Portland's newest soccer team, the Portland Thorns FC, unveiled the uniforms for their inaugural season Tuesday, which happen to double as roving billboards for three Portland businesses.
The U.S. Soccer Federation announced it will start a new women's professional league in 2013, and that Portland and Seattle will be two of the eight clubs.
Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson was nailed by Major League Soccer with a $25,000 fine for confronting the officials during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with the D.C. United.
The Portland Timbers announced Caleb Porter, 37, who coached the Akron University Zips to a 2010 NCAA championship win, will head up the popular Portland team in 2013.
John Spencer has been coach of the Timbers since the team joined Major League Soccer last year. General manager Gavin Wilkinson will take over as head coach for the rest of the season. The Timbers are 5-8-4 with no wins on the road this season.
Danny Mwanga and Jack Jewsbury each scored, Portland tightened its sagging defense and the Timbers knocked off the league-leading San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on Tuesday night.
The Portland Timbers today announced the signing of Scottish forward Kris Boyd as a Designated Player. Boyd is the Scottish Premier League’s all-time leading scorer with 164 goals.
The team and its supporters are disappointed they finished out of the Major League Soccer playoffs. But otherwise it was a resoundingly successful season for the expansion club, and the fans deserve a lot of the credit.
PORTLAND, Ore. — At a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday at Chapman School in Northwest Portland, representatives from the Portland Timbers, adidas and the city of Portland presented youth players from Hillside Soccer Club a check for $40,000 to help...