2005 Portland Timbers season explained

Club:	Portland Timbers
Season:	2005
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	John Cunningham
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Bobby Howe
Stadium:	PGE Park Portland, Oregon
League:	USL-1
League Result:	League: 5th Playoffs: First round
Cup1:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	Cascadia Cup
Cup2 Result:	2nd
Highest Attendance:	8,242 vs. SEA (Aug 20)
Lowest Attendance:	3,944 vs. VAN (Jul 2)
Average Attendance:	League: 5,553 All: 5,626 (not including July 12 vs. Seattle)
League Topscorer:	Dan Antoniuk (13 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Dan Antoniuk (14 goals)
American:	true
Prevseason:	2004
Nextseason:	2006
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The 2005 Portland Timbers season was the 5th season for the Portland Timbers - the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name - of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Regular season

September

Competitions

USL First Division

Standings

width=30	Pos	width=200	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	T	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=100	H2H Pts
1	Montreal Impact	61	28	18	3	7	37	15	+22
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	51	28	15	7	6	45	27	+18
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	45	28	12	7	9	37	21	+16
4	Seattle Sounders	44	28	11	6	11	33	25	+8
5	Portland Timbers	39	28	10	9	9	40	42	-2	POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt
6	Richmond Kickers	39	28	10	9	9	28	30	-2	POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt
7	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	46	43	+3
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	33	28	10	15	3	40	52	-12
9	Charleston Battery	32	28	9	14	5	27	36	-9
10	Minnesota Thunder	31	28	7	11	10	37	42	-5
11	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	28	7	14	7	26	39	-13
12	Toronto Lynx	17	28	3	17	8	26	50	-24

Results by round

USL-1 Playoffs

First round

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U.S. Open Cup

Fourth round

Cascadia Cup

2005
Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
Vancouver Whitecaps	12	8	2	0	6	10	5	+5
Portland Timbers	9	8	2	3	3	10	15	-5
Seattle Sounders	8	8	1	2	5	7	7	0

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Bobby Howe
Assistant coach	Jimmy Conway
Assistant coach	Gavin Wilkinson
Goalkeeper coach	Jim Brazeau
Athletic Trainer	Tony Guyette

Management

Squad

Kits

Recognition

USL-1 Assist Leader^[1]

USL-1 All-League First Team^[2]

Pos	Player	GP
DF	Scot Thompson	26
MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	26

USL-1 All-League Second Team

USL-1 Player of the Week^[3]

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
2	Edwin Miranda	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
16	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
21	Dan Antoniuk	Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers

USL-1 Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
1	Byron Alvarez	Toronto Lynx
2	Byron Alvarez	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
Edwin Miranda		Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
3	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder
Dan Antoniuk		Minnesota Thunder
4	Edwin Miranda	Charleston Battery
8	Edwin Miranda	Puerto Rico Islanders, Vancouver Whitecaps
9	Dan Antoniuk	Puerto Rico Islanders, Rochester Raging Rhinos
11	Scot Thompson	Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps
13	Scot Thompson	Vancouver Whitecaps
16	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
Scot Thompson		Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
17	Byron Alvarez	Montreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder
Dan Antoniuk		Montreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder
18	Shaun Higgins	Seattle Sounders
19	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Charleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks
20	Dan Antoniuk	Virginia Beach Mariners, Richmond Kickers
21	Dan Antoniuk	Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers
Edwin Miranda
Scot Thompson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.^[4] ^[5] ^[6] |}

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

Rk.	Nat.	Position	Player	width=80	Total	width=80	USL-1	width=80	Playoffs	width=80	U.S. Open Cup
1		FW	Dan Antoniuk	14	13	0	1
2		FW	Byron Alvarez	9	9	0	0
3		MF	Edwin Miranda	4	4	0	0
3		DF	Scot Thompson	4	4	0	0
5		MF	Shaun Higgins	2	2	0	0
		MF	Tom Poltl	2	2	0	0
		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	2	1	0	1
8		FW	Fadi Afash	1	1	0	0
		MF	Scott Benedetti	1	1	0	0
		FW	Paul Conway	1	1	0	0
		MF	Aaran Lines	1	1	0	0
			OWN GOALS	1	1	0	0
			TOTALS	42	40	0	2

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		USL-1		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
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2		DF	Kevin Goldthwaite	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Gavin Wilkinson	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
6		MF	Tom Poltl	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Edwin Miranda	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
9		FW	Dan Antoniuk	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
11		MF	Brian Winters	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12		MF	Jarrod Weis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13		FW	Paul Conway	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
15		FW	Byron Alvarez	8	1	5	0	1	0	2	1
17		DF	Scot Thompson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
18		MF	Shaun Higgins	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Aaran Lines	6	1	4	0	2	1	0	0
24		DF	Lee Morrison	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30		GK	Josh Saunders	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
(31)		DF	Shawn Saunders	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32		DF	Garrett Marcum	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
			TOTALS	58	6	49	4	5	1	4	1

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				USL-1				Playoffs				U.S. Open Cup
No.	Nat.	Player	width=60	MIN	width=60	GA	width=60	GAA	width=60	SV	width=60	MIN	width=60	GA	width=60	GAA	width=60	SV	width=60	MIN	width=60	GA	width=60	GAA	width=60	SV	width=60	MIN	width=60	GA	width=60	GAA	width=60	SV
1		Sam Reynolds	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0
30		Josh Saunders	2880	47	1.47	113	2520	42	1.50	106	180	3	1.50	7	180	2	1.00	?
		TOTALS	2880	47	1.47	113	2520	42	1.50	106	180	3	1.50	7	180	2	1.00	?

Player movement

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Fee/notes	Ref
January 28, 2005		DF	Free	^[7]
March 11, 2005		MF	Free	^[8]
April 20, 2005		MF	Free	^[9]
April 20, 2005		MF	Free
April 21, 2005	Sam Reynolds (R)	GK	Free	^[10]
May 20, 2005		FW	Free	^[11]
June 15, 2005		DF	Free	^[12]

Loans in

Date	Position	Fee/notes	Ref
April 21, 2005	GK	Season-long loan with option to recall
May 6, 2005	FW	Season-long loan; Philadelphia KiXX did not exercise their contract option on Antoniuk and he was permanently signed by Portland during the season	^[13]
August 1, 2005	DF	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by San Jose Earthquakes for August 3 U.S. Open Cup game vs. Portland; returned to Portland on loan following the game	^[14]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	GK	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	GK	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
November 30, 2004	FW		Undisclosed	^[15]
May 26, 2005	MF	Unattached	Released	^[16]
June 15, 2005	DF	Unattached	Released
June 22, 2005	DF	Unattached	Released	^[17]
June 22, 2005	DF	Unattached	Released

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 18, 2005		FW		USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round	^[19]
January 18, 2005		GK		USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round

Notes

A. It was announced on March 30 that Portland Baseball Investment Group, headed by Abe Alizadeh, had agreed to buy the Timbers and the Portland Beavers baseball club from the Pacific Coast League.^[20] The Timbers referred to Alizadeh as the Majority Owner in press releases throughout the 2005 season. However, the sale was not officially completed until June 16, 2006.^[21]

Notes and References

Web site: 2005 USL First Division Statistical Awards announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 29, 2011. September 13, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013004526/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/108369.html. October 13, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2005 USL First Division All-League Teams announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 29, 2011. September 15, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013004534/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/108681.html. October 13, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2005 Season Team of the Week Announcements. United Soccer Leagues. June 29, 2011. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20071008170901/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/docs/honors/2005%20Season%20Team%20of%20the%20Week%20Announcements_pro.pdf. October 8, 2007. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2005 Portland Timbers stats . United Soccer Leagues . June 29, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610135409/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/roster/22369.html . 10 June 2011 . dead .
Web site: Timbers host San Jose Earthquakes of MLS with U.S. Open Cup win over Seattle. Portland Timbers. June 29, 2011. July 12, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102443/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/07/timbers-host-san-jose-earthquakes-mls-us-open-cup-win-over-seattle. May 3, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers' U.S. Open Cup run ends with loss to San Jose. Portland Timbers. June 29, 2011. August 3, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917022702/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/08/timbers-us-open-cup-run-ends-loss-san-jose. September 17, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign defender Thompson. Portland Timbers. June 23, 2011. January 28, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128204727/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/01/timbers-sign-defender-thompson. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign New Zealand international Aaran Lines. Portland Timbers. June 23, 2011. March 11, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128204822/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/03/timbers-sign-new-zealand-international-aaran-lines. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Timbers Add Two To Roster As Season Opener Nears . Portland Timbers . June 24, 2011 . April 20, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605201410/http://www.uslfans.com/news/2005/news%2C2005%2C0042.shtml . 5 June 2011 . dead .
Web site: Timbers sign goalkeepers Saunders and Reynolds. Portland Timbers. June 24, 2011. April 21, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128203308/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/04/timbers-sign-goalkeepers-saunders-and-reynolds. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign Paul Conway to one-year deal. Portland Timbers. June 24, 2011. May 20, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128195131/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/05/timbers-sign-paul-conway-one-year-deal. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers seek redemption vs. Puerto Rico, Rochester. OurSports Central. June 24, 2011. June 15, 2005.
Web site: Timbers sign forward Antoniuk. Portland Timbers. June 24, 2011. May 6, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128204342/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/05/timbers-sign-forward-antoniuk. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign defender on loan from San Jose. Portland Timbers. June 24, 2011. August 1, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128195651/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/08/timbers-sign-defender-loan-san-jose. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Los Angeles retains striker Gordon. Portland Timbers. June 23, 2011. November 30, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128210219/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2004/11/los-angeles-retains-striker-gordon. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Unbeaten Timbers feature home match at PGE Park Saturday. OurSports Central. June 23, 2011. May 26, 2005.
Web site: Timbers release Aaron Heinzen and Shawn Saunders . Portland Timbers . June 24, 2011 . June 22, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120917023149/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/06/timbers-release-aaron-heinzen-and-shawn-saunders . September 17, 2012 .
Web site: Timbers loan Alvarez, Antoniuk to MISL teams. Portland Timbers. June 23, 2011. October 18, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128205139/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2004/10/timbers-loan-alvarez-antoniuk-misl-teams. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers pick two in First Division College Draft. Portland Timbers. June 23, 2011. January 18, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128205451/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2005/01/timbers-pick-two-first-division-college-draft. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: New Owners for Timbers . June 30, 2011 . United Soccer Leagues . March 30, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013043948/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/95395.html . October 13, 2012 .
Web site: Beavers, Timbers announce finalization of sale to Portland Baseball Investment Group. June 26, 2011. OurSports Central. June 16, 2006.