2013 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers

2013 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head coach	Caleb Porter
Stadium	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 20,674)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 1st Overall: 3rd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference finals
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Cascadia Cup	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Valeri(10 goals) All: Diego Valeri(12 goals)
Highest home attendance	Preseason: 14,968 Regular Season: 20,674 Open Cup: 10,924 Friendlies:18,553
Lowest home attendance	Preseason: 10,724 Regular Season: 20,674 Open Cup: 5,931 Friendlies:13,124
Average home league attendance	Preseason: 13,307 Regular Season: 20,674 Open Cup: 8,427 Friendlies:15,839
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The 2013 Portland Timbers season was the 3rd season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.

Background[edit]

Caleb Porter was announced as the Timbers head coach on August 29, 2012, but finished out coaching his final year at the University of Akron. He was introduced as the head coach on January 8, 2013.^[1]

Competitions[edit]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Major League Soccer	—	3rd	March 3, 2013	October 26, 2013
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference semifinals	Conference finals	November 2, 2013	November 24, 2013
U.S. Open Cup	Third round	Semifinals	May 28, 2013	August 7, 2013
Cascadia Cup	—	3rd	March 16, 2013	October 13, 2013

Updated to match played October 27, 2013
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer[edit]

Preseason[edit]

Desert Friendlies

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	FC Dallas	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	AIK	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	Portland Timbers	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Regular season[edit]

MLS Cup Playoffs[edit]

	Knockout					Conference semifinals							Conference finals							MLS Cup
						E1	New York	2	1	3
	E4	Houston	3			E4	Houston (a.e.t.)	2	2	4
	E5	Montreal	0			Eastern Conference							E4	Houston	0	1	1
													E2	Kansas City	0	2	2
						E2	Kansas City (a.e.t.)	1	3	4
						E3	New England	2	1	3
																				E2	Kansas City (p)	1 (7)
																				W2	Salt Lake	1 (6)
						W1	Portland	2	3	5
	W4	Seattle	2			W4	Seattle	1	2	3
	W5	Colorado	0			Western Conference							W1	Portland	2	0	2
													W2	Salt Lake	4	1	5
						W2	Salt Lake (a.e.t.)	0	2	2
						W3	Los Angeles	1	0	1

Western Conference standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
3	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
6	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
8	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
9	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26

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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City (C)	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57
4	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
5	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52
7	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
8	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
11	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
14	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
15	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
16	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
17	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
18	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26
19	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16	CONCACAF Champions League

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	57	14	5	15	54	33	+21	11	1	5	29	11	+18	3	4	10	25	22	+3

Last updated: October 27, 2013
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[edit]

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

Cup bracket[edit]

3rd Round

4th Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

MLS

Portland Timbers

5

USLP

Wilmington Hammerheads

1

MLS

Portland Timbers

2

NASL

Tampa Bay Rowdies

0

NASL

Tampa Bay Rowdies

1

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC

0

MLS

Portland Timbers

3

MLS

FC Dallas

2

NASL

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

0

MLS

FC Dallas

2

MLS

FC Dallas

3

MLS

Houston Dynamo

0

MLS

Houston Dynamo

2

PDL

FC Tucson

0

MLS

Portland Timbers

1

MLS

Real Salt Lake

2

MLS

Real Salt Lake

3

NASL

Atlanta Silverbacks

2

MLS

Real Salt Lake

5 a.e.t.

USLP

Charleston Battery

2

USLP

Charleston Battery

1

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

0

MLS

Real Salt Lake

3

NASL

Carolina RailHawks

0

NASL

Carolina RailHawks

2

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

0

NASL

Carolina RailHawks

3 a.e.t

MLS

Chivas USA

1

MLS

Chivas USA

2

USLP

Los Angeles Blues

1

Cascadia Cup[edit]

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.

2013

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	2	1	3	13	9	+4	9
Portland Timbers	6	1	1	4	7	7	0	7
Seattle Sounders FC	6	2	3	1	6	10	−4	7

Friendlies[edit]

2013 MLS Reserve League[edit]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	LA Galaxy Reserves (C)	10	5	1	4	16	9	+7	19	1.90
2	Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves	10	4	2	4	21	15	+6	16	1.60
3	Real Salt Lake Reserves	14	6	4	4	14	13	+1	22	1.57
4	Chivas USA Reserves	12	5	6	1	23	24	-1	16	1.33
5	San Jose Earthquakes Reserves	10	4	5	1	18	12	+6	13	1.30
6	Colorado Rapids Reserves	14	5	7	2	16	20	-4	17	1.21
7	Seattle Sounders FC Reserves	12	4	6	2	17	21	-4	14	1.17
8	Portland Timbers Reserves	14	4	7	3	16	23	-7	15	1.07

Reserve League schedule[edit]

Club[edit]

Kits[edit]

Primary

Secondary

Secondary Alt.

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Primary	Green / White	White	Green
Secondary	White / Red	White	White
Secondary Alt.	White / Red	Red	White	MLS, March 16 against Seattle
Third	White	White	White

Executive staff[edit]

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[edit]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Caleb Porter
Assistant Coach	Pablo Moreira
Assistant Coach	Amos Magee
Assistant Coach	Sean McAuley
Assistant Coach	Cameron Knowles
Goalkeeping Coach	Mike Toshack
Director of Sport Science	John Cone Ph.D.
Head Athletic Trainer	Nik Wald
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Jun Morishita

Squad[edit]

Roster and statistics[edit]

All players contracted to the club during the season included.^[2]

As of October 27, 2013

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Total App	Total	Total	Total	MLS App.	MLS	MLS	MLS	Open Cup App.	Open Cup	Open Cup	Open Cup
1	GK		Donovan Ricketts	34	0	2	0	32	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF		Ryan Miller	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF		Will Johnson	31	9	5	0	27	9	4	0	3	0	1	0
5	DF		Michael Harrington	35	0	2	0	33	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
6	FW		Darlington Nagbe	38	10	1	0	34	9	1	0	4	1	0	0
7	MF		Sal Zizzo	12	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		Diego Valeri	34	12	2	0	31	10	2	0	3	2	0	0
9	FW		Ryan Johnson	31	9	3	0	29	9	2	0	2	0	1	0
10	FW		Frédéric Piquionne	24	6	0	0	21	1	0	0	3	5	0	0
11	MF		Kalif Alhassan	33	3	2	0	30	3	2	0	3	0	0	0
12	DF		David Horst	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Jack Jewsbury	28	1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
14	MF		Ben Zemanski	28	1	4	1	25	1	4	1	3	0	0	0
15	MF		Steven Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	FW		Brent Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Michael Nanchoff	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
18	MF		Brad Ring	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Bright Dike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		José Adolfo Valencia	24	1	1	0	21	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
21	MF		Diego Chará	33	0	8	0	31	0	8	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF		Rodney Wallace	29	7	3	0	27	7	3	0	2	0	0	0
23	DF		Alvas Powell	6	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Mobi Fehr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Sebastián Rincón	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Dylan Tucker-Gangnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Mikaël Silvestre	8	0	2	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Miloš Kocić	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
31	DF		Rauwshan McKenzie	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
33	DF		Hanyer Mosquera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Andrew Jean-Baptiste	30	1	4	0	26	1	4	0	4	0	0	0
37	FW		Maximiliano Urruti	5	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Pa Modou Kah	22	0	9	1	20	0	7	1	2	0	2	0
90	GK		Jake Gleeson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	MF		Mamadou Danso	18	1	2	1	16	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
			Own goals for	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalkeeper stats[edit]

Last updated: October 27, 2013

No.	Nat	Player	Total				Major League Soccer				U.S. Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
1		Donovan Ricketts	3060	35	1.02	102	2880	31	0.96	91	180	4	2	9
30		Miloš Kocić	360	3	0.75	15	180	2	1	7	180	1	0.5	8
90		Jake Gleeson	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
		TOTALS	3420	38	1.00	117	2880	33	1.03	98	360	5	1.25	17

Player recognition[edit]

MLS Coach of the Year

Result	Coach	Ref
Won	Caleb Porter	[3]

MLS Goalkeeper of the Year

Result	Player	Ref
Won	Donovan Ricketts	[4]

MLS Newcomer of the Year

Result	Player	Ref
Won	Diego Valeri	[5]

2013 MLS Best XI

Result	Position	Player	Ref
Won	MF	Will Johnson	[6]
Won	GK	Donovan Ricketts
Won	MF	Diego Valeri

MLS Xbox Individual Fair Play Award

Result	Player	Ref
Won	Darlington Nagbe	[7]

2013 MLS All-Star Game

Result	Position	Player	Notes	Ref
Won	MF	Will Johnson	Voted in by fan ballot	[8]
Won	GK	Donovan Ricketts	On Inactive All-Star Roster	[9]
Won	MF	Diego Valeri
Won	MF	Rodney Wallace
Nominated	DF	Michael Harrington		[9]
Nominated	MF	Diego Chará
Nominated	FW	Darlington Nagbe

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
5	Will Johnson	Colorado Rapids	[10]
6	Ryan Johnson	Houston Dynamo	[11]

MLS Goal of the Week^[12]

Week	Result	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Won	Diego Valeri	New York Red Bulls	[13]
3	Won	Rodney Wallace	Seattle Sounders FC	[14]
6	Won	Ryan Johnson	Houston Dynamo	[15]
7	Won	Will Johnson	San Jose Earthquakes	[16]
11	Nominated		Chivas USA	[17]
13	Won	Rodney Wallace	D.C. United	[18]
15	Won	Diego Valeri	Chicago Fire	[19]
	Nominated	Ben Zemanski
16	Won	Darlington Nagbe	FC Dallas	[20]
17	Won	Will Johnson	Colorado Rapids	[21]
28	Won	Kalif Alhassan	Toronto FC	[22]
30	Won	Diego Valeri	Colorado Rapids	[23]
31	Nominated	Maximiliano Urruti	Los Angeles Galaxy	[24]
32	Nominated	Darlington Nagbe	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[25]
33	Won	Kalif Alhassan	Seattle Sounders FC	[26]
35	Won	Diego Valeri	Chivas USA	[27]

MLS Goal of the Year^[28]

Week	Result	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Nominated	Diego Valeri	New York Red Bulls	[29]
7	Nominated	Will Johnson	San Jose Earthquakes
13	Nominated	Rodney Wallace	D.C. United	[30]
30	Nominated	Diego Valeri	Colorado Rapids

MLS Save of the Week^[31]

Week	Result	Player	Opponent	Ref
2	Won	Donovan Ricketts	Montreal Impact	[32]
5	Won		Colorado Rapids	[33]
8	Won		San Jose Earthquakes	[34]
9	Won		Sporting Kansas City	[35]
10	Won		New England Revolution	[36]
15	Nominated	Miloš Kocić	Chicago Fire	[37]
16	Won	Donovan Ricketts	FC Dallas	[38]
19	Nominated		Columbus Crew	[39]
20	Nominated		Los Angeles Galaxy	[40]
21	Nominated		Philadelphia Union	[41]
22	Won		San Jose Earthquakes	[42]
28	Won	Kalif Alhassan	Toronto FC	[43]
32	Won	Donovan Ricketts	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[44]
33	Won		Seattle Sounders FC	[45]

MLS Save of the Year^[46]

Week	Result	Player	Opponent	Ref
8	Nominated	Donovan Ricketts	San Jose Earthquakes	[47]
22	Nominated

MLS Top 3 Performers^[48]

Week	Result	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Won	Diego Valeri	New York Red Bulls	[49]
5	Won	Will Johnson	Colorado Rapids	[50]
7	Won		San Jose Earthquakes	[48]
8	Won	Ryan Johnson	Sporting Kansas City	[51]
April	Won	Ryan Johnson	Houston Dynamo San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City	[52]
11	Won	Diego Valeri	Chivas USA	[53]
May	Won	Rodney Wallace	New England Revolution FC Dallas Chivas USA Vancouver Whitecaps FC D.C. United	[54]
17	Won		Colorado Rapids	[55]
June	Won	Donovan Ricketts	FC Dallas Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids	[56]
20	Won		Los Angeles Galaxy	[57]
34	Won	Diego Valeri	Chivas USA	[58]

MLS Team of the Week^[59]

Week	Result	Player/Coach	Opponent	Ref
1	Won	Diego Valeri	New York Red Bulls	[60]
	Won	Darlington Nagbe
3	Honorable Mention	Rodney Wallace	Seattle Sounders FC	[61]
5	Won	Will Johnson	Colorado Rapids	[62]
6	Won	Ryan Johnson	Houston Dynamo	[63]
	Won	Darlington Nagbe
	Won	Caleb Porter
7	Won	Will Johnson	San Jose Earthquakes	[64]
	Won	Mamadou Danso
8	Bench			[65]
9	Won	Ryan Johnson	Sporting Kansas City	[66]
	Won	Caleb Porter
	Won	Rodney Wallace
11	Won		Chivas USA	[67]
	Won	Diego Valeri
	Won	Diego Chará
12	Bench		Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[68]
13	Won	Rodney Wallace	D.C. United	[69]
15	Won	Diego Valeri	Chicago Fire	[70]
	Bench	Miloš Kocić
16	Won	Diego Chará	FC Dallas	[71]
	Won	Darlington Nagbe
	Bench	Diego Valeri
17	Won	Rodney Wallace	Colorado Rapids	[72]
	Won	Will Johnson
	Won	Donovan Ricketts
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