2006 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
2006 season
President United States John Cunningham
Head Coach United States Chris Agnello
Stadium PGE Park
Portland, Oregon
USL-1 League: 11th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Third round
Cascadia Cup 3rd
Top goalscorer League:
United States Luke Kreamalmeyer (8 goals)
All:
United States Luke Kreamalmeyer (9 goals)
Highest home attendance 7,034
vs. MON (Aug 31)
Lowest home attendance 3,369
vs. TOR (May 21)
Average home league attendance 5,575
Home colors
Away colors
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 Portland Timbers season was the 6th season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Preseason

Regular season

April

May

June

July

August

September

Competitions

USL First Division

Standings

      Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
      Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
      First round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts
1Montreal Impact 512814593115+16
2Rochester Raging Rhinos 5028134113421+13
3Charleston Battery 462813873325+8CHA: 4 pts
VAN: 1 pt
4Vancouver Whitecaps 4628126104028+12
5Miami FC 3928111164744+3
6Puerto Rico Islanders 3828101083836+2
7Seattle Sounders 3728111344248−6
8Atlanta Silverbacks 3528101353642−6
9Virginia Beach Mariners 322881282637−11VAB: 7 pts
TOR: 4 pts
10Toronto Lynx 322881283036−6
11Portland Timbers 272871562539−14POR: 9 pts
MIN: 3 pts
12Minnesota Thunder 272871563445−11

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
28 27 7 15 6 25 39 −14 5 7 2 13 13 0 2 8 4 12 26 −14

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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundAHHAAHHAAHHAAAAHAAHAAAHHHHHH
Result L T W L L L W W T W T W T T L L L L L L L T L W W L L L

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

U.S. Open Cup

Cup bracket

  Third Round     Fourth Round     Quarterfinals
                           
      MLS  Houston Dynamo 4  
  PDL  Carolina Dynamo (aet) 3     PDL  Carolina Dynamo 2    
  USL-1  Seattle Sounders 2         MLS  Houston Dynamo 3
      MLS  FC Dallas 0
      USL-1  Charleston Battery 3 (3)    
  USL-1  Charleston Battery 3     MLS  FC Dallas (aet) (p) 3 (5)  
  USL-1  Portland Timbers 1  

Third round

July 12, 2006
16:30 (PDT)
Charleston Battery 3 – 1 Portland Timbers
Hollingsworth  36', 87' (pen.)
Glinton  78' 		Report  5' Kreamalmeyer
Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 1,437
Referee: Roni Canales

Cascadia Cup

See also: Cascadia Cup
2006
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Seattle Sounders 1484221310+3
Vancouver Whitecaps 128323108+2
Portland Timbers 68143611-5

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head CoachUnited States Chris Agnello
Assistant CoachNew Zealand Gavin Wilkinson
Assistant CoachUnited States Cony Konstin
Goalkeeper CoachUnited States John Galas

Source: [2]

Management

Majority Owner Pacific Coast League (to June 16)
Iran Abe Alizadeh[A] (from June 16)
President United States John Cunningham (to December 14)
United States Jack Cain (interim; from December 14)
General Manager United States Chris Agnello (to September 26)
New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson (from September 26)
Ground (capacity and dimensions) PGE Park ( / )

Source: [3][4][5][6]

Squad

Kits

Home
Away

Final roster

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

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Martin Hutton (on loan from Houston Dynamo)
1 United States GK Bayard Elfvin
2 United States DF Jacobi Goodfellow
4 United States DF Lee Morrison
5 United States DF Salim Bullen
6 United States MF Tom Poltl
7 Mexico MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
9 United States MF Oral Bullen
10 United States MF Luke Kreamalmeyer
11 United States FW Alan Gordon (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
12 United States MF Sergio Iñiguez
13 Colombia MF Alejandro Gutierrez
14 United States DF Garrett Marcum
No. Position Player
15 Mexico FW Byron Alvarez
16 United States MF Mike Randolph
17 United States DF Scot Thompson (captain)
19 United States MF Troy Ready
21 Zimbabwe MF Mubarike Chisoni
22 United States FW Jaime Ambriz
26 United States DF Michael Nsien
28 United States MF Mike Chabala (on loan from Houston Dynamo)
30 United States FW Yuri Morales
31 United States GK Josh Saunders (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
33 United States MF Ronnie Silva
40 New Zealand DF Gavin Wilkinson

Recognition

USL-1 All-League First Team[7]

Pos Player GP
MF United States Luke Kreamalmeyer 28

USL-1 All-Star Team[8]

Pos Player Notes
DF United States Scot Thompson Injured; did not dress in All-Star Game vs. England Sheffield Wednesday

USL-1 Player of the Week

Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
7 Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Seattle Sounders (x2) [9]
18 Mexico Byron Alvarez Puerto Rico Islanders [10]

USL-1 Team of the Week

Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
3 United States Chad Bartlomé Vancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota Thunder [11]
United States Lee Morrison
United States Troy Ready
5 United States Oral Bullen Rochester Raging Rhinos, Toronto Lynx [12]
6 Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Minnesota Thunder [13]
7 Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Seattle Sounders (x2) [9]
United States Jacobi Goodfellow
8 United States Josh Saunders Vancouver Whitecaps [14]
9 United States Bayard Elfvin Minnesota Thunder, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Montreal Impact [15]
United States Luke Kreamalmeyer
13 United States Luke Kreamalmeyer Charleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks [16]
14 Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Seattle Sounders (x2) [17]
17 United States Tom Poltl Virginia Beach Mariners [18]
18 Mexico Byron Alvarez Puerto Rico Islanders [10]
United States Bayard Elfvin

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.[19][20]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSL-1 U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
0 GK United States Martin Hutton 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
(0) GK United States Devin Zimmerman (released) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
1 GK United States Bayard Elfvin 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF United States Jacobi Goodfellow 23 0 23+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF United States Lee Morrison 29 0 24+4 0 1+0 0
5 DF United States Salim Bullen 12 0 7+4 0 1+0 0
6 MF United States Tom Poltl 23 0 13+9 0 0+1 0
7 MF Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 26 3 24+1 3 1+0 0
(8) MF El Salvador Edwin Miranda (released) 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
9 MF United States Oral Bullen 20 2 7+12 2 0+1 0
10 MF United States Luke Kreamalmeyer 29 9 26+2 8 1+0 1
11 FW United States Alan Gordon 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
(11) FW United States Drew McAthy (released) 15 0 9+5 0 1+0 0
12 MF United States Sergio Iñiguez 9 0 2+7 0 0+0 0
13 MF Colombia Alejandro Gutierrez 15 2 10+4 2 0+1 0
14 DF United States Garrett Marcum 11 0 6+5 0 0+0 0
15 FW Mexico Byron Alvarez 25 4 21+3 4 1+0 0
16 MF United States Mike Randolph 26 0 25+0 0 1+0 0
17 DF United States Scot Thompson 23 1 21+1 1 1+0 0
19 MF United States Troy Ready 11 1 1+10 1 0+0 0
21 MF Zimbabwe Mubarike Chisoni 18 2 16+1 2 1+0 0
22 FW United States Jaime Ambriz 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
(23) FW United States Chad Bartlomé (undisclosed release or transfer) 5 1 4+1 1 0+0 0
26 DF United States Michael Nsien 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF United States Mike Chabala 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW United States Yuri Morales 7 0 3+4 0 0+0 0
31 GK United States Josh Saunders 23 0 20+2 0 1+0 0
33 MF United States Ronnie Silva 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
(33) DF United States Josh Brown (released) 8 0 4+3 0 1+0 0
40 DF New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson 8 0 2+6 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.[19][20]

Rk. Nat. Position Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
1 United States MF Luke Kreamalmeyer 9 8 1
2 Mexico FW Byron Alvarez 4 4 0
3 Mexico MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 3 3 0
4 United States MF Oral Bullen 2 2 0
Zimbabwe MF Mubarike Chisoni 2 2 0
Colombia MF Alejandro Gutierrez 2 2 0
7 United States FW Chad Bartlomé 1 1 0
United States MF Troy Ready 1 1 0
United States DF Scot Thompson 1 1 0
OWN GOALS 1 1 0
TOTALS 26 25 1

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.[1][20]

No. Nat. Position Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
Red card Red card Red card
1 United States GK Bayard Elfvin 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 United States DF Jacobi Goodfellow 7 0 7 0 0 0
4 United States DF Lee Morrison 4 0 3 0 1 0
5 United States DF Salim Bullen 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 United States MF Tom Poltl 5 0 4 0 1 0
7 Mexico MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 5 0 5 0 0 0
(8) El Salvador MF Edwin Miranda 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 United States MF Oral Bullen 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 United States MF Luke Kreamalmeyer 1 0 1 0 0 0
13 Colombia MF Alejandro Gutierrez 4 0 4 0 0 0
14 United States DF Garrett Marcum 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 Mexico FW Byron Alvarez 7 0 7 0 0 0
16 United States MF Mike Randolph 4 1 3 1 1 0
17 United States DF Scot Thompson 4 0 4 0 0 0
19 United States MF Troy Ready 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 Zimbabwe MF Mubarike Chisoni 5 0 4 0 1 0
26 United States DF Michael Nsien 6 0 6 0 0 0
31 United States GK Josh Saunders 1 0 0 0 1 0
(33) United States DF Josh Brown 2 0 2 0 0 0
40 New Zealand DF Gavin Wilkinson 2 0 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 63 1 58 1 5 0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.[19][20]

No. Nat. Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
0 United States Martin Hutton 180 4 2.00 8 180 4 2.00 8 0 0 — 0
(0) United States Devin Zimmerman 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0
1 United States Bayard Elfvin 502 5 0.90 25 502 5 0.90 25 0 0 — 0
31 United States Josh Saunders 1928 33 1.54 72 1838 30 1.47 66 90 3 3.00 6
TOTALS 2610 42 1.45 105 2520 39 1.39 99 90 3 3.00 6

Player movement

Transfers in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
March 3, 2006 United States Oral Bullen (R) MF United States UMass Minutemen Free [21]
March 3, 2006 United States Salim Bullen (R) DF United States Bradley Braves Free [21]
March 3, 2006 United States Jacobi Goodfellow DF United States Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves Free [21]
March 3, 2006 United States Drew McAthy FW Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders Free [21]
March 13, 2006 United States Michael Nsien DF United States Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves Free [22]
March 22, 2006 United States Luke Kreamalmeyer MF United States Real Salt Lake Free [23]
March 30, 2006 United States Josh Brown (R) DF United States New Mexico Lobos Free [24]
March 30, 2006 United States Mike Randolph (R) MF United States Yavapai Roughriders Free [24]
March 30, 2006 United States Troy Ready MF United States Cascade Surge Free [24]
March 30, 2006 United States Devin Zimmerman GK United States Olympique Montreux Free [24]
April 3, 2006 Zimbabwe Mubarike Chisoni FW United States Los Angeles Galaxy Free [25]
April 12, 2006 Colombia Alejandro Gutierrez MF United States Utah Blitzz Free [26]
April 18, 2006 United States Sergio Iñiguez MF United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free [27]
April / May 2006 United States Bayard Elfvin GK United States St. Louis Steamers Free
May 1, 2006 United States Chad Bartlomé FW United States California Cougars Free [28]
June 29, 2006 United States Jaime Ambriz FW Switzerland Concordia Basel Free [29]
July 27, 2006 United States Yuri Morales FW Denmark Ølstykke Free [30]
August 3, 2006 United States Ronnie Silva MF United States Salinas Valley Samba Free [31]

Loans in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
March 1, 2006 United States Josh Saunders GK United States Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan [32]
June 29, 2006 United States Martin Hutton GK United States Houston Dynamo Season-long loan [29]
July 27, 2006 United States Mike Chabala MF United States Houston Dynamo Season-long loan [30]
August 3, 2006 United States Alan Gordon FW United States Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan [31]

Transfers out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
End of 2005 season Syria Fadi Afash FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season United States Dan Antoniuk FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season United States Scott Benedetti MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season United States Paul Conway FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season United States Shaun Higgins MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season New Zealand Aaran Lines MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season United States Jarrod Weis MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season United States Brian Winters MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
March 30, 2006 United States Sam Reynolds GK Unattached Released [24]
May / June 2006 United States Chad Bartlomé FW Undisclosed Undisclosed
June 10, 2006 El Salvador Edwin Miranda MF Unattached Released [33]
June 10, 2006 United States Devin Zimmerman GK Unattached Released [33]
August 3, 2006 United States Josh Brown DF Unattached Released [31]
August 3, 2006 United States Drew McAthy FW Unattached Released [31]

Unsigned draft picks

Date Player Position Previous Club Notes Ref
January 24, 2006 Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Noreiga DF United States George Mason Patriots USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round [34]
January 24, 2006 United States Kenney Bertz DF United States Maryland Terrapins
United States Columbus Shooting Stars 		USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round [34]

Notes

A. ^ It was announced on March 30, 2005 that Portland Baseball Investment Group, headed by Abe Alizadeh, had agreed to buy the Timbers and the Portland Beavers baseball club from the Pacific Coast League.[35] The Timbers referred to Alizadeh as the Majority Owner in press releases throughout the 2005 and 2006 seasons. However, the sale was not officially completed until June 16, 2006.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2006 Portland Timbers results". United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Timbers round out coaching staff". Portland Timbers. April 24, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Beavers, Timbers announce finalization of sale to Portland Baseball Investment Group". OurSports Central. June 16, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Beavers, Timbers president John Cunningham accepts position with Boise's Qwest Arena". OurSports Central. December 14, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Staff Directory". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Timbers GM, coach Chris Agnello resigns; Gavin Wilkinson named head coach, general manager". Portland Timbers. September 26, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  7. ↑ "USL First Division All-League Teams announced". United Soccer Leagues. September 13, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  8. ↑ "USL First Division All-Star Team Announced". United Soccer Leagues. June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Teams of the Week - 7". United Soccer Leagues. June 5, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Teams of the Week - 18". United Soccer Leagues. August 21, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 3". United Soccer Leagues. May 8, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 5". United Soccer Leagues. May 22, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 6". United Soccer Leagues. May 30, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 8". United Soccer Leagues. June 12, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 9". United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 13". United Soccer Leagues. July 17, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 14". United Soccer Leagues. July 24, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Teams of the Week - 17". United Soccer Leagues. August 14, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "2006 Portland Timbers stats". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "Timbers eliminated from U.S. Open Cup by Charleston". Portland Timbers. July 12, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "Timbers sign four, including former First Division top draft pick McAthy". Portland Timbers. March 3, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Timbers sign former Galaxy reserve Nsien, re-sign Morrison, Poltl". Portland Timbers. March 13, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Timbers sign former MLS player Luke Kreamalmeyer". Portland Timbers. March 22, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 "Timbers sign four, including former Pilots standout Josh Brown". Portland Timbers. March 30, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  25. ↑ "Timbers sign former L.A. Galaxy forward Mamba Chisoni". Portland Timbers. April 3, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  26. ↑ "Timbers sign midfielder Alejandro Gutierrez". Portland Timbers. April 12, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  27. ↑ "Timbers re-sign Marcum, add Iniguez to mix for 2006". Portland Timbers. April 18, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  28. ↑ "Timbers draw Whitecaps in home opener". Portland Timbers. May 1, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Timbers announce addition of Hutton, Ambriz". Portland Timbers. June 29, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Timbers sign Mike Chabala, Yuri Morales". Portland Timbers. July 27, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 "Timbers sign Silva, Alan Gordon returns". Portland Timbers. August 3, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  32. ↑ "Goalkeeper Josh Saunders returns to Timbers on loan from Galaxy". Portland Timbers. March 1, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Timbers Notes". Portland Tribune. June 13, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Timbers pick two defenders in 2006 College Player Draft". Portland Timbers. January 24, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  35. ↑ "New Owners for Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. March 30, 2005. Retrieved June 30, 2011.