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	34	12	9	13	61	52	49	11th (6th)	Did not qualify	3rd	QF	Group Stage	Gastón Fernández[16]	10	20,814
2015	1	MLS	34	15	11	8	41	39	53	5th (3rd)	MLS Cup Champions	2nd	R5	Did not qualify	Fanendo Adi	18	21,144

• 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 NASL = North American Soccer League WACS = Western Alliance Challenge Series WSA = Western Soccer Alliance WSL = Western Soccer League APSL = American Professional Soccer League A-L = A-League USL-1 = USL First Division D-2 = USSF Division-2 Professional League MLS = Major League Soccer

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

• "American Soccer History Archives". Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "A-League Archives". Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "Timbers Fan Page". Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "The Timber Mill". Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "Previous Season Stat Archives". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2003 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2004 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2005 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2006 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2007 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2008 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2009 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2010 Portland Timbers". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "2010 Portland Timbers". United States Soccer Federation. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "Commissioner's Cup Winners & Results" (PDF). United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
• "Cascadia Cup". Retrieved June 7, 2011.