2007 Portland Timbers season explained

Club:	Portland Timbers
Season:	2007
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Jack Cain (interim; to May 22) Merritt Paulson (from May 22)
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Gavin Wilkinson
Stadium:	PGE Park Portland, Oregon
League:	USL-1
League Result:	League: 2nd Playoffs: Semifinals
Cup1:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	Cascadia Cup
Cup2 Result:	3rd
Highest Attendance:	15,833 vs. CHA (Aug 23)
Lowest Attendance:	3,041 vs. ROC (May 13)
Average Attendance:	League: 6,828 All: 7,244
Season Topscorer:	Andrew Gregor (9 goals)
League Topscorer:	Andrew Gregor (8 goals)
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Prevseason:	2006
Nextseason:	2008
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The 2007 Portland Timbers season was the 7th 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

See also: 2007 United Soccer Leagues.

Standings

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1	Seattle Sounders	54	28	16	6	6	37	23	+14
2	Portland Timbers	51	28	14	5	9	32	18	+14
3	Montreal Impact	50	28	14	6	8	32	21	+11
4	Atlanta Silverbacks	43	28	12	9	7	40	30	+10
5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	42	28	12	10	6	39	36	+3
6	Puerto Rico Islanders	40	28	10	8	10	35	34	+1
7	Vancouver Whitecaps	39	28	9	7	12	27	24	+3
8	Carolina RailHawks	32	28	8	12	8	24	34	-10
9	Miami FC	31	28	9	15	4	31	41	-10
10	Charleston Battery	30	28	8	14	6	32	39	-7
11	Minnesota Thunder	26	28	5	12	11	32	35	-3
12	California Victory	19	28	4	17	7	17	43	-26

Results by round

USL-1 Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Each round except the final was a two-game aggregate goal series decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out immediately following the second game of the series, if necessary. The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker. Tournament was re-seeded after the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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U.S. Open Cup

See also: 2007 U.S. Open Cup.

Second round

Cascadia Cup

See also: Cascadia Cup.

2007

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
Seattle Sounders	8	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3
Vancouver Whitecaps	3	4	0	1	3	2	3	-1
Portland Timbers	3	4	0	1	3	2	4	-2

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Gavin Wilkinson
Assistant coach	Rod Underwood
Assistant coach	Jim Rilatt
Goalkeeper coach	Jim Brazeau

Management

Staff recognition

USL-1 Coach of the Year^[1]

Squad

Kits

Player recognition

USL-1 Goalkeeper of the Year^[2]

USL-1 GAA Champion^[3]

USL-1 All-League First Team

Pos	Player	GP
GK	Josh Wicks	27
DF	Cameron Knowles	28
MF	Andrew Gregor	24

USL-1 All-League Second Team

USL-1 Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
4	Andrew Gregor	Seattle Sounders, Rochester Raging Rhinos	^[4]
11	Josh Wicks	California Victory, Miami FC	^[5]
13	David Hague	California Victory (x2)	^[6]

USL-1 Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
4	Leonard Griffin	Rochester Raging Rhinos	^[7]
19	Justin Thompson	Charleston Battery	^[8]

USL-1 Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
1	Andrew Gregor	Puerto Rico Islanders	^[9]
4	Andrew Gregor	Seattle Sounders, Rochester Raging Rhinos
	Leonard Griffin
	Bryan Jordan
6	Bryan Jordan	California Victory, Carolina RailHawks	^[10]
	Scot Thompson
8	Cameron Knowles	Montreal Impact, Rochester Raging Rhinos	^[11]
10	Neil Dombrowski	Montreal Impact	^[12]
11	Andrew Gregor	California Victory, Miami FC
	Josh Wicks
12	Andrew Gregor	California Victory	^[13]
13	David Hague	California Victory (x2)
	Scot Thompson
14	Chris Bagley	Vancouver Whitecaps, Atlanta Silverbacks, Charleston Battery	^[14]
	Tom Poltl
15	Justin Thompson	Atlanta Silverbacks	^[15]
16	Lawrence Olum	Seattle Sounders, Minnesota Thunder	^[16]
18	Matt Taylor	Minnesota Thunder	^[17]
19	Andrew Gregor	Charleston Battery, Miami FC, Puerto Rico Islanders	^[18]
	Justin Thompson
20	Cameron Knowles	Carolina RailHawks	^[19]
	Josh Wicks
21	Josh Wicks	Vancouver Whitecaps	^[20]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

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1		MF	Andrew Gregor	9	8	1	0
2		FW	Bryan Jordan	6	5	1	0
3		FW	David Hague	4	4	0	0
		MF	Lawrence Olum	4	3	0	1
5		DF	Justin Thompson	3	1	1	1
6		DF	Leonard Griffin	2	2	0	0
		DF	Cameron Knowles	2	2	0	0
		DF	Scot Thompson	2	2	0	0
		FW	Jaime Ambriz	2	1	1	0
10		FW	Chris Bagley	1	1	0	0
		MF	Neil Dombrowski	1	1	0	0
		MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	1	1	0	0
		FW	Matt Taylor	1	1	0	0
		FW	Luc Harrington	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	39	32	4	3

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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4		DF	Lee Morrison	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	0
5		DF	Justin Thompson	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	0
6		DF	Cameron Knowles	4	1	4	0	0	0	-	1
7		MF	Shaun Higgins	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	0
8		MF	Tom Poltl	7	0	6	0	1	0	-	0
10		MF	Luke Kreamalmeyer	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	0
11		FW	Luc Harrington	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	0
12		DF	Leonard Griffin	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	0
13		MF	Andrew Gregor	11	0	9	0	2	0	-	0
14		MF	Neil Dombrowski	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	0
15		MF	Lawrence Olum	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	0
17		DF	Scot Thompson	6	0	6	0	0	0	-	0
18		MF	Tom Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	0
19		MF	Troy Ready	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	0
23		DF	Josh Wicks	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	0
25		FW	David Hague	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	0
26		FW	Bryan Jordan	7	1	6	1	1	0	-	0
			TOTALS	60	2	55	1	5	0	?	1

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				USL-1				Playoffs				U.S. Open Cup
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1		Bayard Elfvin	225	2	0.80	9	135	2	1.33	4	0	0	-	0	90	0	0.00	5
16		Steve Reese	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0
23		Josh Wicks	2865	20	0.63	112	2385	16	0.60	87	390	2	0.46	19	90	2	2.00	6
		TOTALS	3090	22	0.64	121	2520	18	0.64	91	390	2	0.46	19	180	2	1.00	11

Player movement

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 19, 2006		MF		Free	^[22]
December 19, 2006		MF		Free
January 4, 2007		FW		Free	^[23]
February 16, 2007	Kevin Meissner (R)	DF		Free	^[24]
February 16, 2007	Lawrence Olum (R)	MF		Free
February 21, 2007		DF		Free	^[25]
February 27, 2007		MF		Free	^[26]
March 7, 2007	David Hague (R)	FW		Free	^[27]
March 12, 2007		DF		Free	^[28]
March 16, 2007		GK		Free	^[29]
April 20, 2007		FW		Free	^[30]
April 20, 2007		MF		Free
April 20, 2007	Bryan Jordan (R)	FW		Free
April 24, 2007		DF		Free	^[31]
May 1, 2007		MF		Free	^[32]
May 23, 2007		GK		Free	^[33]
July 25, 2007		FW		Free	^[34]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
		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
		DF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
		MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
		DF	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
		FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
		DF	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
		DF	N/A	Retired; named general manager and head coach
September 29, 2007		DF		Free	^[35]

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 24, 2007		FW		USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round	^[36]
January 24, 2007		FW		USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final USL-1 Awards announced . United Soccer Leagues . September 28, 2007 . 16 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175738/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/recentnews/207628.html . 17 July 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: USL-1 All-League Players announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. September 20, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012115708/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/205425.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
3. Web site: USL-1 Statistical Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. September 12, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012115719/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/203699.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
4. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced . United Soccer Leagues . June 14, 2011 . May 14, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012115749/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/183201.html . October 12, 2012 .
5. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 14, 2011. July 3, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012115858/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/191651.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
6. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 14, 2011. July 17, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012115921/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/193721.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
7. Web site: Griffin nets USL-1 Goal of the Week for Week 4. Portland Timbers. June 14, 2011. May 18, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127233402/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/05/griffin-nets-usl-1-goal-week-week-4. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
8. Web site: Justin Thompson earns pair of honors. Portland Timbers. June 16, 2011. August 31, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128021958/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/08/justin-thompson-earns-pair-honors. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
9. Web site: Players of the Week announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 13, 2011. April 23, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110923022348/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/179242.html. September 23, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
10. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 14, 2011. May 29, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070602143049/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/185771.html. June 2, 2007. dead. mdy-all.
11. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 14, 2011. June 12, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095340/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/187992.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
12. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 14, 2011. June 26, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012120006/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/190177.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
13. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 14, 2011. July 10, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012120317/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/192510.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
14. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. July 24, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110922222816/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/194891.html. September 22, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
15. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. July 31, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012120434/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/196037.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
16. Web site: Weekly Pro Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. August 7, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012120452/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/197073.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
17. Web site: Weekly USL-1 Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. August 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925235738/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/199344.html. September 25, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
18. Web site: Weekly USL-1 Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. August 28, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095420/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/200742.html. March 26, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
19. Web site: Weekly USL-1 Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. September 4, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012120617/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/201734.html. October 12, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
20. Web site: Weekly USL-1 Honors announced. United Soccer Leagues. June 16, 2011. September 11, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925125856/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/203463.html. September 25, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
21. Web site: 2007 Season Statistics. June 13, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20071218090810/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/newsroom/statistics/. December 18, 2007.
22. Web site: Timbers announce first five signings for 2007. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. December 19, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128182227/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2006/12/timbers-announce-first-five-signings-2007. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
23. Web site: Timbers sign forward Chris Bagley. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. January 4, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128182339/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/01/timbers-sign-forward-chris-bagley. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
24. Web site: Timbers sign two college standouts. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. February 16, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128174742/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/02/timbers-sign-two-college-standouts. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
25. Web site: Timbers sign MLS defender Cameron Knowles. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. February 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128174527/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/02/timbers-sign-mls-defender-cameron-knowles. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
26. Web site: Timbers sign veteran, local product Andrew Gregor. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. February 27, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127222059/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/02/timbers-sign-veteran-local-product-andrew-gregor. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
27. Web site: Timbers sign 2006 NCAA scoring leader. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. March 7, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127222614/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/03/timbers-sign-2006-ncaa-scoring-leader. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
28. Web site: Timbers sign defender Leonard Griffin from MLS Fire. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. March 12, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127222636/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/03/timbers-sign-defender-leonard-griffin-mls-fire. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
29. Web site: Timbers secure goalkeepers for 2007. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. March 16, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127221923/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/03/timbers-secure-goalkeepers-2007. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
30. Web site: Timbers add four more to roster. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. April 20, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127231105/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/04/timbers-add-four-more-roster. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
31. Web site: Timbers sign defender Justin Thompson. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. April 24, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127231735/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/04/timbers-sign-defender-justin-thompson. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
32. Web site: Timbers sign English midfielder Tom Taylor. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. May 1, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127234026/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/05/timbers-sign-english-midfielder-tom-taylor. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
33. Web site: Timbers host California, Carolina this weekend. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. May 23, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127233238/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/05/timbers-host-california-carolina-weekend. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
34. Web site: Timbers sign forward Matt Taylor from Chivas USA. Portland Timbers. June 16, 2011. July 25, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128014529/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/07/timbers-sign-forward-matt-taylor-chivas-usa. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
35. Web site: Griffin signs with Columbus of MLS. Portland Timbers. June 16, 2011. September 29, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128022945/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/09/griffin-signs-columbus-mls. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
36. Web site: Timbers select two strikers in 2007 draft. Portland Timbers. June 13, 2011. January 24, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128174708/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2007/01/timbers-select-two-strikers-2007-draft. November 28, 2010. dead. mdy-all.