List of Portland Timbers seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by the Portland Timbers in American soccer, from 1975, when the original club first competed in the North American Soccer League, through the most recent completed season. All four incarnations of the Portland Timbers are represented. This list details the club's achievements in all competitions and the top scorers for each season. Records of friendlies and preseason tournaments are not included. Totals include the records and statistics of all four iterations of the club.^[1] ^[2]

Key

Key to competitions

Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996.
USSF Division 2 Professional League (D2 Pro) – The second division of soccer in the United States for a single season in 2010, now defunct.
USL First Division (USL-1) – The second division of soccer in the United States from 2005 through 2009.
A-League – The second division of soccer in the United States from 1995 through 2004, now defunct.
American Professional Soccer League (APSL) – The second division of soccer in the United States from 1990 through 1996, now defunct.
Western Soccer League (WSL) – The second division of soccer in the United States from 1985 through 1989, now defunct. The league was previously known as the Western Soccer Alliance (WSA) and the Western Alliance Challenge Series (WACS). The WSL was the third division of American soccer from its founding until its elevation to second division status in 1989.
North American Soccer League (NASL) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States from 1968 through 1984, now defunct.
U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914.
CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.

Key to colors and symbols:

style=background:gold	1st or W	Winners
style=background:silver	2nd or RU	Runners-up
style=background:#CFAA88	3rd	Third place
style=background:#FFCCCC	Last	Last place
style=background:#FAECC8;"	♦	League golden boot winner
	Highest average attendance
Italics	Ongoing competition

Key to league record

Season = The year and article of the season
Div = Division/level on pyramid
League = League name
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
L = Games lost
D = Games drawn
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal difference
Pts = Points
PPG = Points per game
Conf. = Conference position
Overall = League position

Key to cup record

DNE = Did not enter
DNQ = Did not qualify
NH = Competition not held or canceled
QR = Qualifying round
PR = Preliminary round
GS = Group stage
R1 = First round
R2 = Second round
R3 = Third round
R4 = Fourth round
R5 = Fifth round
Ro16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarterfinals
SF = Semifinals
F = Final
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Seasons

Season	League											Position		Playoffs	USOC	Continental / Other	Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
Season	Div	League	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall	Playoffs	USOC	Name(s)	Average attendance	Goals
1975	1	NASL	22	16	6	0	43	27	+16	48	2.19	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	RU	DNE^[3]	DNE^[4]	14,503	Peter Withe^[5]	18
1976		NASL	24	8	16	0	23	41		24	1.00	9th	18th	DNQ	20,166	Tony Betts	6
1977		NASL	26	10	16	0	39	42	–3	30	1.15	style=background:#FFCCCC	9th	DNQ	15th	13,208	Stewart Scullion		11
1978		NASL	30	20	10	0	50	36	+14	60	2.00	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	4th	SF	11,803	Clyde Best^[6]		14
1979		NASL	30	11	19	0	50	75	–25	33	1.10	style=background:#FFCCCC	12th	19th	DNQ	13,018	John Bain Clyde Best		8
1980		NASL	32	15	17	0	50	53	–3	45	1.41	9th	16th	10,210	DNQ	Clyde Best	11
1981		NASL	32	17	15	0	52	49	+3	51	1.59	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	12th	R1	10,516	John Bain^[7]		12
1982		NASL	32	14	18	0	49	44	+5	42	1.31	4th	10th	DNQ	8,786^[8]	Ron Futcher	13
1983	*No club existed*
1984
1985	3	WACS	7	1	4	2	8	16	−8	5	0.71	N/A	style=background:#FFCCCC	4th	−	DNE	DNE	−	N/A	N/A
1986		WSA	14	6	6	2	19	22	−3	20	1.43		bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	−		−	Brent Goulet	style=background:#FAECC8;"	9♦
1987		WSA	10	5	5	0	9	15	–6	15	1.50		4th	DNQ	−		3 players tied	2
1988		WSA	12	1	11	0	16	32	–16	3	0.25		style=background:#FFCCCC	DNQ	6th		–	Scott Benedetti	style=background:#FAECC8;"	8♦
1989	2	WSL	16	11	5	0	32	25	+7	33	2.06	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd		SF	–	Scott Benedetti	8
1990	2	APSL	20	10	10	0	42	36	+6	30	1.50	4th	8th	DNQ	–		Shawn Medved	10
1991– 2000	*No club existed*
2001	2	A-League	26	13	10	3	41	38	+3	42	1.62	4th	10th	QF	QR1	DNE	5,974	Mark Baena^[9]	15
2002		A-League	28	13	12	3	47	39	+8	42	1.50	4th	8th	R1	QR1	6,261	Fadi Afash McKinley Tennyson	style=background:#FAECC8;"	18♦
2003		A-League	28	15	11	2	39	33	+6	47	1.68	5th	10th	DNQ	QR1	5,871	Byron Alvarez	12
2004		A-League	28	18	7	3	58	30	+28	57	2.04	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st^[10]	QF	Ro16	5,281	Byron Alvarez^[11]	18
2005		USL-1	28	10	9	9	40	42	−2	39	1.39	N/A	5th	QF	Ro16	5,553	Dan Antoniuk^[12]	14
2006		USL-1	28	7	15	6	25	39	–14	27	0.96		11th	DNQ	R3	5,575	Luke Kreamalmeyer^[13]	9
2007		USL-1	28	14	5	9	32	18	+14	51	1.82		bgcolor=silver	2nd	SF	R2	6,794	Andrew Gregor^[14]	9
2008		USL-1	30	7	13	10	26	33	–7	31	1.03		style=background:#FFCCCC	11th	DNQ	R1	DNQ	8,567	Chris Brown^[15]	9
2009		USL-1	30	16	4	10	45	19	+26	58	1.93		bgcolor=gold	1st	SF	Ro16	9,734	Mandjou Keita^[16]	14
2010		D2 Pro	30	13	7	10	34	23	+11	46	1.63	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	QF	Ro16	10,727	Ryan Pore	15
2011	1	MLS	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42	1.24	6th	12th	DNQ	QR2	18,827	Kenny Cooper Jack Jewsbury^[17]	8
2012		MLS	34	8	16	10	34	56	–22	34	1.00	8th	17th	DNQ	Ro16	20,438	Kris Boyd	7
2013		MLS	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57	1.68	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	SF	SF	20,674	Diego Valeri^[18]	13
2014		MLS	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9	49	1.44	6th	11th	DNQ	QF	CONCACAF Champions League	GS	20,744	Gastón Fernández^[19]	10
2015		MLS	34	15	11	8	41	39	+2	53	1.56	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	5th	bgcolor=gold	W	Ro16	DNQ		21,144	Fanendo Adi	18
2016		MLS	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44	1.29	7th	12th	DNQ	Ro16	CONCACAF Champions League	GS	21,144	Fanendo Adi	18
2017		MLS	34	14	9	11	60	50	+10	53	1.56	bgcolor=gold	1st	6th	QF	R4	DNQ	21,144	Diego Valeri	21
2018		MLS	34	15	10	9	54	48	+6	54	1.59	5th	8th	bgcolor=silver	RU	QF	21,144	Sebastián Blanco Diego Valeri	10
2019		MLS	34	14	13	7	49	48	+1	49	1.44	6th	11th	R1	SF	25,218	Brian Fernández	15
2020		MLS	23	11	6	6	46	35	+11	39	1.70	3rd	8th	R1	NH	Leagues Cup MLS is Back Tournament	NH W	25,368	Jeremy Ebobisse Diego Valeri	9
2021		MLS	34	17	13	4	56	52	+4	55	1.65	4th	5th	bgcolor=silver	RU	NH	CONCACAF Champions League	QF	21,285	Felipe Mora	13
2022		MLS	34	11	10	13	53	53	0	46	1.35	8th	15th	DNQ	Ro32	DNQ	DNQ	23,341	Dairon Asprilla	10
2023		MLS	34	11	13	10	46	58	-12	43	1.26	10th	18th	DNQ	Ro32	Leagues Cup	Ro32	23.102	Evander	9
Total	–	–	954	414	371	169	1412	1341	+71	1408	1.48	–	–	–	–	—		–	Diego Valeri <	-- As of the end of the 2021 season -->	98

1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.
3. Points and PPG have been adjusted from non-traditional to traditional scoring systems for seasons prior to 2003 to more effectively compare historical team performance across seasons.

Interactive chart

References

Web site: American Soccer History Archives. June 7, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20091108051155/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/. November 8, 2009. dead.
Web site: A-League Archives. June 7, 2011.
Web site: Timbers Fan Page. June 7, 2011.
Web site: The Timber Mill. June 7, 2011.
Web site: Previous Season Stat Archives . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html . January 5, 2010 .
Web site: 2003 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012033852/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2003/22369.html . October 12, 2012 .
Web site: 2004 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616044359/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2004/22369.html . June 16, 2010 .
Web site: 2005 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610215603/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/22369.html . June 10, 2011 .
Web site: 2006 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610224240/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/22369.html . June 10, 2011 .
Web site: 2007 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610214759/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/22369.html . June 10, 2011 .
Web site: 2008 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610153253/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22369.html . June 10, 2011 .
Web site: 2009 Portland Timbers. United Soccer Leagues. June 7, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100306162606/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22369.html. March 6, 2010.
Web site: 2010 Portland Timbers . United Soccer Leagues . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610103634/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010%20Division%20II/22369.html . June 10, 2011 .
Web site: 2010 Portland Timbers. United States Soccer Federation. June 7, 2011.
Web site: Commissioner's Cup Winners & Results. United Soccer Leagues. June 7, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012033945/http://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/postseason/usl1/USL1-CommissionersCup-History.pdf. October 12, 2012.
Web site: Cascadia Cup. June 7, 2011.

Notes and References

Web site: Portland Timbers Stats and History.
Web site: Portland Timbers Stats and History.
News: Westervelt . Ted . May 14, 2013 . U.S. Open Cup: 1958 to 1987 . Goal, The New York Times Soccer Blog . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191005130057/https://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/u-s-open-cup-1958-to-1987/ . October 5, 2019 . April 29, 2014.
Note: In the NASL years of 1974–1984, the NASL did not compete in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. CONCACAF awarded spots to the U.S. Open Cup winner. The NASL adopted an isolationist perspective, viewing the separate cup competition as not American enough and as commercially competitive with its own playoff cup, the Soccerbowl.
Peter Withe (1975): includes 2 playoff goals.
Clyde Best (1978): includes 2 playoff goals.
John Bain (1981): includes 1 playoff goal.
Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1982. November 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151128063727/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1982.html . November 28, 2015 . dead. David. Litterer.
Mark Baena (2001): includes 1 playoff goal and 1 Open Cup qualification goal.
The Commissioner's Cup was first created in 1991 to honor the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) regular season champion and was awarded through the 1996 season. It was revived in 2005 to honor the USL First Division (USL-1) regular season champion and was awarded retroactively to the teams which had amassed the most points in previous A-League (A-L) seasons from 1997 to 2004.
Byron Alvarez (2004): includes 1 playoff goal and 1 Open Cup goal.
Dan Antoniuk (2005): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
Luke Kreamalmeyer (2006): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
Andrew Gregor (2007): includes 1 playoff goal.
Chris Brown (2008): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
Mandjou Keita (2009): includes 3 Open Cup goals.
Jack Jewsbury (2011): includes 1 Open Cup qualification goal.
Diego Valeri (2013): 2 Open Cup + 1 Playoff goals
Gastón Fernández (2014): 4 Open Cup