Green & White Magazine | Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC - July 18, 2015

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Midfielder Diego Valeri dribbles the ball up the field during a scoreless draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on May 2 at Providence Park.

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Rivero, a 23-year-old Uruguayan striker who joined Whitecaps FC during the offseason, has tallied seven goals in 20 appearances to help lead Vancouver, while Chilean midfielder Pedro Morales has logged three goals and a team-leading four assists. Goalkeeper David Ousted ranks third in the league with seven shutouts in 20 appearances.

Following Saturday’s match, the Timbers hit the road to take on FC Dallas on Saturday, July 25, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas; kickoff is set for 6 p.m. (Pacific). The match against FC Dallas will be broadcast live on ROOT SPORTS with a local radio broadcast on 750/102.9 The Game and in Spanish on LaGranD 93.5 FM.

Against Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Dating back to the first matchup between the Timbers and Whitecaps FC on May 16, 1975 – a 2-0 win for Portland in Vancouver – the Timbers are a combined 30-35-16 against their Canadian rivals. The Cascadia rivalry between Portland and Vancouver continues Saturday with the 14th MLS meeting between the sides and the 82nd overall meeting since 1975. Portland leads the MLS series 6-2-5, including a 3-1-3 record at Providence Park. Portland played host to Vancouver earlier this season, playing to a scoreless draw on May 2 at Providence Park.

Saturday’s match marks the third, and final, regular-season meeting between the two clubs this season.

May 2, 2015 at Providence Park (Portland, Ore.)

Portland 0, Vancouver 0 Scoring:

POR – None VAN – None

IN: M Marco Bustos (Homegrown player), F Octavio Rivero (Transfer from O’Higgins FC), D Diego Rodriguez (Loan from Juventud de las Piedras), D Pa Modou Kah (Signed), M Ben McKendry (Homegrown player), M Deybi Flores (Loan from Motagua), F Robert Earnshaw (Signed), M Cristian Techera (Loan from River Plate Montevideo) OUT: D Jay DeMerit (Retired), D Carlyle Mitchell (Out of contract), M Bryce Alderson (Option declined), F Omar Salgado (Traded to New York City FC), F Mamadou Diouf (Option declined), M Sebastian Fernandez (Option declined), D Johnny Leveron (Option declined), M Mehdi Ballouchy (Expansion Draft to New York City FC), D Andy O’Brien (Out of contract)

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Returning home to the Rose City following a road trip to the East Coast, the Timbers square off against Cascadia-rival Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday, July 18, at Providence Park; kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

(Pacific). Saturday’s match, presented by Parklane Mattresses, will be broadcast live on ROOT SPORTS with a local radio broadcast on 750/102.9 The Game and in Spanish on LaGranD 93.5 FM. Portland (9-7-4, 31pts) enters Saturday’s match against Vancouver (10-8-2, 32pts) with just one point separating the two Pacific Northwest clubs at the top of the Western Conference standings. The Timbers are unbeaten in their last six matches (5-0-1) at Providence Park, dating back to a scoreless draw with Whitecaps FC on May 2, including a Timbers MLS-club record tying streak of five consecutive wins. Portland has been successful at home against Vancouver, posting a record of 3-1-3 against their Western Conference foe at Providence Park.

The Timbers have conceded just one goal at home since May 2 and have registered five shutouts in their last six home games at Providence Park. Since 2013, Portland has put together one of the league’s top home records with an overall mark of 22-5-17 in 44 regular-season games in the Rose City.

Despite sustaining a 3-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union on July 11 at PPL Park, the Timbers have earned six wins in their last eight regular-season games. Defensively, Portland has registered eight clean sheets this season, including six shutouts at Providence Park. Additionally, Portland has put together an 11-3-6 record immediately following a loss since 2013.

Whitecaps FC enter Saturday’s match in second place in the Western Conference standings though 20 games. Head coach Carl Robinson’s side is coming off a 1-0 home loss against Sporting Kansas City at BC Place in their first home match since May 30. Forward Octavio

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# Name Pos 1 David Ousted GK 2 Jordan Harvey D 3 Sam Adekugbe D 4 Kendall Waston D 7 Mauro Rosales M 9 Nicolas Mezquida M 11 Darren Mattocks F 13 Cristian Techera M 15 Matías Laba

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TIMBERS FLASHBACK BERNIE FAGAN

In early 1980, Bernie Fagan was searching for a club to call home.

By Tim Froh

The veteran defender and midfielder, who had been playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) since 1974, had spent several seasons struggling with injury and had just finished playing a season with an indoor soccer team in Detroit, Mich.

But Fagan, who was then 30 years old and tired of spending time away from his family in Los Angeles, wanted desperately to get back to the West Coast. He spent hours calling NASL club after NASL club — the Vancouver Whitecaps, the San Jose Earthquakes, the Seattle Sounders — asking for a trial.

Finally, a fortuitous call to the Portland Timbers front office resulted in the chance that he’d been waiting for.

The receptionist told Fagan that the team was training down in Southern California for its preseason. She asked him if he could drive out to Anaheim to talk to the coach.

Fagan, desperate for the opportunity, didn’t hesitate.

“I played one of the best games I ever played in my life,” Fagan remembered about his tryout. “I hit tens. Just one of those things. I knew I was a decent player, but I was on fire that day.”

Not only did Fagan play some of the best soccer of his career during that tryout, but he was also on the verge of becoming a U.S. citizen. This was a crucial advantage in a league that required each club to feature six American players on a 17-man roster that was typically filled with foreigners.

“Now [Timbers head coach] Vic Crowe is looking at me thinking: ‘I’ve got this English guy, who’s a U.S. citizen, I’ve got to bring him!’” Fagan said.

When Crowe asked Fagan to sign with the club, Fagan immediately put pen to paper, signing a contract to join the Portland Timbers before the team had even left Los Angeles.

For a player who had spent most of his professional career in the United States bouncing from Seattle to Los Angeles to Colorado

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to Detroit, Fagan was more than happy to move his family to Portland and finally put down roots in his adopted country.

“Portland was a special city for me. I loved the city. I took a liking to it right away and I really had a warm feeling playing here,” Fagan said with a laugh.

But when the Timbers ended operations in 1982 — the NASL itself would cease just two years later — Fagan suddenly saw a productive professional career come to an abrupt close. It was time for him and his Timbers teammates to plan their next moves.

Fagan, who had spent years coaching kids on the side, says the choice was simple.

“We were one-trick ponies,” he said of himself and his Timbers teammates. “Soccer is the word.

That’s what we can do. But now [in 1982] we’re on the coaching side of things. Not everyone coached before, but I did.”

Today, 35 years later, Fagan still calls the Portland metro area home, having coached at the club level, professional and the collegiate level with Portland State University and Warner Pacific University.

It was Fagan, along with other former Timbers players who got into coaching like Clive Charles, Brian Gant and John Bain, who helped lay the groundwork for the explosion of youth soccer in Oregon.

“It took a while to get it going in Portland, but when some [youth] clubs started, they started to build big attendance and now they’ve got loads of coaches,” Fagan said. “And it flourished. It grew very quickly.”

Having built such a strong foundation, both at the club and collegiate levels, Fagan recently decided to retire from his head coaching position at Warner Pacific. After 26 years there, Fagan says it was time for him to move into another chapter of his life.

“I enjoyed my time with Warner Pacific,” he said.

“It was a long time, a long period of time, a long bite out of your life. I made the decision that it was time for me to move back a little bit.”

But knowing Fagan, it won’t be long before the sport he loves comes calling again.

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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.

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Gavin Wilkinson, a long-time member of the Timbers organization and a former New Zealand international, serves as the club’s General Manager.

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.

As general manager, Wilkinson has formed the Timbers’ deeply integrated, vertical development system, which includes newly added United Soccer Leagues club Portland Timbers 2 (T2), the Portland Timbers U-23s and Timbers Academy teams (U-18, U-16 and U-14). He was instrumental in establishing an innovative partnership with Oregon Youth Soccer Association, which encompasses the statewide Olympic Development Program and 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 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,

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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.

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.

Wilkinson, who holds an “A” coaching license from U.S. Soccer, founded the youth club Eastside United, based in Gresham, Ore., in 2001. He helped run the club as its coaching director for many years and now serves as an advisor for the club. In 2010, Eastside United FC’s U-18 boys team (’91 Liverpool) won the U.S. Youth Soccer U-18 national championship and became the first youth club team from Oregon to win a national title since 1994.

He and his wife, Heather, have two children, Kienan and Brooke.

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Head Coach Caleb Porter

Head coach Caleb Porter enters his third season with the club in 2015 after guiding the Portland Timbers to record-setting campaigns in his first two years in MLS. Guiding the team to an impressive turnaround season and the club’s first-ever MLS postseason appearance in 2013, Porter helped direct a record-setting The 2013 MLS offense in 2014 as the Timbers netted 61 reguCoach of the lar-season goals, a club Year, Porter led record across all eras.

He was announced the Timbers to a as the Timbers head first-place finish coach on Aug. 29, 2012, and joined the in the Western club ahead of the 2013 Conference MLS campaign. Porter during the received the Slats Gill Award for Sportsperson regular season of the Year at the Oregon and their first Sports Awards on March 9, 2014, becoming the appearance in fourth soccer-related figthe MLS Cup ure to receive the award Playoffs in 2013. since it was founded in 1957. On Aug. 6, 2014, Porter helped guide the MLS All-Stars to a 2-1 win over German power Bayern Munich in the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game at Providence Park in Portland.

The 2013 MLS Coach of the Year award winner, Porter has compiled one of the league’s top winning percentages among active MLS head coaches with a 26-14-28 mark (.588) after leading Portland to double-digits wins in each of his first two seasons.

Under Porter’s guidance, the Timbers have made Providence Park one of the toughest places to play in the league, registering the second-fewest home losses in MLS over the last two seasons with a 164-14 regular-season mark at Providence Park since 2013. In 2014, the Timbers netted a team-record 61 goals while compiling one of the highest point totals (44) across the final two-thirds of the regular season – recording the highest goal differential (plus-9) of any non-playoff team in MLS history. Portland also

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made its first appearance in CONCACAF Champions League, contesting matches against Alpha United of Guyana and C.D. Olimpia of Honduras during the competition’s group stage.

During Porter’s first season as head coach in 2013, the Timbers assembled one of the biggest turnaround seasons in MLS. In comparison to 2012 totals, the Timbers assembled a 23-point improvement in points and an MLS-record 43-goal improvement in goal differential. Portland’s five losses during the 2013 regular season tied for the fewest in MLS history in a 34-game season and the Timbers led the league with 15 shutouts. The Timbers recorded a 15game, home unbeaten streak during the 2013 regular season, posting a league-best 11-1-5 home record at Providence Park and an MLS single-season record 11 home shutouts. In 2013, Portland qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since joining the league in 2011. 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 successful coaches in NCAA history during his tenure as head coach at the University of Akron (2006-12). He compiled a career mark of 123-18-17 and was named 2009 NSCAA National Coach of the Year. Porter led the Zips to back-to-back NCAA College Cup appearances (2009, 2010) and the school’s first national title in any sport in 2010.

Porter’s coaching career also includes time as the head coach of the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team during 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying and three years as an assistant coach on the U.S. U-18 National Team (2009-11). Porter was an assistant coach for six years (2000-05) at Indiana University.

As a player, Porter was the 27th overall pick by the San Jose Clash in the 1998 MLS College Draft. He spent time with San Jose and the Tampa Bay Mutiny before a knee injury ended his professional playing career in 2000. He also played for the U.S. National B Team from 1996-97, winning a bronze medal at the 1997 World University Games. As a player at Indiana, he was a three-year captain and led the Hoosiers to four conference titles. Porter was the runner-up for the 1997 Hermann Trophy.

Porter graduated from Indiana in 1998 with a degree in sports management. He and his wife, Andrea, have three children – two sons, Colin and Jake, and a daughter, Stella.

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1975 IN REVIEW

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he Timbers are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2015, so what better way to pay respect to the team’s history than to take a look back at when it all started. Take a stroll down memory lane in this glance back at the team’s historic 1975 campaign in the North American Soccer League.

On the Field The Timbers played five of their first seven matches at home in Civic Stadium, now called Providence Park – introducing new Rose City fans to the game of soccer and the Timbers. Striker Peter Withe netted four goals in the first seven games as Portland ran out to a 5-2 record. The points kept coming as the Timbers put together a winning streak of seven straight matches from June 18July 8, outscoring opponents 17-5 during the run. Fans took notice, too, as the team regularly began to draw crowds in excess of 15,000 for most home games – even seeing 27,310 for a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders on July 29. Portland qualified for the playoffs, one of eight teams in the 20-team league to reach the postseason and matched up against regional rival Seattle in the quarterfinals.

Road to Soccer Bowl ’75 On the path to the NASL championship match, the Timbers faced off against Seattle in the quarterfinals – earning passage to the semifinals off the head of Tony Betts in overtime. As the Sounders failed to clear a corner kick in the 97th minute, Timbers forward Willie Anderson swung in a cross to Betts, unmarked in front of goal, and the midfielder connected on the game-winning header in front of 31,523 fans at Civic Stadium. The Timbers played host to St. Louis in the semifinals before a record crowd of 33,503 in the Rose City and defeated the Stars 1-0 on a goal from Withe to reach Soccer Bowl ’75 against the Tampa Bay Rowdies in San Jose. The Rose City magic ran out in the title match as the Timbers sustained a 2-0 loss on Aug. 24, 1975 – ending their first-ever season and sparking a passion for soccer in Portland that still burns strong today.

Final Tally 16 regular-season wins, tied for most wins in the NASL … six losses, tied for fewest losses in league … 43 goals scored, ranked third among 20 teams.

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Coaching Staff 2015

Sean McAuley

Assistant Coach

Mike Toshack

Goalkeeper Coach

Cameron Knowles

Sean McAuley returns for a fourth season as an assistant coach. He joined the club midway through the 2012 season from English club Sheffield Wednesday FC, where he served as a head coach in the club’s academy. 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. McAuley appeared in 16 matches for the Timbers in 2002, logging two assists while helping the club make the postseason.

Mike Toshack enters his fourth 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 200506, 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 1998-2001.

Cameron Knowles returns for a fourth 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.

Assistant Coach

Jay Vidovich

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Jay Vidovich enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Timbers, as well as the head coach of Portland’s USL side, Timbers 2 (T2).

One of the most highly regarded soccer coaches at the collegiate level in the United States and an astute developer of talent, Vidovich spent 21 years as a head coach at Wake Forest University from 1994-2014 and an additional eight years as an assistant coach from 1986-93. Under Vidovich’s guidance, Wake Forest reached the NCAA Tournament in 13 of the past 14 seasons and captured five ACC regular-season championships. The program made four consecutive NCAA College Cup appearances from 2006-2009 and won its first NCAA National Championship in 2007.

From Detroit, Mich., Vidovich was named NSCAA National Coach of the Year in consecutive seasons (2007, 2008) and compiled a 272-121-50 (.670) overall record in 21 years as head coach at Wake Forest.

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Extended Staff 2015

Nick Mansueto

Pablo Moreira

Nik Wald

Nick Milonas

Alex Margarito

Taichi Kitagawa

Sam Younie

Kevin Christiana

Charles Burdick

Rebecca Kruse

Spencer Childs

Satoshi Tatsumi

Andrew Gregor

Steve Reese

Nick Lewis

Mark Johnson

Assistant General Manager

Assistant Athletic Trainer

T2 Strength & Conditioning Coach

T2 Assistant Coach/Academy Coach

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Player Relations Manager/Video Analysis

T2 Athletic Trainer

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Director, Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer

Head Equipment Manager

Team Administrator

Performance Analyst

Director of Sports Science

Assistant Equipment Manager

T2 Team Administrator

T2 Equipment Manager

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QUICK HITS DIEGO CHARA

Diego Chara is known throughout the league for his no-nonsense style as a defensive midfielder, routinely knocking attackers off the ball with physical, yet clean and precise tackles. Now in his fifth season as a member of the Timbers, the Colombian has logged the second-most appearances for the club during its MLS era and has solidified his presence in the team and throughout the Portland community.

“For me, it was Claude Makélélé. He was a good soccer player.” Chara closely watched Makélélé as a player and it’s no wonder. Makélélé played as a defensive midfielder, just like Chara does now, and was credited with having a big impact on successful sides like Real Madrid and Chelsea. The Frenchman won the Spanish La Liga title twice with Madrid as well as the 2001-02 Champions League tournament, then went on to help Chelsea capture two English Premier League titles (2004-05, 2005-06). He earned 71 caps for the France National Team and was a 2006 FIFA World Cup runner-up with Les Bleus, playing all 120 minutes in the penalty-kick loss to Italy in the final.

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Outside of soccer, Chara spends the vast majority of his time with his wife and daughters. “I like being with my family. We go to the beach and sometimes go to Mt. Hood, it’s a nice place.”

A SECOND HOME

“My parents taught me to be professional and have good behavior.”

Through his four years in the Rose City, Chara – along with his wife and two daughters – have come to call Portland a second home outside of their native Colombia.

“Right now it’s like home, it’s similar. The people are good people with me and my family.

I feel comfortable. I like the city, the people, now the weather is nice. I like everything in Portland.”

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Where are some of your favorite vacation spots? Who are some of the toughest opponents you’ve squared off against?

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Top Three Vacation Destinations

Thailand, Australia/ New Zealand, Europe

Dubai, Portugal, Marbella (Spain)

Xcaret (Mexico), Reykjavik (Iceland), Ghana

Top Three Soccer Moments

Getting a college scholarship, winning the regional championships as a youth player, being drafted and being able to play soccer professionally

Professional debut with Aston Villa, winning the League Cup with Birmingham City, captaining the England U-21 National Team

Debut appearance for Ghana National Team (in Accra, Ghana), winning league title with Strømsgodset, being named to a World Cup roster (2014)

Top Three Individual Opponents

Didier Drogba, all the Timbers in training everyday

Dennis Bergkamp, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Thierry Henry

Ronaldinho, Arjen Robben, Neymar, Diego Forlán, Robin van Persie

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BY THE NUMBERS

100

Midfielder Rodney Wallace is one of four active Timbers players to reach 100 regular-season games played for the club as he hit the milestone on May 30 in a 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Wallace joins Darlington Nagbe, Jack Jewsbury and Diego Chara as current Timbers players with 100 or more appearances for the club.

Timbers defender Nat Borchers joined the league’s 300-club on May 23 against Toronto FC, making his 300th career MLS appearance. Borchers became just the 29th player (including goalkeepers) in MLS history to reach the mark and is the second Timbers’ player to reach the mark. Midfielder Jack Jewsbury hit the 300 games played milestone on July 27, 2014, against the Montreal Impact.

167.62 Forward Maximiliano Urruti ranks second among all Timbers forwards since 2011 in minutes per goal with a career rate of 167.62 minutes per goal scored, as of June 20. Among players who scored at least 10 goals during the 2014 MLS season, Urruti ranked second overall in minutes per goal (118.1), trailing only MLS Golden Boot winner Bradley Wright-Phillips (95.3).

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STAND TOGETHER During the week of June 8-14, the Timbers, Thorns FC and T2 took part in the fourth-annual “Stand Together Week,” providing support on 35 volunteer projects, benefitting more than 30 organizations focused on youth and the environment across the Portland metro area.

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FACE-TO-FACE DIEGO VALERI

Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left leg on Oct. 25, 2014, in Portland’s final regular-season match against FC Dallas. After putting in the work during the offseason and preseason to get back on the field, Valeri made his return to the pitch on May 2 as a second-half substitute against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Providence Park. The midfielder registered his first start of the season on May 9 at Montreal and delivered what would stand as the game-winning goal in the 70th minute with a bending, one-touch effort that was voted MLS Goal of the Week.

The Return “It was amazing. You are waiting for that for six months, training hard and it’s a long time. You just want to be there playing and enjoying it. It was amazing.”

El Maestro’s Maestros “I had a lot [of mentors and teachers]. In Argentina, we have a lot of teachers of soccer but I always remember one who is one of the best teachers in Argentina. He’s getting older now, but his name is Jorge Masalis. I have now a few things that I still use that he taught me on the field – the reception of the ball, movements, trying to find spaces, how to read a teammate, a few things that are very important to play soccer.”

Bookworm “I like to read the Bible. I like to read about the lives of the saints, too. I like theology. It’s a little bit strange, but I really like that stuff.”

Soccer Life “When I’m not playing soccer, I like to watch soccer, too. My life is soccer. I watch games, our games or the high-level games, Argentinean soccer, too. But other than that, I like to read, I like to play guitar, I like to play with my daughter. We are lucky because we have free time to use for that.”

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BACK IN THE DAY DARLINGTON NAGBE efore becoming Portland’s first-ever MLS SuperDraft pick as the No. 2 overall selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, midfielder Darlington Nagbe was honing his game on the fields outside of Cleveland, Ohio, and spending time with his close-knit family.

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THEN

THEN AND NOW

NASL referee John Davis halts play to sort out a misunderstanding between Timbers and Sounders players during a match at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium in 1975.

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NOW

Forty years later, MLS referee Baldomero Toledo deals with a crowd of Timbers and Sounders FC players following a foul on Aug. 24, 2014, at Providence Park. The Timbers and Sounders face each other two more times during the 2015 regular season - June 28 in Portland and Aug. 30 in Seattle.

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TIMBERS2 T2 kicked off their inaugural USL season on March 29 with a 3-1 win against fellow expansion side Real Monarchs SLC at Merlo Field in Portland.

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T2 Schedule Date

Opponent

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Sunday, March 29 Thursday, April 2 Wednesday, April 8 Saturday, April 11 Saturday, April 18 Saturday, April 25 Sunday, May 3* Saturday, May 9 Saturday, May 16 Friday, May 22 Saturday, May 30 Friday, June 5 Sunday, June 14 Sunday, June 21 Monday, June 29 Thursday, July 2 Friday, July 10 Sunday, July 19 Friday, July 24 Sunday, July 26 Saturday, Aug. 1 Saturday, Aug. 8 Sunday, Aug. 16 Saturday, Aug. 22 Saturday, Aug. 29 Saturday, Sept. 5 Saturday, Sept. 12* Wednesday, Sept. 16

REAL MONARCHS SLC SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC @Real Monarchs SLC @Seattle Sounders FC 2 @Sacramento Republic FC @Arizona United SC ORANGE COUNTY BLUES FC* @Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC @Real Monarchs SLC SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 @Tulsa Roughnecks FC @OKC Energy FC AUSTIN AZTEX @Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 ARIZONA UNITED SC @Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 @Seattle Sounders FC 2 LA GALAXY II @Austin Aztex OKC ENERGY FC VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 TULSA ROUGHNECKS FC @Orange County Blues FC COLORADO SPRINGS SWITCHBACKS FC SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC* @LA Galaxy II

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INTRODUCING AYO 38

By Tim Froh rowing up in her hometown of Malabo in the small central African country of Equatorial Guinea, Portland Thorns FC forward Genoveva “Ayo” Añonma dreamed that one day she would become a professional soccer player.

She would often walk out to the soccer fields with her father and watch fascinated as he and the other men battled one another on the pitch. As soon as she was old enough, she told herself, she was going to run out onto those fields herself and play with the boys.

But Ayo’s mother disapproved of the young girl’s newfound passion and did everything she could to keep her daughter away from the sport.

“It was complicated for me starting out because my mom wasn’t thrilled about me playing soccer,” Ayo said through an interpreter. “I actually got into it by watching the guys play, which I really enjoyed. I would go with my dad and watch the men play football.

It wasn’t until I actually left home and went to live with my uncle — it was a tough period for me — that I started playing with the guys my age at the local soccer center.”

All those years spent playing and training with the boys, however, transformed the young Ayo into the greatest soccer talent that her country has ever produced.

The results speak for themselves: two-time African Women’s Championship winner, FIFA Women’s World Cup goal-scorer, member of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup All-Star team, African Women Footballer of the Year in 2012.

To read the full feature on Ayo, go to www.portlandthornsfc.com.

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Portland Thorns FC Schedule

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

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Providence Park Providence Park Village of Lisle -Benedictine University Sports Complex Providence Park Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Providence Park Maureen Hendricks Field at the Maryland SoccerPlex BBVA Compass Stadium Providence Park Providence Park Yurcak Field Providence Park Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium Sahlen’s Stadium Providence Park Providence Park Swope Soccer Village Yurcak Field Providence Park Sahlen’s Stadium

The complete Portland Thorns FC schedule can be found at www.portlandthornsfc.com and fans interested in purchasing season tickets, single-game tickets or group tickets, are encouraged to contact the ticket sales office at 503-553-5555 or email ticketsales@timbers.com.

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Timbers Development

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2

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.

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The level just below the Portland Timbers first team on the pyramid, T2 is Portland’s newest addition to the development structure. Playing their matches in the 24-team USL – T2 was founded on Oct. 14, 2014, and is a fully professional team that creates a bridge between the Portland Timbers U-23s Premier Development League (PDL) side and the Timbers first team. Playing their home games at Merlo Field on the campus of the University of Portland, the T2 roster will be comprised of a mix of Timbers first-team players on loan to the club, as well as players that possess many different qualities and come from varied backgrounds.

As well as players that are familiar with wearing the Timbers crest, some experienced professionals and young players that can spend time developing for the ultimate purpose of reaching the first team. In December, Jay Vidovich was named as the club’s first head coach for the 2015 USL season. Vidovich will lead T2 after 21 seasons as head coach at Wake Forest University, where he became one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history.

PORTLAND TIMBERS U-23s

The Portland Timbers U-23s compete in the USL 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 first team players, includ-

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ing goalkeeper Jake Gleeson as well as T2 players Kharlton Belmar, Steven Evans and Brent Richards. The team won the PDL championship in 2010 and competed in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

PORTLAND TIMBERS ACADEMY

The Timbers Academy consists of teams in the U-18, U-16 and U-14 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 LA Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Timbers U-16s also participate in the annual MLS Generation adidas Cup. 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.

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

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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 (Vancouver, Wash.) and Westside Timbers (Portland). Further, the Timbers have also partnered with PYSA and the OYSA 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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A new grass field was planted in February 2015, while a new turf pitch was installed in early 2015.

The sod was planted in a vertically draining, sand-based root zone that includes small amounts of peat and calcined clay to stabilize moisture content and to hold nutrient.

The grass field was built using over 4,600 tons of specialty sand blend and will drain up to 12 inches of precipitation an hour.

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On April 19, 2012, the Portland Timbers unveiled the new adidas Timbers Training Center, a state-ofthe-art facility, built as part of a 10-year partnership with Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District.

The training center features a natural-grass field and is the primary on-field training ground of the Major League Soccer club. Construction is nearly complete on a 2,600-square-foot expansion of the adidas Timbers Training Center. The new space will include additional locker rooms, training areas and office space to serve the Timbers, T2, the Timbers U-23s and the Timbers Academy.

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, fully-equipped 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 and the club’s Academy teams.

As part of the public/private partnership with THPRD, the Timbers 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.

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Darlington Nagbe

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