2003 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
2003 season
President Mark Schuster
Head Coach Bobby Howe
Stadium PGE Park
Portland, Oregon
A-League Division: 3rd
Playoffs: Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Qualification series
Top goalscorer Byron Alvarez (12 goals)
Highest home attendance 13,351
vs. ELP (Aug 29)
Lowest home attendance 2,772
vs. CGY (May 14)
Average home attendance 5,871
Home colors
Away colors
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Portland Timbers season was the 3rd season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defuntct A-League, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Contents

Preseason

Canterbury Cup

Regular season

May

June

July

August

Competitions

A-League

See also: 2003 A-League

Western Conference, Pacific Division standings

      Division Final round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD
1 Seattle Sounders 53 28 16 7 5 45 24 +21
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 52 28 15 6 7 45 24 +21
3 Portland Timbers 47 28 15 11 2 39 33 +6
4 Team Calgary[A] 15 28 4 21 3 16 62 −46

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
28 47 15 11 2 39 33 +6 10 3 1 24 13 +11 5 8 1 15 20 −5

Source: [1]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Ground H A A A H A A H H A A H H A A H H H A A H H A H A H A H
Result L L L W W L L L W W L W W W L W W W W L T L W W T W L W

Source: [1]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Bobby Howe
Assistant Coach Jimmy Conway
Goalkeeper Coach Jim Brazeau
Athletic Trainer Tony Guyette
Strength and Conditioning Coach Carl Davison

Source: [2]

Management

Owner Portland Family Entertainment[B]
President Mark Schuster
General Manager Jim Taylor
Ground (capacity and dimensions) PGE Park ( / )

Source: [3]

Squad

Kits

Home
Away

Final roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
4 DF Bryn Ritchie
5 DF Gavin Wilkinson
6 MF Manuel Brasil
7 MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
8 MF Jason Melendez
9 FW McKinley Tennyson
10 FW Fadi Afash
11 MF Brian Winters
13 DF Ryan Youngblood
14 MF Scott Benedetti
No. Position Player
15 FW Byron Alvarez
18 MF Adam Wilson
19 DF Nick Downing (on loan from New England Revolution)
20 MF Jake Sagare
21 GK Cole Burgman
22 FW Dan Antoniuk
23 DF Aaron Heinzen
24 DF Lee Morrison
30 GK Josh Saunders (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)

Recognition

A-League All-League Second Team[4]

Pos Player GP
FW Byron Alvarez 21

A-League Player of the Week[5]

Week Player Opponent(s)
12 Byron Alvarez Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)

A-League Team of the Week

Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
5 McKinley Tennyson Calgary Storm, Seattle Sounders [6]
7 Byron Alvarez Vancouver Whitecaps [7]
11 Byron Alvarez Calgary Storm (x2) [8]
Josh Saunders
12 Byron Alvarez Vancouver Whitecaps (x2) [9]
13 Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar El Paso Patriots, Milwaukee Wave United [10]
Byron Alvarez
17 Byron Alvarez Seattle Sounders (x2) [11]
18 Gavin Wilkinson Indiana Blast, Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders [12]
20 Scott Benedetti El Paso Patriots [13]
Bryn Ritchie

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.[14][15][16]

No. Nat Pos Player Total A-League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
(1) GK Curtis Spiteri (released) 10 0 10+0 0
4 DF Bryn Ritchie (began season wearing kit number 2) 18 1 10+8 1
(4) MF Jake Vaughn (released) 6 0 1+5 0
5 DF Gavin Wilkinson 22 2 22+0 2
6 MF Manuel Brasil 10 0 7+3 0
7 MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 27 1 27+0 1
8 MF Jason Melendez 18 1 11+7 1
9 FW McKinley Tennyson 28 11 24+4 11
10 FW Fadi Afash 21 4 14+7 4
11 MF Brian Winters 28 0 28+0 0
13 DF Ryan Youngblood 6 0 1+5 0
14 MF Scott Benedetti 25 1 25+0 1
15 FW Byron Alvarez 21 12 12+9 12
18 MF Adam Wilson 3 0 0+3 0
19 DF Nick Downing (on loan from New England Revolution) 26 0 24+2 0
20 MF Jake Sagare 20 4 20+0 4
21 GK Cole Burgman 2 0 2+0 0
22 FW Dan Antoniuk 20 1 4+16 1
23 DF Aaron Heinzen 27 0 27+0 0
24 DF Lee Morrison 24 1 23+1 1
30 GK Josh Saunders (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes) 16 0 16+0 0
— DF Brent Sancho (transferred to Dundee) 0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.[14][15][16]

Rk. Nat. Position Player Total A-League
1 FW Byron Alvarez 12 12
2 FW McKinley Tennyson 11 11
3 FW Fadi Afash 4 4
MF Jake Sagare 4 4
5 DF Gavin Wilkinson 2 2
6 MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 1 1
FW Dan Antoniuk 1 1
MF Scott Benedetti 1 1
MF Jason Melendez 1 1
DF Lee Morrison 1 1
DF Bryn Ritchie 1 1
TOTALS 39 39

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.[14][15][16]

No. Nat. Position Player Total A-League
4 DF Bryn Ritchie 5 0 5 0
5 DF Gavin Wilkinson 6 1 6 1
6 MF Manuel Brasil 1 0 1 0
7 MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 4 1 4 1
8 MF Jason Melendez 1 0 1 0
9 FW McKinley Tennyson 4 0 4 0
10 FW Fadi Afash 3 0 3 0
11 MF Brian Winters 5 0 5 0
14 MF Scott Benedetti 4 1 4 1
15 FW Byron Alvarez 2 0 2 0
19 DF Nick Downing 4 0 4 0
20 MF Jake Sagare 0 1 0 1
23 DF Aaron Heinzen 6 0 6 0
24 DF Lee Morrison 2 0 2 0
TOTALS 47 4 47 4

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.[14][15][16]

No. Nat. Player Total A-League
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
(1) Curtis Spiteri 905 17 1.69 38 905 17 1.69 38
21 Cole Burgman 180 1 0.50 9 180 1 0.50 9
30 Josh Saunders 1493 15 0.90 58 1493 15 0.90 58
TOTALS 2578 33 1.15 105 2578 33 1.15 105

Player movement

Transfers in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
April 1, 2003 Dan Antoniuk (R) FW Wheaton Lyons Free [17]
April 1, 2003 Jason Melendez (R) MF UNLV Rebels Free [17]
April 1, 2003 Lee Morrison DF Dallas Burn Free [17]
April 1, 2003 Curtis Spiteri (R) GK Portland Pilots A-League College Player Draft, 2nd round [17]
April 1, 2003 Jake Vaughn MF Unattached Free [17]
April 1, 2003 Adam Wilson MF Hershey Wildcats Free [17]
April 4, 2003 Cole Burgman GK Atlanta Silverbacks Free [17]
April 2003 Byron Alvarez FW MetroStars Signed amateur contract due to complications acquiring a P-1 visa; played entire 2003 season without pay [18]
May 27, 2003 Jake Sagare MF Grimsby Town Free [19]

Loans in

Date Player Position Parent Club Fee/Notes Ref
April 14, 2003 Nick Downing DF New England Revolution Season-long loan [20]
June 25, 2003 Josh Saunders GK San Jose Earthquakes Season-long loan [21]

Transfers out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
End of 2002 season Chugger Adair FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2002 season Sean McAuley DF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2002 season Jake Sagare MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
January 22, 2003 Greg Howes FW Unattached Released [17]
January 24, 2003 Matt Napoleon GK Unattached Retired [22]
April 2, 2003 Vadim Tolstolutsky FW Unattached Retired [23]
April 8, 2003 Chris Smith GK Unattached Released [17]
April 14, 2003 Keith Costigan DF Unattached Released [20]
April 14, 2003 Erik Ozimek MF Unattached Released [20]
April 14, 2003 Ben Somoza MF Unattached Released [20]
June 9, 2003 Jake Vaughn MF Unattached Released [24]
July 1, 2003 Curtis Spiteri GK Unattached Released [25]
August 7, 2003 Brent Sancho DF Dundee Undisclosed fee [26]

Loans out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
September 13, 2002 Brent Sancho DF San Juan Jabloteh Season-long loan; allowed to tour with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team following San Juan Jabloteh's season; subsequently sold to Dundee [27]

Unsigned draft picks

Date Player Position Previous Club Notes Ref
December 17, 2002 Ryan Coiner FW San Diego Toreros
Orange County Blue Star		 A-League College Player Draft, 1st round [28]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The United Soccer Leagues took over operations of the Calgary Storm following financial troubles by the ownership group and the team finished the season as Team Calgary.[29]
  2. ^ On February 14, it was announced that a tentative deal had been reached with the City of Portland in which Portland Family Entertainment (PFE) would be dissolved and a new group, Metropolitan Sports (a subset of PFE investors), would take over ownership of the Timbers and the Portland Beavers baseball club.[30] The Timbers referred to Metropolitan Sports as the owner throughout much of the 2003 season. However, Metropolitan Sports was not able to secure the required funding and the deal was never completed.

References

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