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Portland Timbers

2012 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head coach	John Spencer Until 9 July 2012 Gavin Wilkinson From July 9, 2012
Stadium	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon ( Capacity: 20,438)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 8th Overall: 17th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Third round vs Cal FC
Cascadia Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Kris Boyd (7 goals) All: Kris Boyd (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	20,438 all home games
Lowest home attendance	5,489 vs Cal FC May 30, 2012
Average home league attendance	20,438 MLS 19,608All
Primary colors Secondary colors Third colors
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The 2012 Portland Timbers season was the 2nd season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The season ended with a 1–1 tie with San Jose on October 27, an MLS record of 8-10-16, and elimination from the MLS Cup at 8th place in the western conference and 17th in the overall MLS regular season standings. The Timbers won the 2012 Cascadia Cup with a record of 3-1-2 against Seattle and Vancouver. Including all previous teams in the area to bear the "Timbers" name, this is the 26th season in the history of the Portland Timbers franchise.

Background

On July 9, Portland Timbers parted company with John Spencer. Gavin Wilkinson was then appointed as manager until the end of the season. ^[1]

Preseason

California training camp

Return to Portland

Portland Timbers Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Jose Earthquakes	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
2	Portland Timbers	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	AIK	3	1	1	1	2	0	+2	4
4	Chivas USA	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Regular season

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Major League Soccer	—	17th	March 12, 2012	October 27, 2012
U.S. Open Cup	Third round	Third round	May 29, 2012	May 29, 2012
Cascadia Cup	—	1st	May 26, 2012	October 21, 2012

Updated to match played March 18, 2012
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Western Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Jose Earthquakes	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
3	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
4	LA Galaxy	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43
6	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
7	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
8	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
9	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes (S)	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63
3	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
4	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
5	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
6	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
8	LA Galaxy (C)	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53
10	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43
12	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42	CONCACAF Champions League
13	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
14	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
15	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
16	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
17	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
18	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30
19	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23

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
34	34	8	16	10	35	55	−20	7	4	6	25	20	+5	1	12	4	10	35	−25

Last updated: October 29, 2012
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

U.S. Open Cup

Cup bracket

	3rd Round					4th Round
	MLS	Portland Timbers	0
	USASA	Cal FC ( aet)	1
						MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	5
						USASA	Cal FC	0
	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	5
	NASL	Atlanta Silverbacks	1

Third round

Cascadia Cup

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	Portland Timbers	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	11
2	Seattle Sounders FC	6	2	1	3	9	5	+4	9
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	0	3	3	4	8	-4	3

2012 Reserve League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves (C)	10	6	3	1	22	11	+11	19
2	San Jose Earthquakes Reserves	10	5	3	2	15	12	+3	17
3	Seattle Sounders Reserves	10	4	5	1	18	19	-1	13
3	Portland Timbers Reserves	10	4	5	1	17	18	-1	13
5	Chivas USA Reserves	10	3	4	3	21	21	0	12
6	Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves	10	3	5	2	11	22	−11	11

Club

Kits

Primary

Primary Alt.

Secondary

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Primary	Green / White sleeves	White	Green
Primary Alt.	Green / White sleeves	Green	Green	MLS, July 18 against Chivas USA
Secondary	Red / White sleeves	White	Red
Third	White	White	White

Executive staff

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

Updated to match played January 23, 2012
Source:  Portland Timbers

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	John Spencer
Assistant Coach	Amos Magee
Assistant Coach	Cameron Knowles
Goalkeeping Coach	Mike Toshack
Fitness Coach	John Ireland
Head Athletic Trainer	Nik Wald
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Jun Morishita

Squad

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 7, 2012. ^[2]

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Donovan Ricketts   Jamaica 2 FW Mike Fucito   United States 4 DF Ian Hogg   New Zealand 5 DF Eric Brunner   United States 6 MF Darlington Nagbe ( GA)   Liberia 7 MF Sal Zizzo   United States 8 MF Franck Songo'o   Cameroon 9 FW Kris Boyd ( DP)   Scotland 10 FW Danny Mwanga   DR Congo 11 MF Kalif Alhassan   Ghana 12 DF David Horst   United States 13 MF Jack Jewsbury ( captain)   United States 14 DF Steven Smith   Scotland 15 DF Kosuke Kimura   Japan 16 FW Brent Richards ( HGP)   United States 17 MF Eric Alexander   United States 18 DF Ryan Kawulok   United States 19 FW Bright Dike   United States 20 FW José Adolfo Valencia (on loan from Santa Fe)   Colombia 21 MF Diego Chará ( DP)   Colombia 22 DF Rodney Wallace   Costa Rica 23 GK Joe Bendik   United States 24 FW Sebastián Rincón (on loan from CA Atenas)   Colombia 25 DF Steve Purdy   El Salvador 26 MF Charles Renken   United States 27 DF Chris Taylor   United States 28 MF Freddie Braun   United States 30 DF Lovel Palmer   Jamaica 33 DF Hanyer Mosquera   Colombia 35 DF Andrew Jean-Baptiste (on loan to Los Angeles Blues / GA)   United States 90 GK Jake Gleeson   New Zealand 98 DF Mamadou Danso   Gambia

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included. ^[3]

As of October 22, 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JAM	Donovan Ricketts	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
2	FW	USA	Mike Fucito	12	0	3+9	0	0+0	0
4	DF	NZL	Ian Hogg	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	USA	Eric Brunner	13	1	10+3	1	0+0	0
6	MF	LBR	Darlington Nagbe	34	6	31+2	6	1+0	0
7	MF	USA	Sal Zizzo	19	1	12+7	1	0+0	0
8	MF	CMR	Franck Songo'o	27	1	21+6	1	0+0	0
9	FW	SCO	Kris Boyd	27	7	22+4	7	1+0	0
10	FW	COD	Danny Mwanga	18	3	7+11	3	0+0	0
11	MF	GHA	Kalif Alhassan	17	1	10+6	1	1+0	0
12	DF	USA	David Horst	23	1	20+2	1	1+0	0
13	MF	USA	Jack Jewsbury	33	3	31+1	3	1+0	0
14	DF	SCO	Steven Smith	23	0	22+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	JPN	Kosuke Kimura	17	1	16+1	1	0+0	0
16	FW	USA	Brent Richards	7	0	2+4	0	0+1	0
17	MF	USA	Eric Alexander	24	0	13+10	0	1+0	0
18	DF	USA	Ryan Kawulok	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	USA	Bright Dike	12	5	9+3	5	0+0	0
20	FW	COL	José Adolfo Valencia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	COL	Diego Chará	29	0	28+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	CRC	Rodney Wallace	19	1	14+5	1	0+0	0
23	GK	USA	Joe Bendik	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
25	DF	SLV	Steve Purdy	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	USA	Charles Renken	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	USA	Chris Taylor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	USA	Freddie Braun	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
30	DF	JAM	Lovel Palmer	19	0	15+4	0	0+0	0
33	DF	COL	Hanyer Mosquera	27	0	25+1	0	1+0	0
35	DF	USA	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	5	1	4+1	1	0+0	0
90	GK	NZL	Jake Gleeson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
98	DF	GAM	Mamadou Danso	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Portland no longer at the club:
1	GK	USA	Troy Perkins	23	0	22+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	USA	Mike Chabala	10	0	7+3	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Eddie Johnson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	HAI	James Marcelin	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
15	FW	COL	Jorge Perlaza	11	0	6+4	0	1+0	0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only. ^[3]

As of September 20, 2012

Rk.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total	Major League Soccer	U.S. Open Cup
1		FW	Kris Boyd	7	7	0
2		MF	Darlington Nagbe	6	6	0
3		FW	Bright Dike	5	5	0
4		FW	Danny Mwanga	3	3	0
		MF	Jack Jewsbury	3	3	0
6			Own Goal	2	2	0
7		MF	Kalif Alhassan	1	1	0
		DF	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	1	1	0
		DF	Eric Brunner	1	1	0
		DF	David Horst	1	1	0
		DF	Kosuke Kimura	1	1	0
		MF	Sal Zizzo	1	1	0
		MF	Franck Songo'o	1	1	0
		DF	Rodney Wallace	1	1	0
			TOTALS	34	34	0

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only. ^[4]

As of September 20, 2012

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		U.S. Open Cup
5		DF	Eric Brunner	1	0	1	0	0	0
7		MF	Sal Zizzo	2	0	2	0	0	0
8		MF	Franck Songo'o	8	0	8	0	0	0
9		FW	Kris Boyd	3	0	3	0	0	0
11		MF	Kalif Alhassan	1	0	1	0	0	0
12		DF	David Horst	1	0	1	0	0	0
13		MF	Jack Jewsbury	5	0	5	0	0	0
14		DF	Steven Smith	6	0	6	0	0	0
14		MF	James Marcelin	1	0	1	0	0	0
15		DF	Kosuke Kimura	1	0	1	0	0	0
17		MF	Eric Alexander	1	0	1	0	0	0
21		MF	Diego Chará	10	1	10	1	0	0
22		DF	Rodney Wallace	2	0	2	0	0	0
25		DF	Steve Purdy	1	0	1	0	0	0
30		DF	Lovel Palmer	4	1	4	1	0	0
33		DF	Hanyer Mosquera	4	0	4	0	0	0
98		DF	Mamadou Danso	2	0	2	0	0	0
			TOTALS	51	2	51	2	0	0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included. ^[5]
Last updated: March 18, 2012

No.	Nat	Player	Total				Major League Soccer				U.S. Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
1		Troy Perkins	1177	14	1.07	39	1057	13	1.11	37	120	1	1	2
23		Joe Bendik	23	2	—	0	23	2	—	0	0	0	—	0
90		Jake Gleeson	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
		TOTALS	540	10	1.60	14	540	10	1.60	14	0	0	—	0

Player movement

Transfers in

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 4, 2012	Brent Richards ( R)	FW	Washington Huskies Portland Timbers U23's	Signed as Home Grown Player	[6]
January 12, 2012	Andrew Jean-Baptiste ( R)	DF	Connecticut Huskies	SuperDraft, 1st round; signed to Generation adidas contract prior to draft	[7]
January 17, 2012	Hanyer Mosquera	DF	La Equidad	Free	[8]
January 30, 2012	Kris Boyd	FW	Eskişehirspor	Free, MLS rights acquired from Houston Dynamo for a 2013 1st round SuperDraft pick; signed to Designated Player contract	[9] [10]
January 31, 2012	Charles Renken ( R)	MF	1899 Hoffenheim	Free, MLS rights acquired via waivers	[11]
February 16, 2012	Franck Songo'o	MF	Albacete	Free	[12]
February 24, 2012	Joe Bendik	GK	Sogndal	Free	[13]
March 1, 2012	Ryan Kawulok ( R)	MF	Portland Pilots Portland Timbers U23's	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[14]
April 25, 2012	Steven Smith	DF	Preston North End	Free	[15]
June 6, 2012	Danny Mwanga	FW	Philadelphia Union	Trade for Jorge Perlaza	[16]
July 5, 2012	Kosuke Kimura	DF	Colorado Rapids	Trade for allocation money and an international slot	[17]
August 7, 2012	Donovan Ricketts	GK	Montreal Impact	Trade for Troy Perkins	[18]
August 9, 2012	Ian Hogg	DF	Auckland City		[19]

Loans in

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
February 3, 2012	José Adolfo Valencia	FW	Santa Fe	One year loan; initially signed to Designated Player contract on December 15, 2011, but failed team physical (knee); full transfer (undisclosed fee) and original DP contract will take effect upon full recovery from knee surgery; placed on disabled list and will not count against roster during 2012 season	[20] [21]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 28, 2011	Kevin Goldthwaite	DF	N/A	Retired	[22]
November 28, 2011	Adin Brown	GK	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	[23]
November 28, 2011	Rodrigo López	MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	[23]
November 28, 2011	Peter Lowry	MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	[23]
November 28, 2011	Ryan Pore	MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	[23]
November 28, 2011	Spencer Thompson	FW	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	[23]
January 12, 2012	Kenny Cooper	FW	New York Red Bulls	Traded for a 2013 1st round SuperDraft pick and allocation money	[24]
August 7, 2012	Troy Perkins	GK	Montreal Impact	Trade for Donovan Ricketts	[18]
August 9, 2012	Mike Chabala	DF	D.C. United	Trade for a first round 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft pick	[25]

Loans out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 12, 2012	Brendan King	MF	Notre Dame Fighting Irish Chicago Fire Premier	SuperDraft, 2nd round; attended training camp, not offered a contract	[7] [26]
January 17, 2012	Miguel Ibarra	MF	UC Irvine Anteaters Orange County Blue Star	Supplemental Draft, 2nd round; attended training camp, not offered a contract	[27] [28]
January 17, 2012	Doug Herrick	GK	Saint Mary's Gaels Washington Crossfire	Supplemental Draft, 3rd round; attended training camp, not offered a contract	[27] [29]
January 17, 2012	Logan McDaniel	MF	Loyola Marymount Lions Des Moines Menace	Supplemental Draft, 4th round; injured prior to training camp, not offered a contract	[27] [29]

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Portland is in the #8 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. ^[30]

International roster slots

Portland has 8 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster slots. Clubs may trade their excess international roster slots to other teams and there is no limit to the amount of slots each team can acquire.

Portland acquired one additional slot for use in the 2011 and 2012 seasons from Los Angeles Galaxy, in exchange for allocation money, to bring their total to 9 for their first two seasons in MLS. ^[31] The Timbers then traded one of their 2012 slots to the Montreal Impact in exchange for not selecting any Timbers players in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft ^[32] and a 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft 4th Round pick. ^[33]

Prior to the 2012 season, Portland acquired an additional slot from D.C. United for use in the 2012 and 2013 seasons in exchange for allocation money, ^[33] bringing their total back up to 9 at the start of the 2012 season. In July 2012, Portland traded a slot to Colorado Rapids as part of the Kosuke Kimura deal. That slot returns to Portland after the 2012 season.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired:

• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick from New York Red Bulls. ^[24]
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick from Houston Dynamo. ^[34]
• 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 pick from D.C. United.
• 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 4 pick from Montreal Impact. ^[33]

Future picks traded:

• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick to Houston Dynamo. ^[10]
• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick (conditional) to Montreal Impact. This pick may instead turn into use of an international roster slot for the 2013 season, dependent on the performance of Mike Fucito in 2012. ^[35]

References