2014 Portland Timbers season

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Portland Timbers
2014 season
President Merritt Paulson
Head Coach Caleb Porter
Stadium Providence Park
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 20,674)
Major League Soccer Conference: 6th
Overall: 11th
MLS Cup Playoffs DNQ
U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals
CCL Group Stage
Cascadia Cup 3rd
Top goalscorer League:
All: Diego Valeri (11)
Highest home attendance Preseason: 13,779
Regular Season: 20,814
Open Cup: 10,619
CCL: TBD
Friendlies:TBD
Lowest home attendance Preseason: 11,797
Regular Season: 20,674
Open Cup: 10,619
CCL: TBD
Friendlies:TBD
Average home league attendance Preseason: 13,026
Regular Season: 20,744
Open Cup: 10,619
CCL: TBD
Friendlies:TBD
Home colors
Secondary colors
Third colors

The 2014 Portland Timbers season was the 4th season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.

Background

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The Timbers finished the 2013 season in 1st place in the Western Conference, however it wasn't until December 13, 2013 that it was announced they would be playing in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League due to a rule change. Replacing the MLS Cup runner-up, the top team in the non-Supporter Shield conference would get the spot in Champions League.[1]

The Timbers announced they would be partnering with the San Jose Earthquakes and USL Pro team Sacramento Republic FC on January 23.[2] The Timbers will send 2 players on loan to Sacramento Republic and not participate in the MLS Reserve League.

Competitions

Competition Started Round Final Position First Match Last Match
2014 MLS - 11th March 8, 2014 October 25, 2014
2014 MLS Cup DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
2014 Open Cup 4th Round Quarterfinals June 17, 2014 July 9, 2014
2014-15 CCL Group Stage 2nd in group August 19, 2014 October 21, 2014
Cascadia Cup - 3rd April 5, 2014 September 20, 2014

Major League Soccer

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Preseason

Desert Friendlies

Rose City Invitational

Pos Team GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 7
2 San Jose Earthquakes 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 6
3 Portland Timbers 3 0 1 2 2 3 -1 2
4 Portmore United F.C. 3 0 2 1 2 7 -5 1

MLS Regular Season

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference standings

Pos
Team
Pts
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1) 64 34 20 10 4 65 50 +15 2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 LA Galaxy 61 34 17 7 10 69 37 +32
3 Real Salt Lake 56 34 15 8 11 54 39 +15
4 FC Dallas 54 34 16 12 6 55 45 +10 2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 50 34 12 8 14 42 40 +2
6 Portland Timbers 49 34 12 9 13 61 52 +9  
7 Chivas USA 33 34 9 19 6 29 61 −32
8 Colorado Rapids 32 34 8 18 8 43 62 −19
9 San Jose Earthquakes 30 34 6 16 12 35 50 −15

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 7:42 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner
(W1) = Western Conference champion

Updated to matches played on September 25, 2013 01:00 EDT
Source: gue Soccer (MLS), the top flight MLSSoccer.com
(W1) = Western Conference champion; (WC) = Qualifies for playoffs via wild-card.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff contention.

Overall standings

Pos
Team
Pts
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1) 64 34 20 10 4 65 50 +15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 1 4
2 LA Galaxy 61 34 17 7 10 69 37 +32 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 2
3 D.C. United (E1) 59 34 17 9 8 52 37 +15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 3
4 Real Salt Lake 56 34 15 8 11 54 39 +15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 5
5 New England Revolution 55 34 17 13 4 51 46 +5  
6 FC Dallas 54 34 16 12 6 55 45 +10
7 Columbus Crew 52 34 14 10 10 52 42 +10
8 New York Red Bulls 50 34 13 10 11 55 50 +5
9 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 50 34 12 8 14 42 40 +2 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 6
10 Sporting Kansas City 49 34 14 13 7 48 41 +7  
11 Portland Timbers 49 34 12 9 13 61 52 +9
12 Philadelphia Union 42 34 10 12 12 51 51 0
13 Toronto FC 41 34 11 15 8 44 54 −10
14 Houston Dynamo 39 34 11 17 6 39 58 −19
15 Chicago Fire 36 34 6 10 18 41 51 −10
16 Chivas USA 33 34 9 19 6 29 61 −32
17 Colorado Rapids 32 34 8 18 8 43 62 −19
18 San Jose Earthquakes 30 34 6 16 12 35 50 −15
19 Montreal Impact 28 34 6 18 10 38 58 −20 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 7

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner
(E1) = Eastern Conference champion
(W1) = Western Conference champion

1 The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

5 If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

6 For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.[3]

7 Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

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
23 30 7 7 9 38 38  0 3 2 7 23 21  +2 4 5 2 15 17  −2

Last updated: August 12, 2014
Source: Portland Timbers
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 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ground H H A A H H A A H H H A A H A H H A A H A A H A H A H A H A A H H A
Result D D L L D D L D W D D W W L W D L D L W W L W D L W D D W L W W D W

Last updated: December 16, 2014.
Source: [18]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

U.S. Open Cup

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Cup bracket

2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League

Eight groups of 3 teams will be drawn, with each group containing at least one Mexican club and one American club.

Pot A
Mexico León Mexico Pachuca United States Sporting Kansas City United States New York Red Bulls
Costa Rica Alajuelense Honduras Olimpia Guatemala Comunicaciones Panama Tauro
Pot B
Mexico América Mexico Cruz Azul United States Portland Timbers United States D.C. United
Costa Rica Saprissa Honduras Real España El Salvador Isidro Metapán Canada Montreal Impact
Pot C
Guatemala Municipal El Salvador FAS Panama Chorrillo Nicaragua Real Estelí
Belize Belmopan Bandits Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Bayamón FC Jamaica Waterhouse Guyana Alpha United

Group 5

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Honduras Deportivo Olimpia 4 3 0 1 15 5 +10 9
United States Portland Timbers 4 3 0 1 15 6 +9 9
Guyana Alpha United FC 4 0 0 4 1 17 −16 0
  ALP OLI POR
Alpha United FC 0–1 1-4
CD Olimpia 6-0 1-3
Portland Timbers 6-0 4-2

Cascadia Cup

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The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.

Pos Team GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6 3 2 1 8 11 -3 10
2 Seattle Sounders FC 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 8
3 Portland Timbers 6 2 3 1 15 14 +1 7

Friendlies

Club

Kits

Primary
Primary Alt.
Secondary
Secondary Alt.
Third
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Primary Green / White White Green
Primary Alt. Green / White Green Green MLS, March 22 against Colorado
Secondary Red / Black Red Red
Secondary Alt. Red / Black Black Red MLS, July 13 against Seattle
Third Dark green Dark green Dark green

Executive staff

Majority Owner & President Merritt Paulson
Chief Operating Officer Mike Golub
General Manager / Technical Director Gavin Wilkinson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Providence Park (20,438 / 110x70 yards)

Last updated: January 23, 2012
Source: Portland Timbers

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Caleb Porter
Assistant Coach Sean McAuley
Assistant Coach Cameron Knowles
Goalkeeping Coach Mike Toshack
Head Athletic Trainer Nik Wald
Assistant Athletic Trainer Alex Margarito

Last updated: January 26, 2012
Source: Portland Timbers

Squad

Roster and Statistics

All players contracted to the club during the season included.[4]
Template:Regular season stats updated

No. Pos. Nat. Player Total App Total Goal Total Booked Total Red card MLS App. MLS Goal MLS Booked MLS Red card Open Cup App. Open Cup Goal Open Cup Booked Open Cup Red card CCL App. CCL Goal CCL Booked CCL Red card
1 GK Jamaica Donovan Ricketts 32 0 0 1 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Jamaica Alvas Powell 15 2 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Canada Will Johnson 29 6 4 0 28 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF United States Michael Harrington 25 0 1 1 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FW Liberia Darlington Nagbe 32 1 0 0 34 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Steve Zakuani 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Argentina Diego Valeri 33 11 6 0 31 10 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Martinique Frédéric Piquionne 3 0 0 0 21 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Argentina Gastón Fernández 32 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Ghana Kalif Alhassan 15 1 1 0 30 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Zimbabwe Schillo Tshuma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF United States Jack Jewsbury 19 0 1 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF United States Ben Zemanski 13 0 2 0 25 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF United States Steven Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF United States Bryan Gallego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF United States Michael Nanchoff 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF United States Jorge Villafaña 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF United States Taylor Peay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Colombia Diego Chará 31 2 8 0 31 2 8 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Costa Rica Rodney Wallace 17 5 2 0 27 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Argentina Norberto Paparatto 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF United States George Fochive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF United States Rauwshan McKenzie 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK United States Andrew Weber 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Argentina Maximiliano Urruti 30 10 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Norway Pa Modou Kah 20 1 5 0 20 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 GK New Zealand Jake Gleeson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own goals for 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalkeeper stats


Last updated: March 8, 2014

No. Nat Player Total Major League Soccer U.S. Open Cup CCL
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
1 Jamaica Donovan Ricketts 90 1 1.00 5 90 1 1.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
33 United States Andrew Weber 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0
90 New Zealand Jake Gleeson 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0
TOTALS 90 1 1.00 5 90 1 1.00 5 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0

Player Recognition

Player movement

Transfers in

Date Player Pos Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
December 12, 2013 United States Jorge Villafaña MF United StatesChivas USA Traded along with the number 2 pick in the 1st Stage of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft for Andrew Jean-Baptiste [5]
December 12, 2013 Democratic Republic of the Congo Steve Zakuani MF United StatesSeattle Sounders FC Selected with the number 2 pick in the 1st Stage of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft [6]
January 10, 2014 United States Andrew Weber GK United StatesPhoenix FC Signed as free agent [7]
January 15, 2014 United States Bryan Gallego DF University of Akron
United StatesPortland Timbers U23s
Signed as Homegrown Player Rule [8]
January 15, 2014 Argentina Gastón Fernández FW ArgentinaEstudiantes de La Plata [9]
January 15, 2014 Argentina Norberto Paparatto DF ArgentinaClub Atlético Tigre [10]
February 11, 2014 Zimbabwe Schillo Tshuma FW University of Maryland A Generation Adidas contract [11]
February 11, 2014 United States Taylor Peay DF University of Washington [11]
February 25, 2014 United States George Fochive MF University of Connecticut [12]
February 25, 2014 United States Aaron Long MF UC Riverside [12]
May 27, 2014 United States Danny O'Rourke DF United StatesColumbus Crew Signed as Free Agent [13]
June 23, 2014 Nigeria Fanendo Adi FW DenmarkCopenhagen Signed permanent Designated Player contract [14]
June 25, 2014 England Liam Ridgewell DF EnglandWest Bromwich Albion Signed Designated Player contract [15]

Loans in

Date Player Pos Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref

Loans out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
January 15, 2014 Colombia José Adolfo Valencia FW ArgentinaClub Olimpo Season-long loan [16]
February 18, 2014 New Zealand Jake Gleeson GK Sacramento Republic FC Loaned as part of partnership [17]
February 18, 2014 United States Bryan Gallego DF Sacramento Republic FC Loaned as part of partnership [17]
January 15, 2014 United States Aaron Long MF Sacramento Republic FC Loaned as part of partnership [18]

Transfers out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
December 9, 2013 United States David Horst DF United StatesHouston Dynamo 2014 Option Declined. Rights traded to Houston Dynamo for 4th Round pick in 2014 MLS SuperDraft [19][20]
December 9, 2013 United States Ryan Miller DF N/A 2014 Option Declined [19]
December 9, 2013 United States Dylan Tucker-Gangnes DF N/A Waived ahead of 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft [19]
December 9, 2013 United States Brent Richards FW N/A Waived ahead of 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft [19]
December 12, 2013 United States Andrew Jean-Baptiste DF United StatesChivas USA Traded for Jorge Villafaña and the number 2 pick in the 1st Stage of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft [5]
December 13, 2013 United States Sal Zizzo MF United StatesSporting Kansas City Traded for allocation money [21]
January 10, 2014 Colombia Sebastián Rincón FW ArgentinaClub Atlético Tigre Not re-signed after end of loan [7]
January 27, 2014 France Mikaël Silvestre DF IndiaChennaiyin FC Mutually agreed to terminate contract [22]
February 27, 2014 Jamaica Ryan Johnson FW China Henan Jianye F.C. No longer on roster. No press release made. [23]
May 13, 2014 France Frédéric Piquionne FW France US Créteil Waived [24]
June 2, 2014 The Gambia Mamadou Danso FW CanadaMontreal Impact Traded for a 2nd round pick in 2015 MLS SuperDraft [25]
July 2, 2014 United States Aaron Long MF United StatesSeattle Sounders FC Released [26]
N/A Serbia Miloš Kocić GK Retired Announced retirement and no longer on roster. No press release made. [27]

2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Picks

Round (Overall Pick) Player Pos Previous Club Ref
1 (2) Democratic Republic of the Congo Steve Zakuani DF United StatesSeattle Sounders FC [28]

2014 MLS SuperDraft Picks

Round (Overall Pick) Player Pos Previous Club Ref
1 (17) Zimbabwe Schillo Tshuma FW University of Maryland [29]
2 (26) United States Taylor Peay DF University of Washington [29]
2 (36) United States Aaron Long MF UC Riverside [29]
3 (39) United States George Fochive MF University of Connecticut [30]
4 (71) United States Victor Chavez FW UCLA [30]
4 (73) United States Nikita Kotlov MF Indiana University [30]

Unsigned Trialists

Player Pos Previous Club Notes
United States Richard Menjivar MF United States Atlanta Silverbacks Preseason [31]
United States Justin Luthy GK Boston College Preseason [32]
Ghana Francis Dadzie FW Ghana Bechem United Preseason [33]

Miscellaneous

International Roster Slots

References

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