado, Valeri tied his own Timbers MLS-club record for assists in a single season (13) and is tied for second overall

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TIMBERS FLASHBACK ROSS SMITH

t never did take long for defender Ross Smith to become a fan favorite wherever he played. Giving his all for the club and his teammates, Smith quickly won over Rose City fans during the team’s final second-division season in 2010. Transitioning away from the pitch, Smith has remained close to the Timbers organization, now serving as the broadcast analyst for matches while still holding close many fond memories of his time wearing the Timbers’ green and gold. Before joining the club, the Ontario, Canada, native spent several years playing soccer in England and also battled back from a heart condition that could have ended his career.

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Right off the bat during the 2010 Timbers preseason, you faced off against Sounders FC in the Community Shield match in front of around 18,000 fans at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. How was that for an introduction to the rivalry? “That was my first one. I had an injury before and that kept me out for about a year-and-a-half and I went back to England for just a couple games and then was signed on to Portland. I had no idea what Portland soccer was like and Andrew Gregor - I was roommates and teammates with him in Rochester - he always told me how good it was. We were there a week training before that game. I had no idea how big it would be. As you’d think with a preseason friendly, a few people will be there and thank goodness only a few people because you’re just getting into your fitness and getting the body going and you’re not at your best. To hear how big a crowd it was going to be and to walk out there, you think, ‘Oh my gosh’ and you want to give a good account of yourself. That was an eye opener; that was incredible. Gavin [Wilkinson], I remember him pulling me and Ian Joy and Stephen Keel aside before the game and saying we needed experienced heads here, keep it tight and we’ll maybe nick one and that’s exactly what happened.” Looking back on the 2010 season, what stands out the most in your memory? “The locker room, definitely. The season didn’t start out as planned, we were struggling, but the character in that locker room and how close the guys were [stands out]. It was helped on by the fact that the majority of us lived at Golf Creek as well. After training you get to go back and you’re around the guys all the time. For me, that’s the closest I’ve ever been to guys on the team. Guys from all over the world. You timbers.com

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think about people from completely different walks of life and how close we became, all the different players within the team. Going in every morning, you have Adin Brown, the big bear, right there beside you, you have Stephen Keel, Keith Savage, the nicest footballer I’ve ever met, Ryan Pore, George Josten, Tony McManus. You could go right through the team and every guy on it was a great character who brought something different to that locker room. That’s what you need. You need a strong locker room through the good and the bad and now, the transition to life after, they’re all close friends.” Was moving into the broadcast booth always something you had in the back of your mind? “I was looking for my exit door when I was playing and I was trying to dream up the ideal transition. The situation I’m in now, the opportunity I’m in now, I couldn’t dream it any better than this. Did I expect all this with the TV and being in front of the camera expressing your opinion and talking soccer and being around soccer? I never expected it to be this good. As a player, you have a switch, you have a personality outside the game and you have a player personality, and I’m finding that you incorporate that switch into what you’re doing now. You’re a different person. If I take myself outside of the Portland Timbers and all that, I’m thinking that I’m talking about soccer in front of however many thousands of people and that almost gives you a nervous feeling, but as soon as you step through the doors it’s like that switch again as a player and now it’s something you’re meant to be doing and something you’re confident with so it’s neat to have that sort of split personality.” You had heart surgery to repair a heart condition and missed more than a year before joining the Timbers in 2010. How did you handle finding out about your condition? “It was almost a relief. I remember vividly when I found out the news. I was in Colorado at a friend’s. I got a missed call from my family. I had a message from my dad saying to call home. You can tell the urgency. You can tell the concern. Those phone calls, you hope they never come.

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The worry was it was somebody else in my family. When it becomes you, the worry isn’t as much. It was also a relief because I had been complaining about chest pains since I was 15 and nothing had come back and finally something. It was a relief, as gutted as I was that I lost my contract with Colorado, you’re out of football and everything, but that lasts for a second. The relief was that it was found and it wasn’t anything more severe.” Before joining USL with Rochester and then Portland, you played for Ebbsfleet United (2005-07) and Dagenham & Redbridge (200708). What was life like in lower-division English soccer? “It was amazing. For me, playing League Two is a fantastic standard. It’s a different standard, it’s more for the guts and glory, the tackles and the fans are close to the pitch. You’re playing in front of 15,000-20,000 some weeks. It’s not for the faint-hearted. Every single game, every single tackle, it matters to every person there. You realize it’s under the microscope. It’s in the national newspapers. For me, it was a nice little taste as you climb further, but the quality was certainly there. There were players that I played with and played against that have gone on to play in the Championship and the Premiership. That standard between Championship and League Two, there wasn’t a huge difference, but that jump to the Premiership is another world. It was a good benchmark because we got to play against the Fulhams and West Hams in preseason, so you got to gauge yourself and just how far off you were. It was neat. It becomes your life because fans, after the game, they want to talk about it for the rest of the week until it comes to the next game and so you never get to rest, in the mind anyway.” timbers.com

2014 Timbers Schedule

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Mar. 8 Mar. 16 Mar. 22 Mar. 29 Apr. 5 Apr. 12 Apr. 19 Apr. 27 May 3 May 11 May 17 May 24 May 28 June 1 June 7 June 11 June 27 July 4 July 13 July 18 July 27 Aug. 2 Aug. 9 Aug. 16 Aug. 24 Aug. 30 Sept. 7 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 17 Oct. 25

PHILADELPHIA UNION CHICAGO FIRE @Colorado Rapids @FC Dallas SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC CHIVAS USA @Real Salt Lake @Houston Dynamo D.C. UNITED LA GALAXY COLUMBUS CREW @New York Red Bulls @Chivas USA VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC @Real Salt Lake FC DALLAS SPORTING KANSAS CITY @LA Galaxy @Seattle Sounders FC COLORADO RAPIDS @Montreal Impact @LA Galaxy CHIVAS USA @New England Revolution SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC @Vancouver Whitecaps FC SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES @Colorado Rapids VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC @Toronto FC @San Jose Earthquakes SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES REAL SALT LAKE @FC Dallas

7:30 p.m. 12 noon 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 12 noon 7:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 12 noon 7:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 10 a.m. 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

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General Manager Gavin Wilkinson

A long-time member of the Timbers organization and a former New Zealand international, Wilkinson first joined the club as a player in 2001 and has served as general manager since 2007.

Gavin Wilkinson, a long-time member of the Timbers organization and a former New Zealand international, serves as the club’s General Manager; he was appointed on January 18, 2010. He first joined the club as a player for the Timbers’ USL First Division side in 2001, before taking over as the head coach and general manager during the club’s final years in the second division from 2007-10. The Timbers finished the 2013 MLS regular season atop the Western Conference and qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since joining the league in 2011. Portland held the third-best overall record in the league, just two points shy of MLS Supporters’ Shield-winners New York Red Bulls. The club finished among league leaders in goals scored and fewest goals allowed, while setting new club marks in points (57), goal differential (+21) and shutouts (15). In 2013, the Timbers assembled one of the longest unbeaten streaks in MLS history at 15 games and set an MLS single-season record with 11 home shutouts. As general manager, Wilkinson has formed the Timbers’ complete, vertical development system, which includes the Portland Timbers U-23s and Timbers Academy teams (U-18 and U-16). He was instrumental in establishing an innovative partnership with Oregon Youth Soccer Association, which encompasses the statewide Olympic Development Program and six regional training centers, as well as the adidas Timbers Alliance. Wilkinson also serves as the general manager for Portland Thorns FC, the 2013 National Women’s Soccer League champions. During his tenure as the club’s general manager and head coach from 2007-10, Wilkinson assembled a 50-29-39 record over four seasons in the USL First Division/USSF Division-2 Pro League and was a two-time USL First Division Coach of the Year (2007, 2009). He guided the club to three postseason berths, including its only

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semifinals appearances as a second-division club in 2007 and 2009. As head coach, Wilkinson oversaw Cascadia Cup (a fan-based derby between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver) titles in 2009, 2010 and again in 2012, and was a two-time recipient of the FieldTurf Coach of the Year for the USL First Division (2007, 2009). He led the Timbers to one of the best seasons in USL First Division history in 2009, including a record-setting, 24-game unbeaten streak and winning the Commissioner’s Cup. The Timbers set a new single-season, league record with the impressive streak (140-10), surpassing the previous mark of 15 games set in 2005. The club’s record-setting run also ranks among the longest in U.S. Soccer history. Finishing in first place at 16-4-10 (58pts), Portland was awarded the Commissioner’s Cup as the league’s regular-season champion and earned a berth into the USL First Division semifinals. On July 9, 2012, Wilkinson assumed the duties of interim head coach for the remainder of the 2012 MLS season following the dismissal of head coach John Spencer. Wilkinson’s 13-year professional playing career included time with clubs in six different countries, including Portugal,Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. A defender, he joined the reborn Timbers for their inaugural United Soccer Leagues season in 2001, playing in each of the club’s first six seasons and serving the dual role as a player/assistant coach from 2005-06. He finished his playing career ranked among the Timbers’ USL franchise career leaders in games (124) and minutes played (10,181). A New Zealand native, Wilkinson earned 38 caps with the New Zealand National Team and competed in the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cups. He and his wife, Heather, have two children, Kienan and Brooke. timbers.com

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Head Coach Caleb Porter

Head coach Caleb

longest by an MLS head coach in his first full season at the

Timbers on a record-setting,

helm.

turnaround season in 2013,

Under Porter in 2013, Portland qualified for the MLS Cup

his first season in MLS and

Playoffs for the first time since joining the league in 2011. By

as the club’s head coach.

defeating rival Seattle Sounders FC in the Western Conference

He was announced as the

Semifinal, the Timbers became just the fifth club in MLS his-

Timbers head coach on Aug.

tory to reach the conference championship in their MLS Cup

29, 2012, and joined the

Playoff debut, and the first since Real Salt Lake in 2008.

club ahead of the 2013 MLS campaign. Porter was named the

The 2013 MLS Coach of the Year, Porter led the Timbers to a first-place finish in the Western Conference during the regular season and their first appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs in 2013.

coaches, and the Timbers’ 15-game unbeaten streak is the

Porter guided the Portland

2013 MLS Coach of the

Additionally, the Timbers made their deepest run in club history in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2013 under Porter’s guidance, reaching the semifinals of the tournament. Prior to joining the Timbers, Porter was one of the most

Year after leading Portland

successful coaches in NCAA history during his tenure as head

to a 14-5-15 (57pts) record,

coach at the University of Akron from 2006-12. He compiled

finishing the regular season

a career mark of 123-18-17 at Akron and owned the highest

in first place in the Western

winning percentage (.832) among all active Division I coaches.

Conference and with the

Porter garnered numerous honors while at Akron, including

third-best record in the

2009 NSCAA National Coach of the Year.

league – just two points

From Kalamazoo, Mich., Porter led the Zips to back-to-

shy of MLS Supporters’

back NCAA College Cup appearances in 2009 and 2010,

Shield-winners New York

and the school’s first national title in any sport in 2010. In all,

Red Bulls. In 2013, the Tim-

he guided Akron to seven Mid-American Conference (MAC)

bers set new single-season

regular-season championships, five MAC Tournament titles

club marks in points, wins,

and five consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament’s Round

goals (54), goal differential

of 16 (2008-12). Porter set multiple NCAA records while at

(+21), shutouts (15) and

Akron, including a 48-match, home unbeaten streak (44-0-4)

fewest goals allowed (33).

from 2008-11 and a 47-match unbeaten streak (44-0-3) in

Under Porter, the Timbers assembled one of the big-

conference play from 2006-12. Porter’s coaching career also includes time as the head

gest turnaround seasons in

coach of the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team during 2012

MLS history in 2013. In comparison to Portland’s 2012 totals,

CONCACAF Olympic qualifying and he spent three years

the Timbers assembled a 23-point improvement in points

as an assistant coach on the U.S. U-18 National Team from

and an MLS-record 43-goal improvement in goal differential.

2009-11. Prior to joining Akron, Porter was an assistant coach

Portland’s five losses during the 2013 regular season are tied

for six years (2000-05) at Indiana University.

for the fewest in MLS history in a 34-game season. In 2013, the Timbers ranked third in MLS in goals scored

As a player, Porter was the 27th overall pick by the San Jose Clash in the 1998 MLS College Draft. He spent time with

and conceded the second-fewest goals at 33, giving the

San Jose and the Tampa Bay Mutiny before a knee injury end-

club a league-best, plus-21 goal differential. The club also

ed his professional playing career in 2000. Porter also played

led the league with 15 shutouts, tied for third-most in a single

for the U.S. National B Team from 1996-97, winning a bronze

season in MLS history. During the regular season, the Timbers

medal at the 1997 World University Games.

assembled one of the longest unbeaten streaks in MLS history at 15 games.

He had a successful collegiate playing career at Indiana, where he was a three-year captain, a three-time All-Big Ten

The Timbers recorded a 15-game, home unbeaten streak

honoree and a four-year letter winner. Porter led the Hoosiers

during the 2013 regular season, posting a league-best 11-1-5

to four conference titles, and four NCAA tournament appear-

home record at Providence Park. The club also set an MLS

ances – twice advancing to the College Cup. As a senior,

single-season record with 11 home shutouts.

Porter captained IU to 23 consecutive wins before losing to

Among Porter’s achievements during the 2013 season, the club’s 57 points accrued are the most earned by a first-year head coach in MLS since the league’s inaugural season in

eventual national champion UCLA in the national semifinals and was the runner-up for the 1997 Hermann Trophy. Porter graduated from Indiana in 1998 with a degree in

1996. Porter’s winning percentage (.632) in 2013 ranked

sports management. He and his wife, Andrea, have three

among the best in league history for first-year MLS head

children – two sons, Colin and Jake, and a daughter, Stella.

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All-Star City

SOCCER HISTORY IN THE ROSE CITY:

he city of Portland will play host to its first-ever Major League Soccer All-Star Game on Aug. 6 at Providence Park as the MLS All-Stars will square off against 2013 UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich of Germany. Featuring famed head coach Pep Guardiola and a roster replete with talented players including goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, defender Philipp Lahm, midfielders Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben and forward Thomas Müller, the 23-time German champions and five-time European champions are certain to pose a staunch test for the best players representing Major League Soccer. The league’s annual showcase event will feature several days of festivities around the Rose City, culminating in the All-Star Game. Soccer City, USA, will be on full display for the world to watch this August and Providence Park will be the centerpiece. The 87-year-old venue has played host to a number of high-profile events including Brazilian legend Pelé’s last professional match in 1977 with the New York Cosmos, U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Team games, both semifinal matches of the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup, an Elvis Presley concert in 1957 and the first NFL game to be decided by overtime in an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants in 1955.

May 2, 1975 The Portland Timbers play their first match as part of the North American Soccer League against the Seattle Sounders. Aug. 28, 1977 The New York Cosmos defeat the Seattle Sounders in Soccer Bowl ’77 in Portland. The match was legendary Brazilian striker Pelé’s last official professional game. Sept. 7, 1997 U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Tab Ramos scores a dramatic winner as the United States defeats Costa Rica 1-0 in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. June 23-24, 1999 The 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup plays four matches in Portland as fans in the Rose City are treated to 22 goals over four games. Sept. 21, 2002 Forward Abby Wambach scores two goals in winning MVP honors in the 2002 Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) All-Star Game in the Rose City. Sept. 28-Oct. 5, 2003 Providence Park (then called PGE Park) hosts six matches in the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup, including both semifinal games. April 14, 2011 The world is introduced to the MLS-era Portland Timbers and the Timbers Army before a rain-soaked, sold-out crowd.

Timbers MLS All-Stars Jack Jewsbury (2011, above) and Will Johnson (2013, left)

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July 9, 2013 Providence Park hosts two matches in Group C of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, including a 6-1 win for the U.S. Men’s National Team over Belize.

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Coaching Staff 2014

Sean McAuley

Assistant Coach Sean McAuley returns for a third season as an assistant coach. He joined the club midway through the 2012 season from English club Sheffield Wednesday FC. McAuley suited up for the second-division Timbers as a player during the 2002 season. McAuley began his coaching career at Sheffield Wednesday in 2005 and spent six seasons as the club’s Academy head coach, where he oversaw the development of several youth players who went on to sign with the first team. A native of Sheffield, England, McAuley played professionally for 15 seasons as a defender from 1990-2005. He started his career with Manchester United and played for Hartlepool United, Scunthorpe United, Rochdale and Halifax Town.

Mike Toshack

Goalkeeper Coach Mike Toshack enters his third season as the Timbers goalkeeper coach in 2014. He has served as a goalkeeper coach in MLS since 2007, and won MLS Cup with the Houston Dynamo in 2007. Prior to joining Portland, Toshack was a member of the coaching staffs in Houston (2007-08) and Toronto FC (2009-11). Before working in MLS, the Prescott, Ontario, native was the director of goalkeeping for the Vancouver Whitecaps from 2005-06, helping coach the first team to the USL First Division championship in 2006. Toshack served as an assistant coach with the Montreal Impact from 2002-03. Toshack also served as the goalkeeper coach with the Canada U-20 National Team from 19982001.

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Cameron Knowles Assistant Coach

Cameron Knowles returns for a third season as an assistant coach for the Timbers. A former defender for the second-division Timbers from 2007-10, Knowles joined the coaching ranks in 2012 after a seven-year professional playing career. Selected by Real Salt Lake in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft, Knowles played two seasons in MLS before joining the Timbers. In Portland, Knowles was a threetime USL First Division all-league selection and played in 77 games for the club. From Auckland, New Zealand, Knowles anchored Portland’s backline and played a key role in the Timbers’ USL First Division record-setting, 24-game unbeaten streak in 2009.

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Extended Staff 2014

Nick Mansueto

Pablo Moreira

Nik Wald

Nick Milonas

Joel Marick

Alex Margarito

Sam Younie

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Director of Soccer Operations

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Player Relations Manager/Video Analysis

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Jim Rilatt

Timbers U-23s Head Coach

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Head Athletic Trainer

Equipment Manager

Spencer Childs

Soccer Operations Coordinator

Director of Sports Science

Assistant Equipment Manager

Eric Marchek

Providence Physical Therapist

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GETTING TO KNOW ALVAS POWELL

Defender Alvas Powell is maturing right before the eyes of Timbers supporters. The 20-yearold Jamaican outside back tallied his first two career MLS goals in back-to-back matches on Aug. 30 and Sept. 7, while also netting his first-ever competitive goal for the Timbers in CONCACAF Champions League group play on Aug. 19. A native of Danvers Pen in St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica, Powell is already becoming a steady presence on the Jamaica Men’s National Team and is working hard toward becoming the same for the Timbers. Tight-knit family Powell comes from a small, tight-knit community in southeast Jamaica and despite being more than 3,000 miles away from home, he stays in close touch with his large family. “I have six sisters. I’m the third oldest. One is married, one has five kids, and the rest are in school. My oldest sister is 27 and the youngest is 11. It’s a very big family. Everybody lives in the same community as me [in Jamaica]. So my mom calls me almost every day. Sometimes they just call together to talk to me. I hear from them a lot, so it’s good to keep in touch with my family. It’s easy.”

Powell Fact: Powell netted his first goal in all competitions for Portland in a 4-1 win over Alpha United FC in CONCACAF Champions League group play on Aug. 19 in Georgetown, Guyana. He followed that up with his first career MLS goal in a 3-0 win for the Timbers on Aug. 30 at Vancouver. “It was an exciting moment to talk to my mom about the goal because she knows when I used to go to high school, I scored a lot of goals. So now I’m scoring and performing and keeping up the good work [for Portland].”

Strike When he’s got some down time, Powell likes to relax, listen to music and be with his thoughts, but sometimes he likes to head out to the bowling alley. “Bowling is fun. At first, one of my friends told me about this bowling thing and I was like ‘I don’t want to go.’ They told me to try it once, so I tried it. It’s my favorite thing in Portland. I like to go bowling. …The first time I went, I got 100 points.”

Captain Powell Powell worked his way up the Jamaica Men’s National Team ladder, playing in the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup and eventually captaining the Jamaica U-20 National Team before earning his chance with the senior team in 2012. “Playing for my country has helped me a lot because it was a big experience. It was good for me to captain the U-20 team. I felt a lot of responsibility and pride. I had the country on my back, relying on me to captain the team and make sure everybody was doing positive things. I was a captain on the field, captain off the field. Making sure we stayed out of trouble, getting as much rest as we could and focusing on the games that we had in front of us. That was my role.”

Big Brother Not the only Jamaican on the Timbers, Powell has tried to follow the example of fellow Reggae Boy Donovan Ricketts. “Donovan has helped me a lot here because I don’t have my family here, but that guy has become a close brother to me. Sometimes I don’t cook and he’ll invite me over to have Jamaican food. He encourages me at training and game time. Try to take what the senior guys do, do what they do. Be a real professional. Donovan helped me in a lot of cases and he’s like my big brother.”

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POP CULTURE

MEASURING THE POP CULTURE PULSE OF THE PORTLAND TIMBERS

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BEN

GASTON

RODNEY

Ridgewell

Zemanski

Fernández

Wallace

Favorite movie genre?

Movies like “The Godfather”

Comedy

Thriller, action and drama

Drama

Who will win the Super Bowl?

Denver Broncos

Pittsburgh Steelers

I have no idea

Washington Redskins

Who has the best goal celebrations on the Timbers?

Rodney Wallace and Liam Ridgewell

Maxi Urruti

Me, Liam Ridgewell and Maxi Urruti

Who can always make you laugh?

Pa Modou Kah

Michael Nanchoff

My kids, they always make me smile

Donovan Ricketts

Mountains or the beach?

Beach

Both

Beach

What is another sport you’d like to try?

I play a lot of golf

Wakeboarding

Hunting, but I don’t have the time

Football

Does your FIFA avatar look like you?

Maybe, I’ve changed my hair a little bit. Some of the pictures I’ve seen are not too bad.

I haven’t even seen it

Yes, but it could be better

His hair is probably the closest thing [to me]

Who taught you how to drive?

My old man

My mom and dad

My sister’s boyfriend when I was 15

My Dad

What was your favorite thing to eat as a kid?

My mom’s Sunday roast

Mac ’n cheese

My grandmother’s pasta

Mangoes

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FROM THE STANDS Words by Dane Carbaugh

ain or shine, they sit out in Providence Park on every weekend. Wrapped around a cut of foraged Douglas Fir, Timber Joey’s scarves are a colorful highlight to every home Timbers match. But the story of how the scarves became a tradition, and why the knitwear has become so special to Joey himself, is a story yet to be told. It all started back in 2008, when Timber Joey, known in real life as Joey Webber, took over the chainsaw-wielding and log cutting duties early in the season for the retiring Timber Jim Serrill. As Webber walked around the stadium after a Timbers goal, he entered the North End of the stadium to celebrate. A woman reached out to him with the Timbers Army “No Pity” scarf, wrapping it around his neck and encouraging him to wear it around the stadium. “It got hard to be running around the stadium with a scarf on, so I just set it on the log,” said Webber. “From then on, people kept giving me more and more scarves.” The tradition has grown to such a staple that Joey has recruited help from fans to help display them. Known as “Junior Joeys,” local Portland youth are selected to help Webber carry the scarves out for placement on the log as part of a program sponsored by chainsaw equipment manufacturer Oregon Chain. Before the match, the Junior Joeys gather in the locker room to receive a pep talk from Timber Joey himself. It’s a special experience for the young fans, who get photos with Webber and a players autograph pass for after the games. Webber keeps the scarves locked away in a locker, and has a suitcase of an estimated 100 pieces for the Junior Joeys to help

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choose from. There’s not a specific amount of scarves the kids help take, but rather whatever they can actually carry. “I give them all the scarves that they can handle,” laughs Webber. “A lot of times it’s as much weight of scarves as they weigh themselves.” All scarves are fair game for the journey to the field, with one exception. “I have two Atticus [Lane-Dupre] scarves,” said Webber of the special edition scarf created for the memorable 2013 Make-A-Wish match against Atticus’ Green Machine side. ”One is signed by him, that one stays in my locker.” With the Junior Joeys loaded up, Webber leads them out onto the field in front of already raucous growing Providence Park crowd. Scarves are laid out on the log, sometimes as many as 70 at a time though Webber says there’s no specific order, save for two scarves that have an emotional attachment. Webber’s Timbers Army scarf – the very first one he was given back in 2008 – is always closest to the saw. Laid next to it is the Cascadia scarf; a white, blue and green tricolor knit that has special meaning to fans in the North End and the Cascadia Cup rivalry between Portland, Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps. Read the story’s full version at www.timbers.com timbers.com

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The night of Aug. 9 marked a special evening as Timber Jim Serrill handed out sunflowers in the 80th minute while the Timbers Army sang its rendition of “You Are My Sunshine” in remembrance of Serrill’s daughter, who was killed in a car accident 10 years ago. Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer

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Around The World

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Chilean midfielder Mauricio Isla began his professional career with Italian Serie A side Udinese before making the switch to powerhouse Juventus in 2012. Isla was then sent on loan to London-based Queens Park Rangers of the English Premier League for the 2014-15 season. With QPR, Isla – who has made nearly 50 appearances for the Chile National Team since 2008 – is coached by Harry Redknapp.

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Joining the Timbers from Danish club FC Copenhagen in May, forward Fanendo Adi registered six goals and four assists in his first 18 games with Portland. Prior to his arrival, the 6-foot-4 striker took the field for FC Copenhagen in a 2013-14 UEFA Champions League group match against Italian side Juventus. Starting and playing 70 minutes in a 1-1 draw for Copenhagen, Adi squared off against Chilean midfielder Mauricio Isla, who was a second-half substitute for Juventus.

Bob

H Progressing through the youth ranks at West Ham, Bobby Howe made his senior team debut for the Hammers at the age of 21 in 1966. Playing for West Ham until 1971, Howe signed for Bournemouth, making 100 appearances before heading to the United States in 1977. Howe joined the Timbers’ Cascadia-rival Seattle Sounders as a player/coach from 1977-83. It wasn’t until Portland’s resurgence in 2001 that Howe arrived in the Rose City, serving as head coach of the Timbers from 2001-2005 during the USL era.

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One of the most well-known coaches in all of European football, Harry Redknapp has guided Queens Park Rangers since November 2012. After being relegated in 2012-13, QPR spent one season in The Championship before earning promotion back to the Premier League for the 2014-15 season. Redknapp, who has coached the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Southampton and West Ham, began his career as a player in 1965 with West Ham and shared the pitch for a number of seasons with future Portland Timbers head coach Bobby Howe. timbers.com

AROUND TOWN MAXIMILIANO URRUTI

In his first full season with the Timbers, forward Maximiliano Urruti has found the back of the net frequently as he challenges the team’s MLS club record for goals in a single season (10). Along with success on the pitch in 2014, Urruti and his family have embraced the Portland area, exploring all there is around the Rose City and beyond. Hood to Coast

During some down time, Urruti has been able to go on a couple trips around the state with both the mountains and the Pacific Ocean just a short drive in opposite directions. “I really like how green the city is and all the places I’ve visited have been great. I hope it never changes. I’ve been to Cannon Beach and Mt. Hood. I try to go out on trips as much as possible. The coast aquarium is a couple hours away. I’ve always wanted to visit, but haven’t had the chance.”

Not in Rosario anymore

Portland maintains a unique vibe and culture all its own that is certainly noticeable to visitors. The differences between Argentina and Urruti’s hometown of Rosario and Portland have just been part of the experience and something that he has taken in stride and enjoyed. “I’ve just noticed behavioral differences, different customs. The thing that has affected me the most, though, is the food.”

Being one of four players from Argentina on the Timbers roster, it’s only natural that Urruti likes to spend time with his compatriots Diego Valeri, Gastón Fernández and Norberto Paparatto. “We go to Piazza Italia, sometimes even after games. The owners know us. We all go, not just the players, but with our families also. We try and go there as much as possible.”

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Urruti noted a couple different restaurants that he likes to frequent, from seafood and steak specialists Chart House (5700 SW Terwilliger Blvd) in Southwest Portland, to the aforementioned Piazza Italia (1129 NW Johnson St.) and the Cheesecake Factory (9309 SW Washington Square Rd.) at Washington Square Mall.

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THE LIFE DIEGO VALERI

Portland Timbers midfield maestro Diego Valeri’s impact since his arrival in the Rose City prior to the 2013 Major League Soccer season is apparent. In nearly two full seasons, Valeri has set the Timbers MLS career record in assists and is even closing in on the club’s all-time record across all eras in the category. His creativity and vision on the pitch helped the team reach the Western Conference Championship in 2013, while leading the league with 13 assists and earning MLS Newcomer of the Year honors. A Special Place

In the overall scheme of things, Diego Valeri and his family haven’t lived in the Rose City all that long, but the city has made a tremendous impression on him. “It’s been like one year and eight months that I’ve been here. It has been really, really intense. The team, the supporters, the city. My family is very, very happy here. Everything is going really great. For me, everything in Portland is special.”

Reaching Out

The first player from Argentina to join the Timbers roster in 2013, Portland now boasts a number of Valeri’s compatriots from the Southern Hemisphere with Gastón Fernández, Maximiliano Urruti and Norberto Paparatto. The quartet have naturally bonded, but Valeri jokes it was his responsibility to help the other three acclimate to the city and team. “It was my job because I was here first,” he said with a laugh. “We try to adapt with each other, but with the other guys, too, because all the players are really good people. They help us. We just try to live both like Argentineans and normal American guys in the American way of life.”

Planning Ahead

Valeri has had a couple memorable goal celebrations in his time with Portland and admits that he puts some thought into what he’ll do, but not always. “Sometimes yes, and sometimes it’s just in the moment. You don’t know when you will score, so I’m mostly thinking about and preparing for the game.” The midfielder noted his favorite celebration was after his first-ever goal in Portland’s 2013 season opener against the New York Red Bulls when he pantomimed typing an email and sending it to his daughter who was still in Argentina.

Words of Advice

A lover of the game, Valeri has never wavered in his passion for soccer and feels that it has helped him reach where he is today. “I know many kids love soccer, too. Don’t lose that. When you start to grow up, you may have changes in your heart, but don’t let the feeling for soccer go away. Love soccer always, even if you’re a professional or not.”

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CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 101

The largest and most prestigious international club tournament in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, CONCACAF Champions League will make its debut in Portland this season as the Timbers captured their first-ever berth in the tournament by virtue of finishing with the best record in the conference opposite the MLS Supporters’ Shield winners. The 24-team competition will celebrate its 50th anniversary for the 2014-15 edition. Drawn into Group 5, the Timbers will play Honduran champions Club Deportivo Olimpia and Alpha United FC from Guyana at home and away during the group stage. The Basics

In a nutshell, CONCACAF Champions League – which was previously called CONCACAF Champions’ Cup until 2008 – is an annual, 24-team tournament featuring the top teams in the North America (9 teams), Central America (12 teams) and Caribbean zones (3 teams). • The qualified teams are drawn into eight, three-team groups for the opening group stage. Clubs from the United States cannot be drawn into the same group as a team from Mexico for the group stage. • Each team will play one home and one away match against the other two teams in its group for a total of four group-stage matches from August-October. • The eight group winners will qualify for the knockout stage. Qualified teams are seeded 1-8 according to group-stage results and the bracket is determined as No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5. • The knockout round consists home and away legs with the away goals rule used as a tiebreaker if the aggregate score is level after regulation in the second leg. • The quarterfinals, semifinals and final are all played with the same format – two legs, away goals as the tiebreaker.

Group 5

Alongside the Timbers, Group 5 features Honduran side Club Deportivo Olimpia and Alpha United FC of Guyana. Here’s a quick primer on Portland’s two group-stage opponents.

C.D. Olimpia: The 2014 Clausura champions of Honduras’ Liga Nacional, Olimpia finished in first place in the regular-season standings with a record of 9-5-4 (32pts). In the playoffs, Olimpia earned a 2-0 win on aggregate over C.D. Victoria in the semifinals before capturing the championship in a dramatic, 4-2 penalty-kick shootout win over C.D. Marathón. Founded in 1912 in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, Olimpia has garnered a record 28 Liga Nacional championships. Known as the Leones, the club lifted the CONCACAF Champions Cup on two occasions, winning the tournament in 1972 and 1988. Led by forward Roger Rojas (17 goals combined in the 2013 Apertura and 2014 Clausura seasons) and Anthony Lozano (16 goals), Olimpia has qualified for seven straight CONCACAF Champions League tournaments since the competition adopted its current format for the 2008-09 edition. Alpha United FC: Based in Georgetown, Guyana, Alpha United FC qualified for the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League tournament as one of three group winners from the 2014 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship, shutting out Trinidad and Tobago side Defence Force and Jamaica’s Harbour View in consecutive matches as Grenada international Kithson Bain scored two of the team’s three goals in group play. Making their second appearance in CONCACAF Champions League, Alpha United FC qualified for the 2011-12 Preliminary Round before falling 10-2 on aggregate against Costa Rican side Herediano. Alpha United FC are five-time winners of the GFF National Super League, Guyana’s domestic league. 36

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The Incentive

An MLS club has not won the competition since the LA Galaxy lifted the trophy in 2000 with a 3-2 win over C.D. Olimpia from Honduras. Since the tournament shifted to its current format in 2008, Real Salt Lake is the only MLS team to reach the final, losing 3-2 on aggregate to Mexico’s CF Monterrey in the 2010-11 edition. Becoming the first MLS club to win CONCACAF Champions League in its current form stands to be a tremendous honor, but that is not the only incentive motivating clubs to do well in the tournament. The tournament’s champion qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup, which features the champions of all six continental confederation tournaments, as well as the domestic champion of the host country. Bayern Munich, who will pay a visit to the Rose City for the 2014 MLS All-Star Game, won the most recent FIFA Club World Cup in December 2013, defeating host club and surprising championship-game participant, Raja Casablanca of Morocco, 2-0, in the final.

History

Since 1962, a club from Mexico has hoisted the trophy an astounding 29 times, with Cruz Azul and Club America leading the way, as each has five titles. The Champions League era has been dominated by Mexican clubs with CF Monterrey winning three consecutive times from 2011-13.

Past Champions

1962: Guadalajara (Mexico) 1963: Haitien (Haiti) 1967: Alianza (El Salvador) 1968: Toluca (Mexico) 1969: Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1970: Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1971: Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1972: Olimpia (Honduras) 1973: Transvaal (Suriname) 1974: Municipal (Guatemala) 1975: Atlético Español (Mexico) 1976: Águila (El Salvador) 1977: Club América (Mexico) 1978: Three joint winners 1979: FAS (El Salvador) 1980: UNAM Pumas (Mexico) 1981: Transvaal (Suriname) 1982: UNAM Pumas (Mexico) 1983: Atlante (Mexico) 1984: Violette (Haiti) 1985: Defence Force (Trindad & Tobago) 1986: Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 1987: Club América (Mexico) 1988: Olimpia (Honduras) 1989: UNAM Pumas (Mexico)

1990: Club América (Mexico) 1991: Puebla (Mexico) 1992: Club América (Mexico) 1993: Saprissa (Costa Rica) 1994: Cartaginés (Costa Rica) 1995: Saprissa (Costa Rica) 1996: Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1997: Cruz Azul (Mexico) 1998: D.C. United (United States) 1999: Necaxa (Mexico) 2000: LA Galaxy (United States) 2002: Pachuca (Mexico) 2003: Toluca (Mexico) 2004: Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 2005: Saprissa (Costa Rica) 2006: Club América (Mexico) 2007: Pachuca (Mexico) 2008: Pachuca (Mexico) (Champions League era begins) 2008-09: Atlante (Mexico) 2009-10: Pachuca (Mexico) 2010-11: CF Monterrey (Mexico) 2011-12: CF Monterrey (Mexico) 2012-13: CF Monterrey (Mexico) 2013-14: Cruz Azul (Mexico)

2014-15 Tournament

The Timbers qualified for the 2014-15 edition of the tournament, which begins in August with the first group-stage matches. Here’s a look at the how the four U.S.-based MLS clubs qualified for the 50th edition of the tournament. Portland Timbers: 2013 MLS Western Conference winner New York Red Bulls: 2013 MLS Supporters’ Shield winner Sporting Kansas City: 2013 MLS Cup champion D.C. United: 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champion

CITY OF THORNS

highly decorated coach and the winner of back-to-back Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) Coach of the Year honors in 2010 and 2011, Portland Thorns FC head coach Paul Riley is in his first season as the bench boss for the reigning National Women’s Soccer League champions. Now settled into his first season in Portland, Riley explains a bit of his soccer pedigree. You were born in Liverpool, but came to the United States in 1982 to play college soccer. What was that experience like? “I didn’t know where I was going when I got on the plane and all of a sudden I’m in Long Island, 20 minutes from the New York City and it was just an amazing place to go to school at Adelphi University. At that point, my mother died when I was 19 so when she passed away I didn’t go home too much after that, to be honest. I really wanted to stay here. I was 21 when I graduated and my assistant coach at Adelphi took over Long Island University. I was going to go home at that point because the NASL (North American Soccer League) was gone. I came here really to play in the NASL and it was gone by the time I was a sophomore. I graduated and my assistant coach at Adelphi just took over Long Island and asked if I wanted to come be a grad assistant. And I said well what the hell, I’ll keep playing and I played in the APSL (American Professional Soccer League) which was the league left from the NASL. I played for the New Jersey Eagles. We had Tab Ramos and John Harkes; we had a really good lineup. I played and was able to coach in college and I enjoyed it. About three months into the season, the head coach in college quit and there I am at 21-years old and they said you’re the new head coach. It was difficult because I had players that were older than me, but all those experiences put me in good stead. I’ve coached everything you can imagine—boys, girls, college women, college men, professional men, professional women. I think every single experience makes you a better coach and you learn something from it. I think all those experiences have helped me. Being a head coach of a college at 21 years of age was quite the experience. The training was no issue, obviously the man management was tricky and that was probably the thing I learned most from that job was the man management.” We imagine it’s hard not to get involved with soccer growing up as a boy in Liverpool. What was the experience like for you? “My entire family is Red, you don’t get a choice. When I was 12 years old, I went to Liverpool and Everton. Everyone said Everton had a better youth policy; you’re better off going to Everton. Liverpool at the time was probably the best team in Europe. My grandfather looked at me and said, ‘You don’t have a choice to go Red or Blue,’ and I said, ‘Yep, you’re right.’ That was the end of that.” Would you call yourself a student of the game? Do you try to observe other teams and take notes to bring back to your own coaching? “I probably watch 15-20 games a week, Spanish League, German League, English League. I think that’s a crucial part of being a coach. I’ve been to training sessions with a lot of the top clubs in the world and I’m not sometimes big on some of the training sessions because they’ve got so many games and sometimes they don’t do a ton of stuff. I think the training sometimes in America might be better than what you find in Europe. The tactical end of the game in Europe, I think, is outstanding. I watch games and different formations. You watch Manchester City’s formation and you watch it against Liverpool and against Arsenal who is a completely different team from Chelsea who is a completely different team from Liverpool. I think all those ingredients help. People say to me that I coach more like a South American coach. I’m not really English in my coaching style. I think the players like that. They’re always guessing that we’re going to go with long balls and stuff like that, but we don’t do anything like that. I’m not into anything like that.”

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Portland Thorns FC Schedule

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@Houston Dash @Sky Blue FC FC KANSAS CITY @Western New York Flash SEATTLE REIGN FC @Houston Dash WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH SKY BLUE FC @Boston Breakers WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH WASHINGTON SPIRIT @Washington Spirit SKY BLUE FC @FC Kansas City CHICAGO RED STARS @Chicago Red Stars FC KANSAS CITY @Chicago Red Stars BOSTON BREAKERS @Washington Spirit @Seattle Reign FC HOUSTON DASH @Boston Breakers SEATTLE REIGN FC

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Timbers Development

Rooted in the club’s deep history, the Timbers have a passion for developing youth players and the sport of soccer in the region. Through partnerships established with Oregon Youth Soccer Association (OYSA) and Oregon’s Olympic Development Program (ODP), the Timbers have built a comprehensive vertical development structure, which allows players within the club’s development territory a direct path from the youth level to the top tier of professional soccer in North America - Major League Soccer.

For more information on the Timbers and Thorns FC youth programs, please visit www.timbers. com/youth.

PORTLAND TIMBERS U-23s

The pinnacle of the Timbers development system is the Portland Timbers U-23s, which competes in United Soccer Leagues’ Premier Development League (PDL) – the top U-23 league in North America. Founded Nov. 11, 2008, the Timbers U-23s is an amateur team that has produced several firstteam players, including midfielder Steven Evans, defender Bryan Gallego and goalkeeper Jake Gleeson. The team won the PDL championship in 2010 and competed in the 2012 and 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

PORTLAND TIMBERS ACADEMY The Timbers Academy consists of teams in the U-18 and U-16 age brackets of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The Timbers Academy teams compete in the Northwest Division against other elite youth teams in the region, including academy teams from MLS clubs Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Timbers U-16 Academy also participates in the annual MLS Generation adidas Cup. The Timbers Academy provides elite youth players from

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Oregon and Southwest Washington advanced training and competitive opportunities against the best youth players across North America.

TIMBERS REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS

One of the major components of the Timbers development structure and Oregon ODP are the six Regional Training Centers, located in the cities of Beaverton, Bend, Eugene/Salem, Gresham, Medford and Vancouver, Wash. Each Regional Training Center is designed to identify and further develop elite boy players in the U-12 to U-14 age groups in its designated area. From these training centers, a pool of players is chosen to form state ODP and Timbers Pre-Academy teams at various age levels for regional and national competitions.

adidas TIMBERS ALLIANCE

The adidas Timbers Alliance is a strategic partnership between the club and elite local youth clubs throughout the Timbers’ development territory, designed to build unique working relationships and development opportunities to help channel the top youth players toward Timbers development programs and academy. The adidas Timbers Alliance includes seven clubs – the Bend FC Timbers (Bend), Capital

FC Timbers (Salem), Eastside Timbers (Gresham), Eugene FC Timbers (Eugene) Rogue Valley Timbers (Medford), Washington Timbers FC (Vancouver, Wash.) and Westside Timbers (Portland). Further, the Timbers have also partnered with Portland Youth Soccer Association and are working together with PYSA and the Oregon Youth Soccer Association to develop a recreational curriculum to complete the club’s development pyramid. timbers.com

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The Timbers Academy provides elite youth players from Oregon and Southwest Washington advanced training and competitive opportunities against the best youth players across North America.

Timbers Youth Leagues, Tournaments and Camps

The Timbers and OYSA have formed an innovative partnership, which sees the statewide, youth soccer organization become a part of the Timbers’ comprehensive youth development structure. One of the first of its kind, the partnership between the Timbers and OYSA has established top-tier development opportunities for thousands of Oregon’s youth soccer players through OYSA’s club leagues and tournaments. The Timbers provide OYSA and its clubs resources for coaching education and share best practices in player development, creating a unified development philosophy across the state. The MLS club also is the presenting partner of the Oregon State Cup. The Timbers offer an exciting camp program for soccer players of all ages and skill levels throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. Each camp is centered on age-appropriate exercises and activities designed to develop technical excellence and build a love for the game.

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Divided into eight groups of three, here’s a look at the breakdown of the CONCACAF Champions League group stage:

Pachuca Group 1 León Group 7

Club América Group 8 Cruz Azul Group 6 Real España Group 1

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Comunicaciones Group 8

Municipal Group 1 FAS Group 3

C.D. Olimpia Group 5

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Montreal Impact Group 3

New York Red Bulls Group 3 Sporting Kansas City Group 2

D.C. United Group 4

Belmopan Bandits Group 7

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Alpha United FC Group 5 timbers.com

Stand Together Snapshot Special Olympics Oregon

The Portland Timbers Stand Together mission is to harness the power of sport to improve the lives of children and families in our region through targeted programs, deep partnerships and philanthropic giving. The players of the Timbers and Thorns FC, coaches, staff, team ambassadors and Timber Joey get involved with the community in a variety of ways with a number of different Stand Together community partners. Here’s a look at the team’s nine Stand Together community partners:

The Timbers, adidas and Special Olympics Oregon have worked together since 2012 to support the Cascadia Challenge Unified Soccer exchange with Special Olympics Washington. New in 2014, the Timbers, Thorns FC and Providence Health & Services partner with Special Olympics Oregon to bring back the Special Olympics Oregon Fall Games, which had been dormant since 2008, and Providence Park will be a home site for the event. The Fall Games will provide more than 600 athletes, 200 coaches and an additional 200 volunteers from across the state of Oregon the opportunity to compete and participate in a variety of events, including soccer. Special Olympics Oregon provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

AC Portland For more information on the community partners, Stand Together and community initiatives, please visit www.timbers.com/stand-together or follow @PTStandTogether on Twitter.

Maintaining a vision to transform communities and serve hundred of local students through youth soccer, AC Portland combines with Stand Together to help supply the

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tools for young students to lead healthier lives, succeed academically and inspire positive community engagement. The club and AC Portland will work together for a full season with a fundraising campaign through the 50/50 Raffle at all Timbers and Thorns FC home games as well as the with the AC Portland GET LOUD! Poetry SLAM.

Friends of Trees Since 2011, the Timbers and Friends of Trees have been doing their part to nurture a sustainable environment. Every time the Timbers score a goal, the club and JELD-WEN Windows & Doors plant a tree in the Portland community through the Score a Goal, Plant a Tree partnership with Friends of Trees. The 2,000 trees the Timbers have planted with pillar partner Friends of Trees absorb carbon dioxide (96,000 lbs./year), remove pollutants from the air (about 360,000 lbs./year), and intercept storm water (4,760,000 gallons of rainwater/year) to keep our rivers clean.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest The mentoring program continues its partnership with the club through the “Sports Buddies” program, which is a oneto-one mentoring program for at-risk youth with an emphasis on sports. By participating in their programs, Little Brothers and Sisters are more confident

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Stand Together Snapshot (continued) in their schoolwork performance, able to get along better with their families, 46 percent less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 27 percent less likely to begin using alcohol, and 52 percent less likely to skip school. Additionally, “Littles” who are part of Big Brothers Big Sisters have a 95 percent on time graduation rate.

Friends of Trees Since 2011, the Timbers and Friends of Trees have been doing their part to nurture a sustainable environment. Every time the Timbers score a goal, the club and JELD-WEN Windows & Doors plant a tree in the Portland community through the Score a Goal, Plant a Tree initiative with Friends of Trees. The 2,000 trees the Timbers have planted with pillar partner Friends of Trees over the years absorb carbon dioxide (96,000 lbs./ year), remove pollutants from the air (about 360,000 lbs./ year), and intercept storm water (4,760,000 gallons of rainwater/year) to keep our rivers clean.

Girls, Inc. A Thorns FC community partner during the team’s inaugural 2013 season, Girls, Inc., of NW Oregon, is a targeted, gender-specific program working to improve the lives of girls ages 6-18 years old with programs meant to encourage girls to be strong, smart and bold. Continuing to build on last year’s initiatives, the club will partner with Girls, Inc., of NW Oregon, for their annual Power of the Purse, Mind + Body Fair and International Day of the Girl events in addition to the Girls of the Game program and Rose Ceremony

at Thorns FC home games.

Northwest Outward Bound School The Timbers and Thorns FC will work together with Northwest Outward Bound School to support their mission and raise awareness for their important work in the community. Northwest Outward Bound School aims to change lives through challenge and discovery. In 2011, they established the Outward Bound Portland Center ited, diploma-granting high in east Multnomah County to bring their mission closer to low school and a BOLI-certified pre-apprenticeship training income and urban youth. center. PYB students, who Playworks are all between the ages of 17-24, face multiple barriers The club partners with to success including poverPlayworks in support of the ty, abuse or violence in the organization’s annual Soccer Jamboree. Playworks strives to home, gang involvement, drug addiction, involvement with the create a place for every kid on the playground, where every kid criminal justice system, and/or homelessness. Despite these belongs, has fun and is part of the game. By having Playworks barriers, in 2013, 82 percent of PYB students were placed in a at their schools, teachers and job, college, or apprenticeship administrators have reported after leaving PYB. lasting results as 93 percent reported a decrease in the Schoolhouse Supplies number of disruptive events Working with the club for nine in the classroom. A further 86 percent reported a decrease in years, Schoolhouse Supplies the number of bullying incidents; is an award-winning nonprofit 94 percent reported an increase that supports public education in students’ abilities to focus in in Portland by giving students and teachers free classroom class after recess; 98 percent supplies. The Timbers have reported an improvement in worked with Schoolhouse overall school climate. Supplies to provide backpacks Portland YouthBuilders full of school supplies to every student at Jason Lee ElemenThe Timbers and Portland YouthBuilders work together on tary school in east Portland. To date, Schoolhouse Supplies the Timbers annual Corporate has distributed more than $20 Cup, in addition to holiday million worth of school supplies giving with adidas. Portland YouthBuilders (PYB) serves 200 in Oregon, including nearly young people each year through 450,000 books and more than 3.4 million pencils. In addition, a combination of academics, they’ve had more than 46,000 vocational training, leadership teachers shop in their Free development, and long term Store for Teachers. support. PYB is a fully accred-

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On April 19, 2012, the Portland Timbers unveiled the new adidas Timbers Training Center, a state-of-the-art facility, built as part of a 10-year partnership with Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District. The $6 million training center features a natural-grass field and is the primary on-field training ground of the Major League Soccer club. Some of the features of the adidas Timbers Training Center include a 7,000-square-foot indoor facility, with locker rooms for the Timbers first team and development teams, fullyequipped training and recently expanded fitness areas, offices and a spacious lounge/common area for Timbers players. The grass field, widely regarded as one of the best fields in the state, is a combination of 75 percent perennial ryegrass and 25 percent Kentucky bluegrass that is perfectly suited for cooler climates and provides uniform cover, and greater stability, footing and durability. The adidas Timbers Training Center is located in Beaverton, approximately 10 minutes from Providence Park. It also serves as the training home for the Timbers’ development teams, specifically the Timbers U-23s as well as the club’s U-18 and U-16 Academy teams. As part of the public/private partnership with THPRD, the Timbers will make an annual donation to the Tualatin Hills Park Foundation and will conduct a series of annual youth soccer camps and coaches’ clinics at the adidas Timbers Training Center. The training center includes a synthetic, FieldTurf field designated for public use. timbers.com

The 2014 Timbers

Kalif Alhassan

Diego Chara

Steven Evans

Bryan Gallego

Jake Gleeson

Michael Harrington

Jack Jewsbury

Pa Modou Kah

Rauwshan Mckenzie 31

Darlington Nagbe

Michael Nanchoff 17

Danny O’Rourke

Norberto Paparatto

Taylor Peay

Alvas Powell

Donovan Ricketts

Liam Ridgewell

Maximiliano Schillo Tshuma Urruti

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Maximiliano Urruti 37

Diego Valeri

Jorge Villafaña

Rodney Wallace 22

Andrew Weber

Steve Zakuani

Fanendo Adi

George Fochive

Will Johnson

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Ben Zemanski

Gastón Fernández 10

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