Portland Timbers

2006 season
President	John Cunningham
Head coach	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: Luke Kreamalmeyer (8 goals) All: 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
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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
1	Montreal Impact	51	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	50	28	13	4	11	34	21	+13
3	Charleston Battery	46	28	13	8	7	33	25	+8	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	46	28	12	6	10	40	28	+12
5	Miami FC	39	28	11	11	6	47	44	+3
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	38	36	+2
7	Seattle Sounders	37	28	11	13	4	42	48	−6
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	35	28	10	13	5	36	42	−6
9	Virginia Beach Mariners	32	28	8	12	8	26	37	−11	VAB: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
10	Toronto Lynx	32	28	8	12	8	30	36	−6
11	Portland Timbers	27	28	7	15	6	25	39	−14	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts
12	Minnesota Thunder	27	28	7	15	6	34	45	−11

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
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

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

Cascadia Cup

2006

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
Seattle Sounders	14	8	4	2	2	13	10	+3
Vancouver Whitecaps	12	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2
Portland Timbers	6	8	1	4	3	6	11	-5

Club

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. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Martin Hutton (on loan from Houston Dynamo) 1 GK   USA Bayard Elfvin 2 DF   USA Jacobi Goodfellow 4 DF   USA Lee Morrison 5 DF   USA Salim Bullen 6 MF   USA Tom Poltl 7 MF   MEX Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 9 MF   USA Oral Bullen 10 MF   USA Luke Kreamalmeyer 11 FW   USA Alan Gordon (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) 12 MF   USA Sergio Iñiguez 13 MF   COL Alejandro Gutierrez 14 DF   USA Garrett Marcum

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW   MEX Byron Alvarez 16 MF   USA Mike Randolph 17 DF   USA Scot Thompson ( captain) 19 MF   USA Troy Ready 21 MF   ZIM Mubarike Chisoni 22 FW   USA Jaime Ambriz 26 DF   USA Michael Nsien 28 MF   USA Mike Chabala (on loan from Houston Dynamo) 30 FW   USA Yuri Morales 31 GK   USA Josh Saunders (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) 33 MF   USA Ronnie Silva 40 DF   NZL Gavin Wilkinson

Recognition

USL-1 All-League First Team ^[7]

Pos	Player	GP
MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	28

USL-1 All-Star Team ^[8]

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

USL-1 Player of the Week

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

USL-1 Team of the Week

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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL-1		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
0	GK	USA	Martin Hutton	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
(0)	GK	USA	Devin Zimmerman (released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
1	GK	USA	Bayard Elfvin	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Jacobi Goodfellow	23	0	23+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	USA	Lee Morrison	29	0	24+4	0	1+0	0
5	DF	USA	Salim Bullen	12	0	7+4	0	1+0	0
6	MF	USA	Tom Poltl	23	0	13+9	0	0+1	0
7	MF	MEX	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	26	3	24+1	3	1+0	0
(8)	MF	SLV	Edwin Miranda (released)	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
9	MF	USA	Oral Bullen	20	2	7+12	2	0+1	0
10	MF	USA	Luke Kreamalmeyer	29	9	26+2	8	1+0	1
11	FW	USA	Alan Gordon	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
(11)	FW	USA	Drew McAthy (released)	15	0	9+5	0	1+0	0
12	MF	USA	Sergio Iñiguez	9	0	2+7	0	0+0	0
13	MF	COL	Alejandro Gutierrez	15	2	10+4	2	0+1	0
14	DF	USA	Garrett Marcum	11	0	6+5	0	0+0	0
15	FW	MEX	Byron Alvarez	25	4	21+3	4	1+0	0
16	MF	USA	Mike Randolph	26	0	25+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF	USA	Scot Thompson	23	1	21+1	1	1+0	0
19	MF	USA	Troy Ready	11	1	1+10	1	0+0	0
21	MF	ZIM	Mubarike Chisoni	18	2	16+1	2	1+0	0
22	FW	USA	Jaime Ambriz	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
(23)	FW	USA	Chad Bartlomé (undisclosed release or transfer)	5	1	4+1	1	0+0	0
26	DF	USA	Michael Nsien	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	USA	Mike Chabala	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	USA	Yuri Morales	7	0	3+4	0	0+0	0
31	GK	USA	Josh Saunders	23	0	20+2	0	1+0	0
33	MF	USA	Ronnie Silva	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
(33)	DF	USA	Josh Brown (released)	8	0	4+3	0	1+0	0
40	DF	NZL	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		MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	9	8	1
2		FW	Byron Alvarez	4	4	0
3		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	3	3	0
4		MF	Oral Bullen	2	2	0
		MF	Mubarike Chisoni	2	2	0
		MF	Alejandro Gutierrez	2	2	0
7		FW	Chad Bartlomé	1	1	0
		MF	Troy Ready	1	1	0
		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
1		GK	Bayard Elfvin	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Jacobi Goodfellow	7	0	7	0	0	0
4		DF	Lee Morrison	4	0	3	0	1	0
5		DF	Salim Bullen	1	0	1	0	0	0
6		MF	Tom Poltl	5	0	4	0	1	0
7		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	5	0	5	0	0	0
(8)		MF	Edwin Miranda	1	0	1	0	0	0
9		MF	Oral Bullen	1	0	1	0	0	0
10		MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	1	0	1	0	0	0
13		MF	Alejandro Gutierrez	4	0	4	0	0	0
14		DF	Garrett Marcum	1	0	1	0	0	0
15		FW	Byron Alvarez	7	0	7	0	0	0
16		MF	Mike Randolph	4	1	3	1	1	0
17		DF	Scot Thompson	4	0	4	0	0	0
19		MF	Troy Ready	1	0	1	0	0	0
21		MF	Mubarike Chisoni	5	0	4	0	1	0
26		DF	Michael Nsien	6	0	6	0	0	0
31		GK	Josh Saunders	1	0	0	0	1	0
(33)		DF	Josh Brown	2	0	2	0	0	0
40		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		Martin Hutton	180	4	2.00	8	180	4	2.00	8	0	0	—	0
(0)		Devin Zimmerman	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
1		Bayard Elfvin	502	5	0.90	25	502	5	0.90	25	0	0	—	0
31		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	Oral Bullen ( R)	MF	UMass Minutemen	Free	[21]
March 3, 2006	Salim Bullen ( R)	DF	Bradley Braves	Free	[21]
March 3, 2006	Jacobi Goodfellow	DF	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves	Free	[21]
March 3, 2006	Drew McAthy	FW	Puerto Rico Islanders	Free	[21]
March 13, 2006	Michael Nsien	DF	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves	Free	[22]
March 22, 2006	Luke Kreamalmeyer	MF	Real Salt Lake	Free	[23]
March 30, 2006	Josh Brown ( R)	DF	New Mexico Lobos	Free	[24]
March 30, 2006	Mike Randolph ( R)	MF	Yavapai Roughriders	Free	[24]
March 30, 2006	Troy Ready	MF	Cascade Surge	Free	[24]
March 30, 2006	Devin Zimmerman	GK	Olympique Montreux	Free	[24]
April 3, 2006	Mubarike Chisoni	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Free	[25]
April 12, 2006	Alejandro Gutierrez	MF	Utah Blitzz	Free	[26]
April 18, 2006	Sergio Iñiguez	MF	Atlanta Silverbacks	Free	[27]
April / May 2006	Bayard Elfvin	GK	St. Louis Steamers	Free
May 1, 2006	Chad Bartlomé	FW	California Cougars	Free	[28]
June 29, 2006	Jaime Ambriz	FW	Concordia Basel	Free	[29]
July 27, 2006	Yuri Morales	FW	Ølstykke	Free	[30]
August 3, 2006	Ronnie Silva	MF	Salinas Valley Samba	Free	[31]

Loans in

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

Transfers out

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

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 24, 2006	Anthony Noreiga	DF	George Mason Patriots	USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round	[34]
January 24, 2006	Kenney Bertz	DF	Maryland Terrapins 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