2012 Portland Timbers season explained

Club:	Portland Timbers
Season:	2012
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Merritt Paulson
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	John Spencer Until 9 July 2012 Gavin Wilkinson From July 9, 2012
Stadium:	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 20,438)
League:	Major League Soccer
League Result:	Conference: 8th Overall: 17th
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round vs Cal FC
Cup3:	Cascadia Cup
Cup3 Result:	Winners
Highest Attendance:	20,438 all home games
Lowest Attendance:	5,489 vs Cal FC May 30, 2012
Average Attendance:	20,438 MLS 19,608All
League Topscorer:	Kris Boyd (7 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Kris Boyd (7 goals)
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Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 Portland Timbers season was the 2nd season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The season ended with a 1–1 tie with San Jose on October 27, an MLS record of 8-10-16, and elimination from the MLS Cup at 8th place in the western conference and 17th in the overall MLS regular season standings. The Timbers won the 2012 Cascadia Cup with a record of 3-1-2 against Seattle and Vancouver. Including all previous teams in the area to bear the "Timbers" name, this is the 26th season in the history of the Portland Timbers franchise.

Background

See also: 2011 Portland Timbers season.

On July 9, Portland Timbers parted company with John Spencer. Gavin Wilkinson was then appointed as manager until the end of the season.^[1]

Preseason

Portland Timbers Tournament

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See also: 2012 Major League Soccer season.

Results by round

U.S. Open Cup

See also: 2012 U.S. Open Cup.

Third round

Cascadia Cup

See also: Cascadia Cup.

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.

2012 Reserve League

See also: MLS Reserve League.

width=30	Pos	width=210	Club	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	T	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=30	Pts
1	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves (C)	10	6	3	1	22	11	+11	19
2	San Jose Earthquakes Reserves	10	5	3	2	15	12	+3	17
3		10	4	5	1	18	19	-1	13
3	Portland Timbers Reserves	10	4	5	1	17	18	-1	13
5	Chivas USA Reserves	10	3	4	3	21	21	0	12
6	Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves	10	3	5	2	11	22	−11	11

Club

Kits

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Primary	Green / White sleeves	White	Green
Primary Alt.	Green / White sleeves	Green	Green	MLS, July 18 against Chivas USA
Secondary	Red / White sleeves	White	Red
Third	White	White	White

Coaching staff

Squad

Roster

See also: All-time Portland Timbers (MLS) roster.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.^[2]
|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Portland no longer at the club:

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.^[2]

			Player	width=80	Total	width=80	Major League Soccer	width=80	U.S. Open Cup
1		FW	Kris Boyd	7	7	0
2		MF	Darlington Nagbe	6	6	0
3		FW	Bright Dike	5	5	0
4		FW	Danny Mwanga	3	3	0
		MF	Jack Jewsbury	3	3	0
6			Own Goal	2	2	0
7		MF	Kalif Alhassan	1	1	0
		DF	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	1	1	0
		DF	Eric Brunner	1	1	0
		DF	David Horst	1	1	0
		DF	Kosuke Kimura	1	1	0
		MF	Sal Zizzo	1	1	0
		MF	Franck Songo'o	1	1	0
		DF	Rodney Wallace	1	1	0
			TOTALS	34	34	0

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.^[3]

			Player	Total		Major League Soccer		U.S. Open Cup
5		DF	Eric Brunner	1	0	1	0	0	0
7		MF	Sal Zizzo	2	0	2	0	0	0
8		MF	Franck Songo'o	8	0	8	0	0	0
9		FW	Kris Boyd	3	0	3	0	0	0
11		MF	Kalif Alhassan	1	0	1	0	0	0
12		DF	David Horst	1	0	1	0	0	0
13		MF	Jack Jewsbury	5	0	5	0	0	0
14		DF	Steven Smith	6	0	6	0	0	0
14		MF	James Marcelin	1	0	1	0	0	0
15		DF	Kosuke Kimura	1	0	1	0	0	0
17		MF	Eric Alexander	1	0	1	0	0	0
21		MF	Diego Chará	10	1	10	1	0	0
22		DF	Rodney Wallace	2	0	2	0	0	0
25		DF	Steve Purdy	1	0	1	0	0	0
30		DF	Lovel Palmer	4	1	4	1	0	0
33		DF	Hanyer Mosquera	4	0	4	0	0	0
98		DF	Mamadou Danso	2	0	2	0	0	0
			TOTALS	51	2	51	2	0	0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.^[4]
Last updated: March 18, 2012

		Player	Total				Major League Soccer				U.S. Open Cup
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1		Troy Perkins	1177	14	1.07	39	1057	13	1.11	37	120	1	1	2
23		Joe Bendik	23	2	-	0	23	2	-	0	0	0	-	0
90		Jake Gleeson	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0
		TOTALS	540	10	1.60	14	540	10	1.60	14	0	0	-	0

Player movement

Transfers in

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 4, 2012	Brent Richards (R)	FW			^[5]
January 12, 2012	Andrew Jean-Baptiste (R)	DF		SuperDraft, 1st round signed to Generation adidas contract prior to draft	^[6]
January 17, 2012		DF		Free	^[7]
January 30, 2012		FW		Free, MLS rights acquired from Houston Dynamo for a 2013 1st round SuperDraft pick; signed to Designated Player contract	^[8] ^[9]
January 31, 2012	Charles Renken (R)	MF		Free, MLS rights acquired via waivers	^[10]
February 16, 2012		MF		Free	^[11]
February 24, 2012		GK		Free	^[12]
March 1, 2012	Ryan Kawulok (R)	MF			^[13]
April 25, 2012		DF		Free	^[14]
June 6, 2012		FW			^[15]
July 5, 2012		DF		Trade for allocation money and an international slot	^[16]
August 7, 2012		GK		Trade for Troy Perkins	^[17]
August 9, 2012		DF			^[18]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 28, 2011		DF	N/A	Retired	^[21]
November 28, 2011		GK	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	^[22]
November 28, 2011		MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised
November 28, 2011		MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised
November 28, 2011		MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised
November 28, 2011	Spencer Thompson	FW	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised
January 12, 2012		FW			^[23]
August 7, 2012		GK		Trade for Donovan Ricketts
August 9, 2012		DF		Trade for a first round 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft pick	^[24]

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 12, 2012	Brendan King	MF		SuperDraft, 2nd round attended training camp, not offered a contract	^[25]
January 17, 2012		MF		Supplemental Draft, 2nd round attended training camp, not offered a contract	^[26] ^[27]
January 17, 2012		GK		Supplemental Draft, 3rd round attended training camp, not offered a contract	^[28]
January 17, 2012		MF		Supplemental Draft, 4th round injured prior to training camp, not offered a contract

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Portland is in the #8 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.^[29]

International roster slots

Portland has 8 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster slots. Clubs may trade their excess international roster slots to other teams and there is no limit to the amount of slots each team can acquire.

Portland acquired one additional slot for use in the 2011 and 2012 seasons from Los Angeles Galaxy, in exchange for allocation money, to bring their total to 9 for their first two seasons in MLS.^[30] The Timbers then traded one of their 2012 slots to the Montreal Impact in exchange for not selecting any Timbers players in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft^[31] and a 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft 4th Round pick.^[32]

Prior to the 2012 season, Portland acquired an additional slot from D.C. United for use in the 2012 and 2013 seasons in exchange for allocation money, bringing their total back up to 9 at the start of the 2012 season. In July 2012, Portland traded a slot to Colorado Rapids as part of the Kosuke Kimura deal. That slot returns to Portland after the 2012 season.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired:

• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick from New York Red Bulls.
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick from Houston Dynamo.^[33]
• 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 pick from D.C. United.
• 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 4 pick from Montreal Impact.

Future picks traded:

• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick to Houston Dynamo.
• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick (conditional) to Montreal Impact. This pick may instead turn into use of an international roster slot for the 2013 season, dependent on the performance of Mike Fucito in 2012.^[34]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portland Timbers confirm John Spencer departure. TheGuardian.com. July 9, 2012.
2. Web site: 2012 Team Stats. Major League Soccer.
3. Web site: 2012 Foul Stats. Major League Soccer.
4. Web site: 2012 Goalkeeper Stats. Major League Soccer.
5. Web site: Timbers sign Brent Richards as first Homegrown Player . Portland Timbers . January 4, 2012 . January 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120712050846/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-sign-brent-richards-first-homegrown-player . July 12, 2012 .
6. Web site: Timbers Select Jean-Baptiste, King in 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Portland Timbers. January 12, 2012. January 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115063406/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-select-jean-baptiste-king-2012-mls-superdraft. January 15, 2012. dead.
7. Web site: Timbers sign Colombian defender Hanyer Mosquera . Portland Timbers . January 17, 2012 . January 17, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119210648/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-sign-colombian-defender-hanyer-mosquera . January 19, 2012 . mdy .
8. Web site: Timbers sign Designated Player Kris Boyd . Portland Timbers . January 30, 2012 . January 30, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120131185121/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-sign-designated-player-kris-boyd . January 31, 2012 .
9. Web site: Dynamo, Timbers agree to terms of trade. Houston Dynamo. January 30, 2012. January 30, 2012. February 2, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120202204212/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2012/01/dynamo-timbers-agree-terms-trade. dead.
10. Web site: Timbers acquire midfielder Charles Renken . Portland Timbers . January 31, 2012 . January 31, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120203055228/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-acquire-midfielder-charles-renken . February 3, 2012 .
11. Web site: imbers sign midfielder Franck Songo'o . Portland Timbers . February 16, 2012 . February 16, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217221127/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/02/timbers-sign-midfielder-franck-songoo . February 17, 2012 .
12. Web site: Timbers sign goalkeeper Joe Bendik . Portland Timbers . February 24, 2012 . February 24, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226032639/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/02/timbers-sign-goalkeeper-joe-bendik . February 26, 2012 .
13. Web site: Timbers sign 2012 Supplemental Draft pick Ryan Kawulok. Portland Timbers. March 1, 2012. March 1, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304030418/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/03/timbers-sign-2012-supplemental-draft-pick-ryan-kawulok. March 4, 2012. dead.
14. Web site: Timbers sign Steven Smith . Portland Timbers . June 18, 2012 . April 25, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120427214420/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/04/timbers-sign-scottish-defender-steven-smith . April 27, 2012 .
15. Web site: No easy decision in trading Mwanga. timesherald. June 18, 2012. June 6, 2012.
16. Web site: Rapids acquire allocation money, international slot from Portland for Kimura. timesherald. July 5, 2012. July 8, 2012. December 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215010836/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2012/07/rapids-acquire-allocation-money-international-slot-portland-kimura. dead.
17. Web site: Montreal Impact acquires goalkeeper Troy Perkins Montreal Impact. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924141853/http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2012/08/montreal-impact-acquires-goalkeeper-troy-perkins. 2012-09-24.
18. News: Timbers acquire New Zealand international Ian Hogg, trade defender Mike Chabala to D.C. United . 8 August 2012 . portlandtimbers.com . 10 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120811011740/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/08/timbers-acquire-new-zealand-international-ian-hogg-trade-defender-mike-chabala-dc-unite . August 11, 2012 .
19. Web site: Timbers sign Designated Player Jose Adolfo Valencia . Portland Timbers . December 15, 2011 . December 15, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107230551/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2011/12/timbers-sign-designated-player-jose-adolfo-valencia . January 7, 2012 . mdy .
20. Web site: Itel. Dan. Timbers put Valencia plans on hold after injury news. Portland Timbers. February 6, 2012. February 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207020734/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/02/timbers-put-valencia-plans-hold-after-injury-news. February 7, 2012. dead.
21. Web site: Timbers defender Kevin Goldthwaite announces retirement . Portland Timbers . November 28, 2011 . November 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111130230224/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2011/11/timbers-defender-kevin-goldthwaite-announces-retirement . November 30, 2011 . mdy .
22. Web site: Timbers re-sign goalkeeper Troy Perkins, defender David Horst . Portland Timbers . November 28, 2011 . November 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111130230230/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2011/11/timbers-re-sign-goalkeeper-troy-perkins-defender-david-horst . November 30, 2011 .
23. Web site: Timbers Acquire First-round draft pick, Allocation From New York In Exchange For Kenny Cooper. Portland Timbers. January 12, 2012. January 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115053908/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-acquire-first-round-draft-pick-allocation-new-york-exchange-kenny-cooper. January 15, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
24. Web site: Mike Chabala acquired D.C. United . 2012-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120812004531/http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/2012/08/mike-chabala-acquired . August 12, 2012 .
25. News: Arnold. Geoffrey C.. Tuesday training report: Portland Timbers prepare for Chicago. February 16, 2012. The Oregonian. February 14, 2012.
26. Web site: Timbers select four players in 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. Portland Timbers. January 17, 2012. January 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120120003730/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/01/timbers-select-four-players-2012-mls-supplemental-draft. January 20, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
27. News: Arnold. Geoffrey C.. Preseason wins give Portland Timbers boost of confidence. February 18, 2012. The Oregonian. February 18, 2012. Portland.
28. News: Arnold. Geoffrey C.. Portland Timbers train in Los Angeles in preparation for Galaxy. February 7, 2012. The Oregonian. February 7, 2012. Portland.
29. Web site: 2011 MLS Roster Rules | Major League Soccer . Mlssoccer.com . May 6, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110430101816/http://www.mlssoccer.com/2011-mls-roster-rules . April 30, 2011 .
30. Timbers Acquire International Roster Slot from Galaxy. Portland Timbers. November 22, 2010. February 24, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127203652/http://portlandtimbers.com/news/2010/11/timbers-acquire-international-roster-slot-galaxy. November 27, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
31. Web site: Molinaro. John. Montreal Impact take Ching no. 1. Rogers SportsNet. February 6, 2012. November 23, 2011. November 24, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111124185838/http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2011/11/23/impact_mls_draft/. dead.
32. Web site: Timbers acquire International Roster Slot from D.C. United in exchange for Allocation . Portland Timbers . February 6, 2012 . February 6, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032937/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/02/timbers-acquire-international-roster-slot-dc-united-exchange-allocation . February 9, 2012 .
33. Timbers Sign English Defender Kerrea Gilbert. Portland Timbers. December 13, 2010. February 24, 2011.
34. Web site: Timbers acquire forward Mike Fucito from Montreal . Portland Timbers . April 20, 2012 . May 6, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518140036/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2012/04/timbers-acquire-forward-mike-fucito-montreal . May 18, 2012 . mdy .