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Against Sporting Kansas CityThursdays match marks the first time Portland

and Sporting Kansas City meet in postseason play, but the 10th all-time meeting across all competi-tions since 2011. The two clubs have squared off eight times in regular-season play since 2011, with Sporting Kansas City previously a part of the Eastern Conference until making the switch to the Western Conference in 2015 with the additions of expansion sides Orlando City SC and New York City FC. Outside of regular-season action, Portland earned a 3-1 win against Sporting Kansas City on June 24, 2014, in the fifth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Sporting Park. Across all competitions, Portland has registered a 3-4-2 overall record. Thursdays match marks the fourth meeting of 2015, as Portland earned a 0-1-2 record against Sporting Kansas City during the regular season.

the defending MLS Cup-champion Galaxy and into the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. Head coach Peter Vermes side won the leagues title in 2013, de-feating Real Salt Lake on penalty kicks in a dramatic final, but struggled down the stretch this season with just three wins in their final 12 regular-season games. Dwyer leads the club with 12 goals, while midfielder Benny Feilhaber has tallied 10 goals and 15 assists. Forward Krisztian Nemeth has chipped in 10 goals in his first season with the club.

Following Thursdays match, the winner will ad-vance to the Western Conference Semifinals against either No. 1 seed FC Dallas or No. 2 seed Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a two-leg, aggregate goals series starting on Sunday, Nov. 1.

The Portland Timbers secured their second trip to the MLS Cup Playoffs in the last three seasons with a 4-1 victory against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday night at Providence Park, earning the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and the right to play host to No. 6 seed Sporting Kansas City in a single-elimination, Western Conference Knockout Round match on Thursday at Providence Park; kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. (Pacific). Thursdays playoff match will be televised nationally on UniMs and locally on ROOT SPORTS.

Portland (15-11-8, 53pts) reached the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs by winning four of its last five matches and setting an MLS-club single-season record for wins (15). Over its last two regular-season games, Portland has registered nine goals, including five in the final 25 minutes of a 5-2 road win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18 and four in a regular-sea-son ending, 4-1 win against the Rapids. Forward Fanendo Adi has tallied six goals for the Timbers in the last five games, while midfielder Darlington Nag-be has netted three goals in the last two matches, including a brace against the Rapids.

The Timbers have compiled one of the leagues best home records over the last three seasons, earning a mark of 24-7-20 overall, including an 8-3-6 record during the 2015 season and a 7-1-8 record at home against teams from the Western Conference, dating back to Sept. 7, 2014. Defensively, Portland finished the 2015 season tied for the most shutouts in the league (13) and has logged an MLS-best 35 clean sheets since 2013 one more than Sporting Kansas City. Individually, Adi tallied a team-high 16 goals, setting the Timbers MLS-club record mark for goals in a single season, while also becoming the teams MLS-club career record holder in goals (25). Midfielder Diego Valeri, who missed the first eight games of the season while recovering from offseason knee surgery, finished with a team-high eight assists, while Nagbe logged five goals and five assists. Nagbe also tied the all-time club record for career appearances (160), missing just one match in 2015.

Sporting Kansas City (14-11-9, 51pts) enters the postseason following a 2-1 win against the LA Galaxy on Sunday at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. Forward Dom Dwyers strike in the 65th minute

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MidfielderDarlington Nagbe controls the ball against Sporting Kansas Cityon Oct. 3 atProvidence Park.Photo: CraigMitchelldyer

IN: M Bernardo Anor (Trade from Columbus), D Jalil Anibaba (Trade from Orlando City), M James Marcelin (Signed), F Krisztian Nemeth (Signed), GK Luis Marin (Signed), GK Tim Melia (Waivers), M Roger Espinoza (Signed), M Connor Hallisey (MLS SuperDraft), D Saad Abdul-Salaam (MLS SuperDraft), M Servando Carrasco (Trade from Houston), M Soni Mustivar (Signed), D Amadou Dia (MLS SuperDraft), F James Ansu Rogers (MLS SuperDraft), D Marcel de Jong (Signed), M/D Amobi Okugo (Trade from Orlando City), M Jordi Quintilla (Transfer from Ajaccio)

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OUT: M Antonio Dovale (Option declined), M Michael Kafari (Option declined), M Victor Munoz (Option declined), M Lawrence Olum (Contract terminated), F Soony Saad (Out of contract), D Christian Duke (Option declined), D Aurelien Collin (Traded to Orlando City), F C.J. Sapong (Traded to Philadelphia), M Sal Zizzo (Expansion Draft to NYCFC), G Eric Kronberg (Re-Entry Stage 1 Draft), GK Andy Gruenebaum (Re-Entry Stage 1 Draft), F Claudio Bieler (Out of contract), M Martin Steuble (Out of contract), D Igor Juliao (Loan expired), M James Marcelin (Waived), M Jorge Claros (Mutual contract termination), GK Luis Marin (Mutual contract termination), F James Ansu Rogers (Waived), M Servando Carrasco (Traded to Orlando City)

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The veteran defender and midfielder, who had been playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) since 1974, had spent several seasons struggling with injury and had just finished playing a season with an indoor soccer team in Detroit, Mich.

But Fagan, who was then 30 years old and tired of spending time away from his family in Los Angeles, wanted desperately to get back to the West Coast. He spent hours calling NASL club after NASL club the Vancouver Whitecaps, the San Jose Earth-quakes, the Seattle Sounders asking for a trial.

Finally, a fortuitous call to the Portland Tim-bers front office resulted in the chance that hed been waiting for.

The receptionist told Fagan that the team was training down in Southern California for its preseason. She asked him if he could drive out to Anaheim to talk to the coach. Fagan, desperate for the opportunity, didnt hesitate.

I played one of the best games I ever played in my life, Fagan remembered about his tryout. I hit tens. Just one of those things. I knew I was a decent player, but I was on fire that day.

Not only did Fagan play some of the best soccer of his career during that tryout, but he was also on the verge of becoming a U.S. citizen. This was a crucial advantage in a league that required each club to feature six American players on a 17-man roster that was typically filled with foreigners.

Now [Timbers head coach] Vic Crowe is looking at me thinking: Ive got this English guy, whos a U.S. citizen, Ive got to bring him! Fagan said.

When Crowe asked Fagan to sign with the club, Fagan immediately put pen to paper, signing a contract to join the Portland Timbers before the team had even left Los Angeles.

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to Detroit, Fagan was more than happy to move his family to Portland and finally put down roots in his adopted country.

Portland was a special city for me. I loved the city. I took a liking to it right away and I really had a warm feeling playing here, Fagan said with a laugh.

But when the Timbers ended operations in 1982 the NASL itself would cease just two years later Fagan suddenly saw a productive profes-sional career come to an abrupt close. It was time for him and his Timbers teammates to plan their next moves.

Fagan, who had spent years coaching kids on the side, says the choice was simple.

We were one-trick ponies, he said of himself and his Timbers teammates. Soccer is the word. Thats what we can do. But now [in 1982] were on the coaching side of things. Not everyone coached before, but I did.

Today, 35 years later, Fagan still calls the Portland metro area home, having coached at the club level, professional and the collegiate level with Portland State University and Warner Pacific University.

It was Fagan, along with other former Timbers players who got into coaching like Clive Charles, Brian Gant and John Bain, who helped lay the groundwork for the explosion of youth soccer in Oregon.

It took a while to get it going in Portland, but when some [youth] clubs started, they started to build big attendance and now theyve got loads of coaches, Fagan said. And it flourished. It grew very quickly.

Having built such a strong foundation, both at the club and collegiate levels, Fagan recently decided to retire from his head coaching position at Warner Pacific. After 26 years there, Fagan says it was time for him to move into another chapter of his life.

I enjoyed my time with Warner Pacific, he said. It was a long time, a long period of time, a long bite out of your life. I made the decision that it was time for me to move back a little bit.

But knowing Fagan, it wont be long before the sport he loves comes calling again.

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2015 Timbers Schedule

Day Date Opponent Time (PT) TV

Saturday March 7 REAL SALT LAKE 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Sunday March 15 LA GALAXY 4 p.m. FOX Sports 1

Saturday March 21 @Sporting Kansas City 5:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday March 28 @Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday April 4 FC DALLAS 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Sunday April 12 ORLANDO CITY SC 2 p.m. ESPN2

Sunday April 19 @New York City FC 4 p.m. FOX Sports 1

Sunday April 26 @Seattle Sounders FC 6:30 p.m. FOX Sports 1

Saturday May 2 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday May 9 @Montreal Impact 1 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday May 16 @Houston Dynamo 5:30 p.m. KPDX

Saturday May 23 @Toronto FC 2 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Wednesday May 27 D.C. UNITED 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday May 30 @Colorado Rapids 6 p.m. KPDX

Saturday June 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 7:30 p.m. KPDX

Saturday June 20 HOUSTON DYNAMO 7:30 p.m. KPTV

Wednesday June 24 @LA Galaxy 8 p.m. ESPN2

Sunday June 28 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 4 p.m. FOX Sports 1

Sunday July 5 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2 p.m. ESPN2

Saturday July 11 @Philadelphia Union 4 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday July 18 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Saturday July 25 @FC Dallas 6 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Sunday Aug. 2 @San Jose Earthquakes 2 p.m. ESPN2

Friday Aug. 7 CHICAGO FIRE 8 p.m. UniMs

Saturday Aug. 15 @Real Salt Lake 7 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Friday Aug. 21 HOUSTON DYNAMO 8 p.m. UniMs

Sunday Aug. 30 @Seattle Sounders FC 2 p.m. ESPN2

Wednesday Sept. 9 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 7:30 p.m. KPTV

Sunday Sept. 20 NEW YORK RED BULLS 2 p.m. ESPN2

Saturday Sept. 26 @Columbus Crew SC 4:30 p.m. KPDX

Saturday Oct. 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 7:30 p.m. KPDX

Wednesday Oct. 14 @Real Salt Lake 6:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

Sunday Oct. 18 @LA Galaxy TBD TBD

Sunday Oct. 25 COLORADO RAPIDS 4 p.m. ROOT SPORTS

*Broadcast schedule is subject to change. All regular-season matches will be broadcast

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General Manager Gavin Wilkinson

Gavin Wilkinson, a long-time member of the Timbers organization and a former New Zealand international, serves as the clubs General Manager. He first joined the club as a player for the Timbers USL First Division side in 2001, before taking over as the head coach and general manager during the clubs final years in the second division from 2007-10.

As general manager, Wilkinson has formed the Timbers deeply integrated, vertical development system, which includes newly added United Soccer Leagues club Portland Timbers 2 (T2), the Portland Timbers U-23s and Timbers Academy teams (U-18, U-16 and U-14). He was instrumental in establishing an innovative partnership with Oregon Youth Soccer Association, which encompasses the statewide Olympic Development Program and regional training centers, as well as the adidas Timbers Alliance. Wilkinson also serves as the general manager for Portland Thorns FC, the 2013 National Womens Soccer League champions.

During his tenure as the clubs general manager and head coach from 2007-10, Wilkinson assembled a 50-29-39 record over four seasons in the USL First Division/USSF Division-2 Pro League and was a two-time USL First Division Coach of the Year (2007, 2009). He guided the club to three postseason berths, including its only semifinals appearances as a sec-ond-division club in 2007 and 2009. As head coach, Wilkinson oversaw Cascadia Cup (a fan-based derby between Portland, Seattle and Van-couver) titles in 2009, 2010 and again in 2012, and was a two-time recipient of the FieldTurf Coach of the Year for the USL First Division (2007, 2009).

He led the Timbers to one of the best seasons in USL First Division history in 2009, including a record-setting,

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24-game unbeaten streak and winning the Commissioners Cup. The Timbers set a new single-season, league record with the impressive streak (14-0-10), surpassing the previous mark of 15 games set in 2005. The clubs record-setting run also ranks among the longest in U.S. Soccer history. Finishing in first place at 16-4-10 (58pts), Portland was awarded the Commissioners Cup as the leagues regular-season champion and earned a berth into the USL First Division semifinals.

Wilkinsons 13-year professional playing career included time with clubs in six different countries, includ-ing Portugal, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. A defender, he joined the reborn Timbers for their inaugural United Soccer Leagues season in 2001, playing in each of the clubs first six seasons and serving the dual role as a player/assistant coach from 2005-06. He finished his playing career ranked among the Timbers USL franchise career leaders in games (124) and minutes played (10,181).

A New Zealand native, Wilkinson earned 38 caps with the New Zealand National Team and competed in the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cups.

Wilkinson, who holds an A coach-ing license from U.S. Soccer, founded the youth club Eastside United, based in Gresham, Ore., in 2001. He helped run the club as its coaching director for many years and now serves as an advisor for the club. In 2010, Eastside United FCs U-18 boys team (91 Liver-pool) won the U.S. Youth Soccer U-18 national championship and became the first youth club team from Oregon to win a national title since 1994.

He and his wife, Heather, have two children, Kienan and Brooke.

Head coach Caleb Porter enters his third season with the club in 2015 after guiding the Portland Timbers to re-cord-setting campaigns in his first two years in MLS. Guiding the team to an impressive turnaround season and the clubs first-ever MLS postseason appearance in 2013, Porter helped direct a record-setting offense in 2014 as the Timbers netted 61 regu-lar-season goals, a club record across all eras.

He was announced as the Timbers head coach on Aug. 29, 2012, and joined the club ahead of the 2013 MLS campaign. Porter received the Slats Gill Award for Sportsperson of the Year at the Oregon Sports Awards on March 9, 2014, becoming the fourth soccer-related fig-ure to receive the award since it was founded in 1957. On Aug. 6, 2014,

Porter helped guide the MLS All-Stars to a 2-1 win over German power Bayern Munich in the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game at Providence Park in Portland.

The 2013 MLS Coach of the Year award winner, Porter has compiled one of the leagues top winning percentages among active MLS head coaches with a 26-14-28 mark (.588) after leading Portland to double-digits wins in each of his first two seasons. Under Porters guidance, the Timbers have made Providence Park one of the toughest places to play in the league, registering the second-fewest home losses in MLS over the last two seasons with a 16-4-14 regular-season mark at Providence Park since 2013. In 2014, the Timbers netted a team-record 61 goals while compiling one of the highest point totals (44) across the final two-thirds of the regular season recording the highest goal differential (plus-9) of any non-playoff team in MLS history. Portland also


Head Coach Caleb Porter

The 2013 MLS Coach of the Year, Porter led the Timbers to a first-place finish in the Western Conference during theregular season and their first appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs in 2013.

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made its first appearance in CONCACAF Champions League, contesting matches against Alpha United of Guyana and C.D. Olimpia of Honduras during the competitions group stage.

During Porters first season as head coach in 2013, the Timbers assembled one of the biggest turnaround seasons in MLS. In comparison to 2012 totals, the Timbers assembled a 23-point improve-ment in points and an MLS-record 43-goal improve-ment in goal differential. Portlands five losses during the 2013 regular season tied for the fewest in MLS history in a 34-game season and the Timbers led the league with 15 shutouts. The Timbers recorded a 15-game, home unbeaten streak during the 2013 regular season, posting a league-best 11-1-5 home record at Providence Park and an MLS single-season record 11 home shutouts. In 2013, Portland qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since joining the league in 2011. Additionally, the Timbers made their deepest run in club history in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2013 under Porters guidance, reaching the semifinals of the tournament.

Prior to joining the Timbers, Porter was one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history during his tenure as head coach at the University of Akron (2006-12). He compiled a career mark of 123-18-17 and was named 2009 NSCAA National Coach of the Year. Porter led the Zips to back-to-back NCAA Col-lege Cup appearances (2009, 2010) and the schools first national title in any sport in 2010.

Porters coaching career also includes time as the head coach of the U.S. U-23 Mens National Team during 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying and three years as an assistant coach on the U.S. U-18 National Team (2009-11). Porter was an assistant coach for six years (2000-05) at Indiana University.

As a player, Porter was the 27th overall pick by the San Jose Clash in the 1998 MLS College Draft. He spent time with San Jose and the Tampa Bay Mutiny before a knee injury ended his professional playing career in 2000. He also played for the U.S. National B Team from 1996-97, winning a bronze medal at the 1997 World University Games. As a player at Indiana, he was a three-year captain and led the Hoosiers to four conference titles. Porter was the runner-up for the 1997 Hermann Trophy.

Porter graduated from Indiana in 1998 with a de-gree in sports management. He and his wife, Andrea, have three children two sons, Colin and Jake, and a daughter, Stella.

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The Timbers are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2015, so what better way to pay respect to the teams history than to take a look back at when it all started. Take a stroll down memory lane in this glance back at the teams historic 1975 campaign in the North American Soccer League.

1975 ROSTER# Name Pos1 Graham Brown GK2 Ray Martin D3 Barry Lynch D4 Mick Hoban D5 Graham Day D6 Brian Godfrey M7 Tom McLaren M8 Barry Powell M9 Peter Withe F10 Don Gardner F11 Jimmy Kelly F12 Willie Anderson F13 Chris Dangerfield F14 Tony Betts M16 Roger Goldingay F22 Dave Landry GKCoach Vic Crowe

On the FieldThe Timbers played five of their first seven

matches at home in Civic Stadium, now called Providence Park introducing

new Rose City fans to the game of soccer and the Timbers. Striker

Peter Withe netted four goals in the first seven games as Portland ran out to a 5-2 re-cord. The points kept coming as the Timbers put together

a winning streak of seven straight matches from June 18-

July 8, outscoring opponents 17-5 during the run. Fans took notice,

too, as the team regularly began to draw crowds in excess of 15,000 for most home games even seeing 27,310 for a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders on July 29. Portland qualified for the playoffs, one of eight teams in the 20-team league to reach the postseason and matched up against regional rival Seattle in the quarterfinals.

1975 IN REVIEWFinal Tally16 regular-season wins, tied for most wins in the NASL six losses, tied for fewest losses in league 43 goals scored, ranked third among 20 teams.

Road to Soccer Bowl 75On the path to the NASL championship match, the Timbers faced off against Seattle in the quarterfinals earning passage to the semifi-nals off the head of Tony Betts in overtime. As the Sounders failed to clear a corner kick in the 97th minute, Timbers forward Willie Anderson swung in a cross to Betts, unmarked in front of goal, and the midfielder connected on the game-winning header in front of 31,523 fans at Civic Stadium. The Timbers played host to St. Louis in the semifinals before a record crowd of 33,503 in the Rose City and defeated the Stars 1-0 on a goal from Withe to reach Soccer Bowl 75 against the Tampa Bay Rowdies in San Jose. The Rose City magic ran out in the title match as the Timbers sustained a 2-0 loss on Aug. 24, 1975 ending their first-ever season and sparking a passion for soccer in Portland that still burns strong today.

Coaching Staff 2015

Sean McAuley returns for a fourth season as an assistant coach. He joined the club midway through the 2012 season from English club Sheffield Wednesday FC, where he served as a head coach in the clubs academy. McAuley suited up for the second-division Timbers as a player during the 2002 season.

McAuley began his coaching career at Sheffield Wednesday in 2005 and spent six seasons as the clubs Academy head coach, where he oversaw the development of several youth players who went on to sign with the first team.

A native of Sheffield, England, McAuley played professionally for 15 seasons as a defender from 1990-2005. He started his career with Manchester United and played for Hartlepool United, Scunthorpe United, Rochdale and Halifax Town. McAuley appeared in 16 matches for the Timbers in 2002, logging two assists while helping the club make the postseason.

Sean McAuleyAssistant Coach

Cameron Knowles returns for a fourth season as an assistant coach for the Tim-bers. A former defender for the second-division Timbers from 2007-10, Knowles joined the coaching ranks in 2012 after a seven-year professional playing career.

Selected by Real Salt Lake in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft, Knowles played two seasons in MLS before joining the Timbers. In Portland, Knowles was a three-time USL First Division all-league selection and played in 77 games for the club.

From Auckland, New Zealand, Knowles anchored Portlands backline and played a key role in the Timbers USL First Division record-setting, 24-game unbeaten streak in 2009.

Cameron KnowlesAssistant Coach

Mike Toshack enters his fourth season as the Timbers goalkeeper coach in 2014. He has served as a goalkeeper coach in MLS since 2007, and won MLS Cup with the Houston Dynamo in 2007.

Prior to joining Portland, Toshack was a member of the coaching staffs in Houston (2007-08) and Toronto FC (2009-11). Before working in MLS, the Prescott, Ontario, native was the director of goalkeeping for the Vancouver Whitecaps from 2005-06, helping coach the first team to the USL First Division championship in 2006. Toshack served as an assistant coach with the Montreal Impact from 2002-03.

Toshack also served as the goalkeeper coach with the Canada U-20 National Team from 1998-2001.Mike Toshack

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Jay VidovichAssistant CoachT2 Head Coach

Jay Vidovich enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Timbers, as well as the head coach of Portlands USL side, Timbers 2 (T2).

One of the most highly regarded soccer coaches at the collegiate level in the United States and an astute developer of talent, Vidovich spent 21 years as a head coach at Wake Forest University from 1994-2014 and an additional eight years as an assistant coach from 1986-93. Under Vidovichs guidance, Wake Forest reached the NCAA Tournament in 13 of the past 14 seasons and captured five ACC regular-season championships. The program made four consecutive NCAA College Cup appearances from 2006-2009 and won its first NCAA National Championship in 2007.

From Detroit, Mich., Vidovich was named NSCAA National Coach of the Year in consecutive seasons (2007, 2008) and compiled a 272-121-50 (.670) overall record in 21 years as head coach at Wake Forest.

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Extended Staff 2015

Nik WaldDirector, Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer

Sam YounieHead Equipment Manager

Nick MansuetoAssistant General Manager

Nick MilonasDirector of Sports Science


Pablo MoreiraPlayer Relations Manager/Video Analysis

Taichi KitagawaT2 Athletic Trainer

Kevin ChristianaAssistant Equipment Manager

Alex MargaritoAssistant Athletic Trainer

Spencer ChildsTeam Administrator

Rebecca KruseAcademy Athletic Trainer

Satoshi TatsumiT2 Team Administrator

Charles BurdickT2 Strength & Conditioning Coach

Andrew GregorT2 Assistant Coach/Academy Coach

Steve ReeseT2 Assistant Coach/Academy Coach

Nick LewisPerformance Analyst

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My mom also said to treat everyone with respect, the same respect that you would want from someone else so I just try to do that treat everyone with the same respect that I would like.

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QUICK HITS DARLINGTON NAGBE

[I played] five or six games [as a kicker during freshman football in high school]. There was a kickoff and ob-viously I didnt really know all the rules and I just got laid out blindsided and fell so hard. My upper body hit the ground before my legs even touched and thats when I called it quits.

THE OTHER KIND OF FOOTBALL

It means a lot. It was one of the main reasons my mom moved to this country was for us to get a better life, an education and hopefully get our citizenship. Im looking forward to it and hopefully it will open up more doors and opportunities.

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The 2011 home opener against Chicago and our match against FC Dallas after that, and beating Seattle in our 2013 playoffs run

The first match I watched here, my first regular-season MLS match and our 3-1 win over FC Dallas this season

Winning the 2013 Western Conference Championship (with Real Salt Lake), scoring on my face night against FC Dallas and our 2-2 comeback against Houston on Aug. 21 was fun

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BY THE NUMBERS

Goals scored by the Timbers in their last two regular-season games, which marked the first time the team has registered nine or more goals in a two-game span in the MLS era.

Portland set a newMLS-club single-season record with 15 wins in 2015, beating out the previous mark of 14 set duringthe 2013 season.

The Timbers registered 13 shutouts during the 2015campaign, which tied for the most in the league. Since 2013, Portlands 35 clean sheets ranks as the most in MLS.

Midfielder Darlington Nagbe (left) tied the Timbers all-time record in career appearances with his 160th game for Port-land during a 4-1 win against Colorado on Oct. 25. Nagbe did it in style, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the win to help Portland secure the conferences No. 3 seed in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs.Photo: Craig Mitchelldyer

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EASTERN CONFERENCE


Timbers record against in 2015: 0-1-0; 0 GF, 2 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 1-0-0; 2 GF; 1 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 1-0-0; 2 GF, 1 GA

NEW YORKRED BULLS

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MONTREALIMPACT

The first team to clinch a postseason berth, the

Red Bulls finished with the league lead in goals (62). Head coach Jesse Marschs side put together the biggest goal differential (+19) during the regular season, while forward Brad-ley Wright-Phillips led the Red Bulls this season with 17 goals and goalkeeper Luis Robles played every minute (3,060) of the regular season for the third straight season.

Columbus Crew SC earned a postseason berth for the

sixth time since winning it all in the 2008 MLS Cup. Crew SC proved to be the strongest Eastern Conference club on the road this season (along with the Red Bulls) with a record of 6-7-4 overall. Columbus relied on forward Kei Kamara (22g, 8a) and Ethan Finlay (12g, 13a), while goalkeeper Steve Clark protected the net with 114 saves and six shutouts in 2015.

An expansion team in 2012, the Montreal Impact are

making their second appear-ance in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Montreal utilized a strong home record (11-4-2) and seven wins in their last 11 regu-lar-season games to help solidify the teams return to the postseason for the first time since 2013. Forward Didier Drogba was a catalyst during the end of the regular sea-son, scoring 11 goals in 11 appear-ances after making his his MLS debut on Aug. 22.

Leading goal scorer:Bradley Wright-Phillips (17 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Kei Kamara(22 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Didier Drogba(11 goals)

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18-10-6, 60 pts.MLS Supporters Shield Winners 15-11-8, 53 pts. 15-13-6, 51 pts.

Timbers record against in 2015: 1-1-0; 4 GF, 5 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 0-1-2; 2 GF, 3 GA

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FC Dallas make their second consecutive

appearance in the postsea-son after grabbing first place in the Western Conference. FC Dallas finished with the most wins (18) and highest goal differential (+13) in the com-petitive Western Conference and are led by the duo of forward Fabian Castillo (9g, 9a) and midfielder Mauro Diaz (8g, 10a).

Making their second straight appearance in the

MLS Cup Playoffs and third trip to the postseason since joining MLS in 2011, Vancouver Whitecaps FC were strong on the road during the regular season putting together a confer-

ence-best road record of 7-7-3 (.500)

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Rivero led Vancou-ver in scoring this season with 10 goals.

The Timbers have reached the postseason in two of

the last three seasons under head coach Caleb Porter. In 2015, Portland tied for the league lead with 13 shutouts and set an MLS-club record mark with 15 wins. Forward Fanendo Adi netted a Timbers MLS-club record 16 goals during the season, becom-ing the teams MLS-club career leading goal scorer (25). Finishing the year strong, Portland closed the regular-season schedule with wins in four of its final five games.

Leading goal scorer:Fabian Castillo(9 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Octavio Rivero (10 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Fanendo Adi(16 goals)

1 2 318-10-6, 60 pts. 16-13-5, 53 pts. 15-11-8, 53 pts.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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Timbers record against in 2015: 1-0-0; 2 GF, 1 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 1-0-0; 1 GF; 0 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 1-0-0; 2 GF; 0 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 0-1-0; 0 GF; 1 GA

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An expansion team in 2012, the Montreal Impact are

making their second appear-ance in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Montreal utilized a strong home record (11-4-2) and seven wins in their last 11 regu-lar-season games to help solidify the teams return to the postseason for the first time since 2013. Forward Didier Drogba was a catalyst during the end of the regular sea-son, scoring 11 goals in 11 appear-ances after making his his MLS debut on Aug. 22.

D.C. United has qualified for the playoffs for the

second straight season and the third time in four years under head coach Ben Olsen. After leading the Eastern Conference at periods during the regular season, the club struggled down the stretch with just two wins in their last nine games. A side with post-season experience, midfielder/forward Chris Rolfe (10g, 4a), forward Fabian Espindo-la (5g, 7a) and Jairo Arrieta (5g, 2a) have produced the offense for D.C. United in2015.

The Revolution have reached the leagues cham-

pionship match five times (2002, 05, 07, 14) but have never won the leagues title and make their third straight postseason appearance in 2015. Head coach Jay Heaps side started the season strong, utilizing a nine-game unbeaten streak from March 21-May 16 before putting together an eight-game unbeaten streak from July 18-Sept. 16.

Toronto FC are making their first appearance in the MLS

Cup Playoffs since joining MLS in 2007. Remaining in the postsea-son picture throughout the year, Toronto clinched a playoff berth in front of its home crowd on Oct. 14 with a 2-1 win against the New York Red Bulls. Italian forward Sebas-tian Giovinco claimed the MLS Golden Boot with 22 goals and 16 assists this season.

Leading goal scorer:Chris Rolfe(10 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Charlie Davies (10 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Sebastian Giovinco(22 goals)

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15-13-6, 51 pts. 14-12-8, 50 pts. 15-15-4, 49 pts.

Timbers record against in 2015: 1-2-0; 5 GF, 4 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 1-1-1; 7 GF, 9 GA Timbers record against in 2015: 0-1-2; 0 GF, 1 GA

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

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SPORTINGKANSAS CITY

The Timbers have reached the postseason in two of

the last three seasons under head coach Caleb Porter. In 2015, Portland tied for the league lead with 13 shutouts and set an MLS-club record mark with 15 wins. Forward Fanendo Adi netted a Timbers MLS-club record 16 goals during the season, becom-ing the teams MLS-club career leading goal scorer (25). Finishing the year strong, Portland closed the regular-season schedule with wins in four of its final five games.

Seattle has reached the postseason in each of their

seven seasons since joining MLS in 2009 and featured one of the more staunch defenses in the league in 2015, allowing just 36 goals in 34 games

with goal-keeper Stefan Frei finishing third in saves (111) in the league. For-ward Obafemi Martins (15 goals) and Clint Dempsey (10) helped lead the offense for Sounders FC.

The defending MLS Cup-champion LA Galaxy

have reached the postseason in seven consecutive seasons.

Winners of five MLS Cup titles, including three of the last

four, head coach Bruce Arenas side posted one of the best home re-cord in the league at 12-2-3 during the regular season. Forward Robbie Keane registered a team-high 20 goals and eight assists in 24 games to lead the Galaxy.

Making the switch to the Western Conference this

season, Sporting Kansas City continues to be one of the leagues most consistent clubs, making its fifth consecutive appearance in the post-season. Forward Dom Dwyer (12 goals),

midfielder Ben-ny Feilhaber (10 goals) and forward Krisz-

Leading goal scorer:Obafemi Martins (15 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Robbie Keane(20 goals)

Leading goal scorer:Dom Dwyer(12 goals)

4 5 615-13-6, 51 pts. 14-11-9, 51 pts. (Defending MLS Cup Champion) 14-11-9, 51 pts.

tian Nemeth (10 goals) shouldered the scoring load while goalkeeper Tim Melia recorded eight shutouts in 2015.


2015 AUDI MLS CUP PLAYOFFS

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CONFERENCE KNOCKOUT ROUND

Wednesday, Oct. 28(5) New England at (4) D.C. United; 4:30 p.m. UniMs/TSN(5) LA Galaxy at (4) Seattle Sounders FC; 7 p.m. UniMs/TSN

Thursday, Oct. 29(6) Toronto FC at (3) Montreal Impact; 4 p.m. UniMs/TSN(6) Sporting KC at (3) Portland Timbers; 7 p.m. UniMs/ROOT SPORTS

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Sunday, Nov. 1(1) New York Red Bulls at TBD FOX Sports 1 or ESPN(1) FC Dallas at TBD FOX Sports 1 or ESPN(2) Columbus Crew at TBD FOX Sports 1 or ESPN(2) Vancouver Whitecaps FC at TBD FOX Sports 1 or ESPN

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T2 kicked off their inaugural USL season on March 29 with a 3-1 win against fellow expansion side Real Monarchs SLC at Merlo Field in Portland.Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer

Date Opponent Time (PT)

Sunday, March 29 REAL MONARCHS SLC 6 p.m.Thursday, April 2 SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 8 @Real Monarchs SLC 6 p.m.Saturday, April 11 @Seattle Sounders FC 2 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 18 @Sacramento Republic FC 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 25 @Arizona United SC 7:30 p.m.Sunday, May 3* ORANGE COUNTY BLUES FC* 6 p.m.Saturday, May 9 @Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 6 p.m.Saturday, May 16 @Real Monarchs SLC 6 p.m. Friday, May 22 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 7 p.m.Saturday, May 30 @Tulsa Roughnecks FC 5:30 p.m.Friday, June 5 @OKC Energy FC 5 p.m.Sunday, June 14 AUSTIN AZTEX 6 p.m.Sunday, June 21 @Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2 p.m.Monday, June 29 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 7 p.m.Thursday, July 2 ARIZONA UNITED SC 7 p.m.Friday, July 10 @Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 7 p.m.Sunday, July 19 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 7 p.m.Friday, July 24 @Seattle Sounders FC 2 7:30 p.m.Sunday, July 26 LA GALAXY II 7 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 1 @Austin Aztex 6 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 8 OKC ENERGY FC 7 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 16 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 7 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 22 TULSA ROUGHNECKS FC 2 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 29 @Orange County Blues FC 7 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 5 COLORADO SPRINGS SWITCHBACKS FC 3 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 12* SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC* 7 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 16 @LA Galaxy II 7:30 p.m.

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INTRODUCING AYO

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By Tim Froh

Growing up in her hometown of Malabo in the small central African country of Equa-torial Guinea, Portland Thorns FC forward Genoveva Ayo Aonma dreamed that one day she would become a professional soccer player.

She would often walk out to the soccer fields with her father and watch fascinated as he and the other men battled one another on the pitch. As soon as she was old enough, she told herself, she was going to run out onto those fields herself and play with the boys.

But Ayos mother disapproved of the young girls newfound passion and did everything she could to keep her daughter away from the sport.

It was complicated for me starting out because my mom wasnt thrilled about me playing soccer, Ayo said through an inter-preter. I actually got into it by watching the guys play, which I really enjoyed. I would go with my dad and watch the men play football. It wasnt until I actually left home and went to live with my uncle it was a tough period for me that I started playing with the guys my age at the local soccer center.

All those years spent playing and training with the boys, however, transformed the young Ayo into the greatest soccer talent that her country has ever produced.

The results speak for themselves: two-time African Womens Championship winner, FIFA Womens World Cup goal-scorer, member of the 2011 FIFA Womens World Cup All-Star team, African Women Footballer of the Year in 2012.

To read the full feature on Ayo, go towww.portlandthornsfc.com.


Day Date Opponent Kickoff (PT) Venue

Sat. April 11 BOSTON BREAKERS 7 p.m. Providence Park

Sat. April 18 WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH 4 p.m. Providence Park

Sat. April 25 @Chicago Red Stars 5:30 p.m. Village of Lisle -Benedictine University Sports Complex

Sat. May 9 WASHINGTON SPIRIT 7 p.m. Providence Park

Sat. May 16 @Boston Breakers 1 p.m. Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium

Sat. May 23 HOUSTON DASH 7 p.m. Providence Park

Sat. May 30 @Washington Spirit 4 p.m. Maureen Hendricks Field at the Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat. June 6 @Houston Dash 5:30 p.m. BBVA Compass Stadium

Fri. June 19 FC KANSAS CITY 7 p.m. Providence Park

Fri. July 3 SKY BLUE FC 7 p.m. Providence Park

Sat. July 11 @Sky Blue FC 4 p.m. Yurcak Field

Wed. July 22 SEATTLE REIGN FC 7 p.m. Providence Park

Sun. July 26 @Seattle Reign FC 4 p.m. Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium

Wed. July 29 @Western New York Flash 4 p.m. Sahlens Stadium

Wed. Aug. 5 BOSTON BREAKERS 7 p.m. Providence Park

Sun. Aug. 9 CHICAGO RED STARS 7 p.m. Providence Park

Wed. Aug. 12 @FC Kansas City 5 p.m. Swope Soccer Village

Sat. Aug. 22 @Sky Blue FC 4 p.m. Yurcak Field

Sun. Aug. 30 WASHINGTON SPIRIT 6 p.m. Providence Park

Fri. Sept. 4 @Western New York Flash 4 p.m. Sahlens Stadium

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Timbers Development

adidas TIMBERSALLIANCEThe adidas Timbers Alliance is a strategic partnership between the club and elite local youth clubs throughout the Timbers development territory, designed to build unique working relationships and devel-opment opportunities to help channel the top youth players toward Timbers development

PORTLAND TIMBERS ACADEMYThe Timbers Academy consists of teams in the U-18, U-16 and U-14 age brackets of the U.S. Soccer Develop-ment Academy. The Timbers Academy teams compete in the North-west Division against other elite youth teams in the region, including academy teams from MLS clubs LA Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Timbers U-16s also participate in the annual MLS Generation adidas Cup.

The Timbers Academy provides elite youth players from Oregon and Southwest Washington advanced training and competitive opportunities against the best youth players across North America.

PORTLAND TIMBERS U-23sThe Portland Timbers U-23s compete in the USL PDL the top U-23 league in North America. Founded Nov. 11, 2008, the Timbers U-23s is an amateur team that has produced several first team players, includ-

Rooted in the clubs deep history, the Timbers have a passion for developing youth players and the sport of soccer in the region. Through partnerships estab-lished with Oregon Youth Soccer Asso-ciation (OYSA), and Oregons Olympic Development Program (ODP), the Timbers have built a comprehensive vertical develop-ment structure, which allows players within the clubs development territory a direct path from the youth level to the top tier of professional soccer in North America Major League Soccer.

programs and academy. The adidas Timbers Alliance includes seven clubs the Bend FC Timbers (Bend), Capital FC Timbers (Salem), Eastside Timbers (Gresham), Eugene FC Timbers (Eugene), Rogue Valley Timbers (Medford), Washington Timbers (Vancouver, Wash.) and Westside Timbers (Port-land). Further, the Tim-bers have also partnered with PYSA and the OYSA to develop a recreational curriculum to complete the clubs development pyramid.

For more information on the Timbers and Thorns FC youth programs, please visit www.timbers.com/youth.

PORTLAND TIMBERS 2The level just below the Portland Timbers first team on the pyramid, T2 is Portlands newest ad-dition to the development structure. Playing their matches in the 24-team USL T2 was founded on Oct. 14, 2014, and is a fully professional team that creates a bridge between the Portland Timbers U-23s Premier Development League (PDL) side and the Timbers first team. Play-ing their home games at Merlo Field on the campus of the University of Portland, the T2 roster will be comprised of a mix of Timbers first-team players on loan to the club, as well as players that possess many dif-ferent qualities and come from varied backgrounds. As well as players that are familiar with wearing the Timbers crest, some experienced profession-als and young players that can spend time de-veloping for the ultimate purpose of reaching the first team. In December, Jay Vidovich was named as the clubs first head coach for the 2015 USL season. Vidovich will lead T2 after 21 seasons as head coach at Wake Forest University, where he became one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history.

ing goalkeeper Jake Gleeson as well as T2 players Kharlton Belmar, Steven Evans and Brent Richards. The team won the PDL championship in 2010 and competed in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

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The Timbers Academy provides elite youth players from Oregon and South-west Washington advanced training and competitive opportunities against the best youth players across North America.

Timbers Youth Leagues, Tournaments and CampsThe Timbers and OYSA have formed an innovative partnership, which sees the statewide youth soccer organization become a part of the Timbers compre-hensive youth development structure. One of the first of its kind, the partnership between the Timbers and OYSA has established top-tier development oppor-tunities for thousands of Oregons youth soccer players through OYSAs club leagues and tournaments. The Timbers provide OYSA and its clubs resources for coaching education and share best practices in player development, creat-ing a unified development philosophy across the state. The MLS club also is the presenting partner of the Oregon State Cup.

The Timbers offer an exciting camp program for soccer players of all ages and skill levels throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. Each camp is cen-tered on age-appropriate exercises and activities designed to develop technical excellence and build a love for the game.

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MISSION The Portland Timbers Stand Together mission is to harness the power of sport to improve the lives of children and families in the Portland metro area through targeted programs, deep partnerships, and philanthropic giving.

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adidas Timbers Training Center


On April 19, 2012, the Portland Timbers unveiled the new adidas Timbers Training Center, a state-of-the-art facility, built as part of a 10-year partnership with Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District. The training center features a natural-grass field and is the primary on-field training ground of the Major League Soccer club. Construction is nearly complete on a 2,600-square-foot expansion of the adidas Timbers Training Center. The new space will include additional locker rooms, training areas and office space to serve the Timbers, T2, the Timbers U-23s and the Timbers Academy.

Some of the features of the adidas Timbers Training Center include a 7,000-square-foot indoor facility, with locker rooms for the Timbers first team and development teams, fully-equipped training and recently expanded fitness areas, offices and a spacious lounge/common area for Timbers players.

The grass field, widely regarded as one of the best fields in the state, is a combination of 75 per-cent perennial ryegrass and 25 percent Kentucky bluegrass that is perfectly suited for cooler climates and provides uniform cover, and greater stability, footing and durability.

The adidas Timbers Training Center is located in Beaverton, approximately 10 minutes from Provi-dence Park. It also serves as the training home for the Timbers development teams, specifically the Timbers U-23s and the clubs Academy teams.

As part of the public/private partnership with THPRD, the Timbers make an annual donation to the Tualatin Hills Park Foundation and will conduct a series of annual youth soccer camps and coach-es clinics at the adidas Timbers Training Center. The training center includes a synthetic, FieldTurf field designated for public use.

A new grass field was planted in February 2015, while a new turf pitch was installed in early 2015. The sod was planted in a vertically draining, sand-based root zone that includes small amounts of peat and calcined clay to stabilize moisture content and to hold nutrient. The grass field was built using over 4,600 tons of specialty sand blend and will drain up to 12 inches of precipitation an hour.

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