As the start of the 2012 season gets closer and closer, the Portland Timbers have been preparing for their second season as members of Major League Soccer. The Timbers are coming off a roller coaster first season where they played strong in front of the home fans at JELD-WEN Field and seemed to struggle during […]

Here at Total-MLS we have been getting you ready for the season with our team previews and we are excited to bring you another interview with an MLS player. Today we bring you our interview with Portland Timber defender Mike Chabala. Mike is entering his 7th season in Major League Soccer and his 1st full […]

If there’s anything I’ve learned about the Timbers this year is that they can play the top flight teams tough when they want. Saturday night in Philadelphia, The Portland Timbers stole a road point from the home side after having beaten the Union in Portland earlier in the season. This game meant a ton to […]

Who are these guys? If you were to tell me that the Timbers of June, July and the first part of August would string together two dominating games at home for 6 points in the table all while jumping into a tie for tenth in the playoff hunt, I’d have said you were crazy. From […]

If the Portland Timbers are poised to make a playoff push, they took a big step towards that on Saturday night at Jeld-Wen field in front of 18,627 fans. Along with four other teams within striking distance of the final playoff spots in the MLS table, the boys in green earned a well-deserved 3 points […]

With the Timbers recovering ever so slightly recently from their two month plus slide in the table, they look to add some much needed points as they end a three game trip in Kansas City to play a side that is just ahead of them in the standings. Portland returns ex-KC player Jack Jewsbury to […]

In a return to Houston for three current Timbers, the team fell in a deep hole early only to claw their way back in the second half and fall short at the end. Coach John Spencer, who came over to coach the Portland side in the off season after having spent the last 5 years […]

Do the Portland Timbers know the way to a road win? Saturday night in San Jose the Earthquakes rode a possession-heavy offense in their favor to a tie that was long on fouls and chippy play but short on action. The host San Jose team had not won in 9 games and the visiting Timbers […]

If this is how the Timbers plan on playing the rest of the season, count me in. On a hot night at Jeld-Wen Field, Portland played their best game of the season by far in scoring two first half goals to put the Galaxy on their heels and finishing it off in the second half […]

In what’s becoming a regular theme for the team, the Portland Timbers allowed visiting Toronto FC to steal a draw at home at JELD-WEN in the late stages of the match. What looked like a dominate, ball-controlled game for the boys in green, turned into another missed opportunity for 3 points in the table. The […]

One thing’s for sure with the Timbers this season: They play at times like they really have it figured out. On a hot and humid Saturday night at Columbus Crew stadium, the Portland Timbers held position for the majority of the game before losing on a ping-ponging ball in the box that deflected off defender […]

On the field Saturday night the Portland Timbers (5-6-2, 17 points) looked like the dominant team, controlling the run of play and sending dangerous volleys at Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens but it was a late winner from Rapids defender Drew Moor that secured the victory for the defending champions. A bizarre sequence of events surrounded […]

Making the rounds around the league, Northern Ireland international Jamie Mulgrew has arrived in Portland to begin a trial with the team. It’s been reported that coach John Spencer expects him to be here for about a week. Mulgrew, a midfielder who last played for the Irish Premier League side, Linfield, and was the club’s 2010 player […]

If Jeld-Wen Field is the lucky charm that spurs the Portland Timbers (5-5-2, 17 points) to victories, then the Home Depot Center, home of Chivas USA (4-4-5, 17 points) is it’s opposite, a place of horror and disappointment. After two games in Carson, California the Timbers have failed to grab any points or even score […]

The Portland Timbers (5-3-2, 17 points) hosted the Columbus Crew (3-3-4, 13 points) at Jeld-Wen Field on Saturday in the first of a three game home stand. Let’s go over the game by the numbers. PTFC Perfect from Juliet Zulu on Vimeo.  1998 The last time any team in Major League Soccer started the season […]