2006 Portland Timbers season explained

Club:	Portland Timbers
Season:	2006
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	John Cunningham
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Chris Agnello
Stadium:	PGE Park Portland, Oregon
League:	USL-1
League Result:	League: 11th Playoffs: Did not qualify
Cup1:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	Cascadia Cup
Cup2 Result:	3rd
Highest Attendance:	7,034 vs. MON (Aug 31)
Lowest Attendance:	3,369 vs. TOR (May 21)
Average Attendance:	5,575
Season Topscorer:	Luke Kreamalmeyer (9 goals)
League Topscorer:	Luke Kreamalmeyer (8 goals)
American:	true
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007
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The 2006 Portland Timbers season was the 6th 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	51	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	50	28	13	4	11	34	21	+13
3	Charleston Battery	46	28	13	8	7	33	25	+8	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
4	Vancouver Whitecaps	46	28	12	6	10	40	28	+12	CHA: 4 pts VAN: 1 pt
5	Miami FC	39	28	11	11	6	47	44	+3
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	38	36	+2
7	Seattle Sounders	37	28	11	13	4	42	48	-6
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	35	28	10	13	5	36	42	-6
9	Virginia Beach Mariners	32	28	8	12	8	26	37	-11	VAB: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
10	Toronto Lynx	32	28	8	12	8	30	36	-6	VAB: 7 pts TOR: 4 pts
11	Portland Timbers	27	28	7	15	6	25	39	-14	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts
12	Minnesota Thunder	27	28	7	15	6	34	45	-11	POR: 9 pts MIN: 3 pts

Results by round

U.S. Open Cup

Third round

Cascadia Cup

2006
Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
Seattle Sounders	14	8	4	2	2	13	10	+3
Vancouver Whitecaps	12	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2
Portland Timbers	6	8	1	4	3	6	11	-5

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Chris Agnello
Assistant coach	Gavin Wilkinson
Assistant coach	Cony Konstin
Goalkeeper coach	John Galas

Management

Squad

Kits

Recognition

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

USL-1 All-Star Team^[2]

USL-1 Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
7	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Seattle Sounders (x2)	^[3]
18	Byron Alvarez	Puerto Rico Islanders	^[4]

USL-1 Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
3	Chad Bartlomé	Vancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota Thunder	^[5]
	Lee Morrison
	Troy Ready
5	Oral Bullen	Rochester Raging Rhinos, Toronto Lynx	^[6]
6	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder	^[7]
7	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Seattle Sounders (x2)
7	Jacobi Goodfellow	Seattle Sounders (x2)
8	Josh Saunders	Vancouver Whitecaps	^[8]
9	Bayard Elfvin	Minnesota Thunder, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Montreal Impact	^[9]
9	Luke Kreamalmeyer	Minnesota Thunder, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Montreal Impact	^[9]
13	Luke Kreamalmeyer	Charleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks	^[10]
14	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Seattle Sounders (x2)	^[11]
17	Tom Poltl	Virginia Beach Mariners	^[12]
18	Byron Alvarez	Puerto Rico Islanders
18	Bayard Elfvin	Puerto Rico Islanders

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.^[13] ^[14] |}

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

Rk.	Nat.	Position	Player	width=80	Total	width=80	USL-1	width=80	U.S. Open Cup
1		MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	9	8	1
2		FW	Byron Alvarez	4	4	0
3		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	3	3	0
4		MF	Oral Bullen	2	2	0
		MF	Mubarike Chisoni	2	2	0
		MF	Alejandro Gutierrez	2	2	0
7		FW	Chad Bartlomé	1	1	0
		MF	Troy Ready	1	1	0
		DF	Scot Thompson	1	1	0
			OWN GOALS	1	1	0
			TOTALS	26	25	1

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		USL-1		U.S. Open Cup
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1		GK	Bayard Elfvin	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Jacobi Goodfellow	7	0	7	0	0	0
4		DF	Lee Morrison	4	0	3	0	1	0
5		DF	Salim Bullen	1	0	1	0	0	0
6		MF	Tom Poltl	5	0	4	0	1	0
7		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	5	0	5	0	0	0
(8)		MF	Edwin Miranda	1	0	1	0	0	0
9		MF	Oral Bullen	1	0	1	0	0	0
10		MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	1	0	1	0	0	0
13		MF	Alejandro Gutierrez	4	0	4	0	0	0
14		DF	Garrett Marcum	1	0	1	0	0	0
15		FW	Byron Alvarez	7	0	7	0	0	0
16		MF	Mike Randolph	4	1	3	1	1	0
17		DF	Scot Thompson	4	0	4	0	0	0
19		MF	Troy Ready	1	0	1	0	0	0
21		MF	Mubarike Chisoni	5	0	4	0	1	0
26		DF	Michael Nsien	6	0	6	0	0	0
31		GK	Josh Saunders	1	0	0	0	1	0
(33)		DF	Josh Brown	2	0	2	0	0	0
40		DF	Gavin Wilkinson	2	0	2	0	0	0
			TOTALS	63	1	58	1	5	0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				USL-1				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
0		Martin Hutton	180	4	2.00	8	180	4	2.00	8	0	0	-	0
(0)		Devin Zimmerman	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0
1		Bayard Elfvin	502	5	0.90	25	502	5	0.90	25	0	0	-	0
31		Josh Saunders	1928	33	1.54	72	1838	30	1.47	66	90	3	3.00	6
		TOTALS	2610	42	1.45	105	2520	39	1.39	99	90	3	3.00	6

Player movement

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
March 3, 2006	Oral Bullen (R)	MF		Free	^[15]
March 3, 2006	Salim Bullen (R)	DF		Free
March 3, 2006		DF	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves	Free
March 3, 2006		FW		Free
March 13, 2006		DF	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves	Free	^[16]
March 22, 2006		MF		Free	^[17]
March 30, 2006	Josh Brown (R)	DF		Free	^[18]
March 30, 2006	Mike Randolph (R)	MF		Free
March 30, 2006		MF		Free
March 30, 2006		GK		Free
April 3, 2006		FW		Free	^[19]
April 12, 2006		MF		Free	^[20]
April 18, 2006		MF		Free	^[21]
April / May 2006		GK		Free
May 1, 2006		FW		Free	^[22]
June 29, 2006		FW		Free	^[23]
July 27, 2006		FW		Free	^[24]
August 3, 2006		MF		Free	^[25]

Loans in

Date	Position	Fee/notes	Ref
March 1, 2006	GK	Season-long loan	^[26]
June 29, 2006	GK	Season-long loan
July 27, 2006	MF	Season-long loan
August 3, 2006	FW	Season-long loan

Transfers out

Date	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	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
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
March 30, 2006	GK	Unattached	Released
May / June 2006	FW	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
June 10, 2006	MF	Unattached	Released	^[27]
June 10, 2006	GK	Unattached	Released
August 3, 2006	DF	Unattached	Released
August 3, 2006	FW	Unattached	Released

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 24, 2006		DF		USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round	^[28]
January 24, 2006		DF		USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round

Notes

A. It was announced on March 30, 2005 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.^[29] The Timbers referred to Alizadeh as the Majority Owner in press releases throughout the 2005 and 2006 seasons. However, the sale was not officially completed until June 16, 2006.

Notes and References

Web site: USL First Division All-League Teams announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 22, 2011. September 13, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095601/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/148650.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: USL First Division All-Star Team Announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. June 30, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012194057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/138938.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 7. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. June 5, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095613/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/135377.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 18. United Soccer Leagues. June 22, 2011. August 21, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095629/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/144999.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 3. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. May 8, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100233/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/131807.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 5. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. May 22, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100241/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/133672.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 6. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. May 30, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100250/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/134617.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 8. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. June 12, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100326/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/136501.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 9. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. June 19, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100428/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/137300.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 13. United Soccer Leagues. June 19, 2011. July 17, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100515/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/140642.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 14. United Soccer Leagues. June 21, 2011. July 24, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100520/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/141562.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Teams of the Week – 17. United Soccer Leagues. June 22, 2011. August 14, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100523/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/honors/144114.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: 2006 Portland Timbers stats . United Soccer Leagues . June 22, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906180222/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22369.html . September 6, 2008 .
Web site: Timbers eliminated from U.S. Open Cup by Charleston. Portland Timbers. June 22, 2011. July 12, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120915075225/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/07/timbers-eliminated-us-open-cup-charleston. September 15, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign four, including former First Division top draft pick McAthy. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. March 3, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128184759/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/03/timbers-sign-four-including-former-first-division-top-draft-pick-mcathy. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign former Galaxy reserve Nsien, re-sign Morrison, Poltl. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. March 13, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128193319/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/03/timbers-sign-former-galaxy-reserve-nsien-re-sign-morrison-poltl. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign former MLS player Luke Kreamalmeyer. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. March 22, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128193135/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/03/timbers-sign-former-mls-player-luke-kreamalmeyer. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign four, including former Pilots standout Josh Brown. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. March 30, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128193221/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/03/timbers-sign-four-including-former-pilots-standout-josh-brown. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign former L.A. Galaxy forward Mamba Chisoni. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. April 3, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128184615/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/04/timbers-sign-former-la-galaxy-forward-mamba-chisoni. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign midfielder Alejandro Gutierrez. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. April 12, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128185128/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/04/timbers-sign-midfielder-alejandro-gutierrez. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers re-sign Marcum, add Iniguez to mix for 2006. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. April 18, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128185318/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/04/timbers-re-sign-marcum-add-iniguez-mix-2006. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers draw Whitecaps in home opener. Portland Timbers. June 19, 2011. May 1, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917021944/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/05/timbers-draw-whitecaps-home-opener. September 17, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers announce addition of Hutton, Ambriz. Portland Timbers. June 19, 2011. June 29, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128183017/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/06/timbers-announce-addition-hutton-ambriz. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign Mike Chabala, Yuri Morales. Portland Timbers. June 19, 2011. July 27, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128182525/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/07/timbers-sign-mike-chabala-yuri-morales. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Timbers sign Silva, Alan Gordon returns. Portland Timbers. June 19, 2011. August 3, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128183308/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/08/timbers-sign-silva-alan-gordon-returns. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Goalkeeper Josh Saunders returns to Timbers on loan from Galaxy. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. March 1, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128193528/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/03/goalkeeper-josh-saunders-returns-timbers-loan-galaxy. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
News: Timbers Notes. June 19, 2011. Portland Tribune. June 13, 2006.
Web site: Timbers pick two defenders in 2006 College Player Draft. Portland Timbers. June 18, 2011. January 24, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128192720/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/01/timbers-pick-two-defenders-2006-college-player-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 .