1989 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers

1989 season
Manager	John Bain
Stadium	Civic Stadium
WSL	Division: 2nd Playoffs: Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Scott Benedetti (8 goals)
← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Portland Timbers season was the ninth season for a club bearing the Portland Timbers name. The club, previously known as F.C. Portland, changed its name to the Portland Timbers prior to the beginning of the 1989 Western Soccer League season.

Squad

The 1989 squad

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

No. Position Player — GK Kasey Keller 00 GK Greg Maas — GK Glenn Rogers — DF Steve Ancheta — DF Mike DePinna — DF Trent Schultz — DF Sam Singer — DF Garrett Smith — DF Wade Webber — MF Ignacio Baez 6 MF John Bain

No. Position Player — MF Dick McCormick — MF Souk Ngongethong — MF Doug van de Brake — MF Jim Webber — FW Rob Baarts — FW Scott Benedetti — FW Jeff Enquist — FW Paul Gouldsbrough 12 FW Mark Miller — FW Eric Phillippi

Western Soccer League

Regular season

North Division standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks	16	11	5	37	26	+11	98
2	Portland Timbers	16	11	5	32	25	+7	92
3	Seattle Storm	16	10	6	32	23	+9	87
4	Sacramento Senators	16	3	13	20	43	−23	40

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

League results

Portland Timbers v California Kickers

April 28, 1989	Portland Timbers	1 – 0	California Kickers	Portland, Oregon
	Baarts  64'

Los Angeles Heat v Portland Timbers

May 12, 1989	Los Angeles Heat	0 – 1	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles, California
			48' Baarts

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks v Portland Timbers

May 13, 1989	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Portland Timbers	San Jose, California
	Palic  59' Corpening  97', 107'		50' McCormick  110' Gouldsbrough

Portland Timbers v Arizona Condors

May 20, 1989	Portland Timbers	4 – 0	Arizona Condors	Portland, Oregon
	Benedetti  41', 66', 75' Singer  82'

Portland Timbers v Los Angeles Heat

May 24, 1989	Portland Timbers	1 – 0	Los Angeles Heat	Portland, Oregon
	Baarts  36'

Arizona Condors v Portland Timbers

May 27, 1989	Arizona Condors	2 – 1	Portland Timbers	Mesa, Arizona
	Kerlin  39' Veatch  79' (pen.)		90' J. Webber

Seattle Storm v Portland Timbers

June 3, 1989	Seattle Storm	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
	James  3' Carnell  90'		34' (o.g.)  62' Schultz  108' J. Webber

Portland Timbers v Sacramento Senators

June 10, 1989	Portland Timbers	0 – 1	Sacramento Senators	Portland, Oregon
			88' Baena

Real Santa Barbara v Portland Timbers

June 16, 1989	Real Santa Barbara	1 – 2	Portland Timbers	Santa Barbara, California
	John  57'		59' Gouldsbrough  90' Baarts

Sacramento Senators v Portland Timbers

June 18, 1989	Sacramento Senators	3 – 6	Portland Timbers	Sacramento, California
	Smith  7' Lang  39' Bilotta  89'		42', 58' Gouldsbrough  52', 86' J. Webber  79', 82' Enquist

Portland Timbers v San Diego Nomads

June 28, 1989	Portland Timbers	4 – 0	San Diego Nomads	Portland, Oregon
	Benedetti  12', 34', 44' J. Webber  88'

Portland Timbers v Real Santa Barbara

July 1, 1989	Portland Timbers	5 – 1	Real Santa Barbara	Portland, Oregon
	Baarts  5', 32' Benedetti  13', 46' Enquist  85'		59' DePaco

Portland Timbers v Seattle Storm

July 12, 1989	Portland Timbers	1 – 0	Seattle Storm	Portland, Oregon
	Baarts  59'

Portland Timbers v San Francisco Bay Blackhawks

July 15, 1989	Portland Timbers	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks	Portland, Oregon

California Kickers v Portland Timbers

July 22, 1989	California Kickers	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Portland Timbers	Hollywood, California

San Diego Nomads v Portland Timbers

July 23, 1989	San Diego Nomads	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (7 – 6 p)	Portland Timbers	San Diego, California

Source:^[2]

Postseason

Playoff bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	San Diego Nomads		2
	Portland Timbers		1
						San Diego Nomads		1
						San Francisco Bay Blackhawks		0
	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (aet) (p)		1 (4)
	Los Angeles Heat		1 (2)

Source:^[2]

Playoff results

San Diego Nomads v Portland Timbers

July 29, 1989	San Diego Nomads	2 – 1	Portland Timbers	San Diego, California
	Hirmez  11' (pen.) Wright  51'		41' Bain

Source:^[2]

References

1. "The Year in American Soccer – 1989". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
2. "Western Soccer League 1989 Season". The A-League Archives. Retrieved May 6, 2011.