List of Portland Timbers seasons

This is a list of seasons played by the Portland Timbers in American soccer, from 1975, when the original club first competed in the North American Soccer League, through to the most recent completed season. All four incarnations of the Portland Timbers are represented. This list details the club's achievements in all competitions and the top scorers for each season. Records of friendlies and preseason tournaments are not included.

Seasons

Season Domestic League Cascadia
Cup		 U.S.
Open Cup		 CONCACAF
CL		 Top scorer(s)[1] Average
Attendance
Div League Pld W L T GF GA Pts Pos (Conf.) Playoffs Name(s) Goals
1975 1 NASL 22 16 6 0 43 27 138 Western Division
Winners		 Soccer Bowl '75
Runners-up		 N / A Peter Withe[2] 18 14,503
1976 1 NASL 24 8 16 0 23 41 71 Pacific Conference
Western Division
4th place		 Did not qualify N / A Tony Betts 6 20,166
1977 1 NASL 26 10 16 0 39 42 98 Pacific Conference
Western Division
4th place		 Did not qualify N / A Stewart Scullion 11 13,208
1978 1 NASL 30 20 10 0 50 36 167 National Conference
Western Division
Runners-up		 National Conference
Runners-up		 N / A Clyde Best[3] 14 11,803
1979 1 NASL 30 11 19 0 50 75 122 National Conference
Western Division
4th place		 Did not qualify N / A John Bain and
Clyde Best		 8 11,172
1980 1 NASL 32 15 17 0 50 53 133 National Conference
Western Division
4th place		 Did not qualify N / A Clyde Best 11 10,210
1981 1 NASL 32 17 15 0 52 49 141 Northwest Division
3rd place		 First round N / A John Bain[4] 12 10,516
1982 1 NASL 32 14 18 0 49 44 122 Western Division
4th place 		Did not qualify N / A Ron Futcher 13 8,786[5]
1985 3 WACS 7 1 2 4 8 16 5 4th place —
1986 3 WSA 14 6 2 6 20 19 20 Runners-up — Brent Goulet 9
1987 3 WSA 10 5 5 0 9 16 24 4th place Did not qualify Scott Benedetti,
Brent Goulet
and Jason Russ		 2
1988 3 WSA 12 1 11 0 16 32 22 6th place Did not qualify Scott Benedetti 8
1989 2 WSL 16 11 5 0 32 25 92 North Division
Runners-up		 Semifinals Scott Benedetti 8
1990 2 APSL 20 10 10 0 42 36 99 WSL Conference
North Division
4th place		 Did not qualify Shawn Medved 10
2001 2 A-L 26 13 10 3 41 38 62 Western Conference
4th place		 Quarterfinals Q Mark Baena[6] 15 5,974
2002 2 A-L 28 13 13 3 47 39 63 Western Conference
Pacific Division
Runners-up		 First round Q Fadi Afash and
McKinley Tennyson		 18 6,261
2003 2 A-L 28 15 11 2 39 33 47 Western Conference
Pacific Division
3rd place		 Did not qualify Q Byron Alvarez 12 5,871
2004 2 A-L 28 18 7 3 58 30 57 Commissioner's Cup and
Western Conference
Winners[7]		 Western Conference
Semifinals		 2nd R4 Byron Alvarez[8] 18 5,281
2005 2 USL-1 28 10 9 9 40 42 39 5th place First round 2nd R4 Dan Antoniuk[9] 14 5,553
2006 2 USL-1 28 7 15 6 25 39 27 11th place Did not qualify 3rd R3 Luke Kreamalmeyer[10] 9 5,575
2007 2 USL-1 28 14 5 9 32 18 51 Runners-up Semifinals 3rd R2 Andrew Gregor[11] 9 6,794
2008 2 USL-1 30 7 13 10 26 33 31 11th place Did not qualify 3rd R1 Chris Brown[12] 9 8,567
2009 2 USL-1 30 16 4 10 45 19 58 Commissioner's Cup
Winners		 Semifinals 1st R3 Mandjou Keita[13] 14 9,734
2010 2 D-2 30 13 7 10 34 23 49 USL Conference
3rd place		 Quarterfinals 1st R3 Ryan Pore 15 10,727
2011 1 MLS 34 11 14 9 40 48 42 12th (6th) Did not qualify 2nd Q Did not qualify Kenny Cooper / Jack Jewsbury[14] 8 18,827
2012 1 MLS 34 8 16 10 34 56 34 17th (8th) Did not qualify 1st R3 Did not qualify Kris Boyd 7 20,438
2013 1 MLS 34 14 5 15 54 33 57 3rd (1st) Semifinals 3rd SF Did not qualify Diego Valeri[15] 13 20,674
2014 1 MLS 18 4 5 9 30 30 21 13th (8th) Did not qualify 3rd QF Q Gastón Fernández[16] 10 20,674
  • Note: In the NASL years of 1974-1984, the NASL did not compete in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. CONCACAF awarded spots to the U.S. Open Cup winner. The NASL adopted an isolationist perspective, viewing the separate cup competition as not American enough and as commercially competitive with its own playoff cup, the Soccerbowl.[17]

Key

      Winners       Runners-up

League Results

  • Div = Level on pyramid
  • League = League name
  • Pld = Games played
  • W = Games won
  • L = Games lost
  • T = Games tied
  • GF = Goals for
  • GA = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position

League Names

Cup Results

  • W = Winners
  • R/U = Runners-up
  • SF = Semifinals
  • QF = Quarterfinals
  • R4 = 4th Round
  • R3 = 3rd Round
  • R2 = 2nd Round
  • R1 = 1st Round
  • Q = Qualifying rounds

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes goals scored in league competition as well as, where noted, goals scored in the playoffs and in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (qualification rounds and tournament proper). Goals scored during league games which also doubled as Open Cup qualifiers are counted as league goals only.
  2. ↑ Peter Withe (1975): includes 2 playoff goals.
  3. ↑ Clyde Best (1978): includes 2 playoff goals.
  4. ↑ John Bain (1981): includes 1 playoff goal.
  5. ↑ http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1982.html
  6. ↑ Mark Baena (2001): includes 1 playoff goal and 1 Open Cup qualification goal.
  7. ↑ The Commissioner's Cup was first created in 1991 to honor the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) regular season champion and was awarded through the 1996 season. It was revived in 2005 to honor the USL First Division (USL-1) regular season champion and was awarded retroactively to the teams which had amassed the most points in previous A-League (A-L) seasons from 1997 to 2004.
  8. ↑ Byron Alvarez (2004): includes 1 playoff goal and 1 Open Cup goal.
  9. ↑ Dan Antoniuk (2005): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
  10. ↑ Luke Kreamalmeyer (2006): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
  11. ↑ Andrew Gregor (2007): includes 1 playoff goal.
  12. ↑ Chris Brown (2008): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
  13. ↑ Mandjou Keita (2009): includes 3 Open Cup goals.
  14. ↑ Jack Jewsbury (2011): includes 1 Open Cup qualification goal.
  15. ↑ Diego Valeri (2013): 2 Open Cup + 1 Playoff goals
  16. ↑ Gastón Fernández (2013): 4 Open Cup
  17. ↑ Westervelt, Ted (May 13, 2013). "U.S. Open Cup 1958-1987". Goal, The New York Times Soccer Blog. The New York Times Newspaper. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

References