Playoff Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps at Portland Timbers
by Matt Hoffman By beating Sporting Kansas City after an extended bout of penalty kicks,…
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‘Breath of God’ elevates Portland in Knockout Round
by Matt Hoffman The Portland Timbers are a professional soccer team. As such, when the…
Preview: Colorado Rapids at Portland Timbers
Matt Hoffman previews Colorado at Portland.
Timbers run Rio Tinto win streak to three in crucial win
by Matt Hoffman Portland’s playoff hopes rose with a flourish Wednesday as the Timbers defeated…
Preview: Portland Timbers at Real Salt Lake
by Matt Hoffman For one weekend the soul-crushing, heart-breaking, torpid disappointment of the Timbers season…
Radio MLS: Köszönöm Sporting Kansas City!
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes , Souncloud, Stitcher, or PodOMatic On this week’s edition of Radio MLS Matt Hoffman (Portland Timbers…
Preview: Portland Timbers at Columbus Crew SC
By Matt Hoffman Most American soccer fans have become intimately familiar with Audi’s logo courtesy…
Preview: Portland Timbers versus New York Red Bulls
The Portland Timbers need three points this weekend as they host a Red Bulls team that is firing on all cylinders even after a harrowing midweek loss in Massachusetts.
Preview: Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City
by Matt Hoffman It’s a post-Labor Day, post-USMNT Brazilian Blowout, Wednesday battle of attrition at…
Timbers look to accelerate Sounders death spiral
by Matt Hoffman Sunday’s Sounders-Timbers tilt Timbers and Sounders FC will be the 94th all-time…
Portland player ratings versus Houston Dynamo
By Matt Hoffman Captain Comeback made an appearance on Friday night as the Timbers were…
Match Preview-Houston at Portland
By Matt Hoffman Houston meets Portland tonight (8:00 PM, UniMas; English (local) on KPDX Channel…
Timbers fail to find spark in Texas Chainsaw Massacre
By Matt Hoffman The Timbers would be locked in for a share of the league’s…
With Melano,Timbers signal to league that parity doesn’t mean cups
by Matt Hoffman Under Caleb Porter scoring has seldom been an issue for the Timbers.…
Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps at Portland Timbers
by Matt Hoffman Dating back to May 27th, the Portland Timbers have won five straight…
When it comes to MLS expansion, lessons learned the hard way are still lessons learned
by Matt Hoffman “The club that nobody wanted, the club that nobody wanted, the club…
The headaches linger, but Portland avoids splitting points with short-handed Earthquakes
by Matt Hoffman In the 85th minute, the San Jose Earthquakes were awarded a free…
Timbers crash out of 2015 US Open Cup
By Matt Hoffman The Timbers dreams of continuing its US Open Cup run came to…
Timbers join WWE, Bulls and 49ers on ESPN nominations list
by Matt Hoffman ESPN announced today that the Portland Timbers are one of four finalists…
Young Thinkers meet as Porter’s Portland host Heaps’ New England
By Matt Hoffman It’s hard to know what to make of Saturday’s opponent, the New…
Closer to the thin red line: Timbers at Colorado Preview
By Matt Hoffman The Timbers snapped their two-game losing streak but it wasn’t without controversy…
Timbers welcome DC hoping to lose race to the bottom
by Matt Hoffman It’s best meets West on Wednesday when the Timbers welcome D.C. United…