2012 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
2012 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head coach	John Spencer; Until 9 July 2012; ; Gavin Wilkinson; From July 9, 2012
Stadium	Jeld-Wen Field; Portland, Oregon; (Capacity: 20,438)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 8th; Overall: 17th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Third round vs Cal FC
Cascadia Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Kris Boyd; (7 goals); All: Kris Boyd; (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	20,438 ; all home games
Lowest home attendance	5,489 vs Cal FC ; May 30, 2012
Average home league attendance	20,438 MLS ; 19,608All

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

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

California training camp

February 7, 2012	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–4	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
10:30 (PST)	Keat 80'	Report	8' Dike 9' Perlaza 67' Marcelin 85' (pen.) Danso	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

February 10, 2012	Montreal Impact	0–0	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
10:30 (PST)		Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

February 12, 2012	Houston Dynamo	0–2	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
10:30 (PST)		Report	63' Jewsbury 86' Marcelin	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

February 15, 2012	Chicago Fire	0–2	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
11:00 (PST)		Report	64' Alexander 113' Perlaza	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

Return to Portland

February 23, 2012	Portland Timbers	1–0	Oregon State Beavers (NCAA)	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Mosquera 84'	Report		Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field

Portland Timbers Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Jose Earthquakes	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
2	Portland Timbers	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	AIK	3	1	1	1	2	0	+2	4
4	Chivas USA	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

February 27, 2012	Portland Timbers	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Alhassan 15'	Report	59' (o.g.) Mosquera	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 16,118 Referee: Drew Fischer (CAN)

March 1, 2012	Portland Timbers	1–1	Chivas USA	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Kawulok 78'	Report	21' Romero	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 15,195 Referee: Chris Penso (USA)

March 4, 2012	Portland Timbers	1–0	AIK	Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PST)	Boyd 7'	Report		Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 17,357 Referee: (USA)

Regular season

March 12, 2012 MLS 1	Portland Timbers	3–1	Philadelphia Union	Portland, Oregon
18:55 (PDT)	Jean-Baptiste 54' Boyd 66' Alhassan 76'	Report	51' Gómez	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

March 17, 2012 MLS 2	FC Dallas	1–1	Portland Timbers	Frisco, Texas
17:30 (PDT)	Pérez 22'	Report	51' Nagbe	Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium Attendance: 12,203 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (USA)

March 24, 2012 MLS 3	New England Revolution	1–0	Portland Timbers	Foxborough, Massachusetts
13:00 (PDT)	Sène 1'	Report		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 12,925 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (USA)

March 31, 2012 MLS 4	Portland Timbers	2–3	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT)	Nagbe 49', 67'	Summary	Saborío 40' (pen.) Steele 89' Beckerman 90+3'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Mark Geiger(USA)

April 7, 2012 MLS 5	Portland Timbers	1–2	Chivas USA	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Boyd 66'	Summary	Moreno 48' LaBrocca 82'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Chris Penso (USA)

April 14, 2012 MLS 6	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–1	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
19:30 (PDT)	Donovan 44' Juninho 83' Beckham 90+1'	Summary	Boyd 23'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,143 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

April 21, 2012 MLS 7	Portland Timbers	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Myers 42' (o.g.)	Summary		Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (USA)

April 28, 2012 MLS 8	Montreal Impact	2–0	Portland Timbers	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
11:00 (PDT)	Corradi 78' (pen.) Ubiparipović 84'	Summary		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,223 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (USA)

May 5, 2012 MLS 9	Portland Timbers	0–0	Columbus Crew	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Palmer 50' Songo'o 75' Chara 77'	Report	Miranda 57'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

May 15, 2012 MLS 10	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Portland Timbers	Houston, Texas
17:30 (PDT)		Report	Kris Boyd 92'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,039 Referee: Chris Penso (USA)

May 20, 2012 MLS 11	Portland Timbers	2–1	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon
16:00 (PDT)	Brunner 20' Pause 53' (o.g.)	Summary	Anibaba 39'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

May 23, 2012 Friendly	Portland Timbers	0–1	Valencia	Portland, Oregon
17:30 (PDT)		Report	Aduriz 41'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 19,564 Referee: (USA)

May 26, 2012 MLS 12 / CC	Portland Timbers	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT)	Boyd 67'	Summary	Mattocks 84'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (USA)

May 30, 2012 USOC R3	Portland Timbers	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Cal FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)		Report	Aghasyan 95'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 5,489 Referee: Will Niccolls (USA)

June 17, 2012 MLS 13	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
16:00 (PDT)	Dunivant 61'	Summary		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,611 Referee: Geoff Gamble (Canada)

June 24, 2012 MLS 14 / CC	Portland Timbers	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
14:00 (PDT)	Boyd 16' Horst 26' Palmer 90'	Summary	Johnson 58' Montero 90'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

June 30, 2012 MLS 15	Colorado Rapids	3–0	Portland Timbers	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 (PDT)	Castrillón 18' Casey 26' Smith 89'	Summary		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,553 Referee: Chris Penso (USA)

July 3, 2012 MLS 16	Portland Timbers	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Mwanga 29' Jewsbury 60'	Summary	Gordon	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Fotis Bazakos (USA)

July 7, 2012 MLS 17	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah
18:00 (PDT)	Saborío 58', 62', 75'	Summary	Chará 65' 74'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,444 Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)

July 14, 2012 MLS 18	Portland Timbers	3–5	Los Angeles Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
20:00 (PDT)	Boyd 3', 70' Kimura 35'	Summary	Beckham 20', 25' Donovan 26' (pen.) Keane 29', 64'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 (SO) Referee: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

July 18, 2012 MLS 19	Chivas USA	1–0	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
13:00 (PDT)	Bolaños 16'	Summary		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,827 Referee: Armando Villarreal (USA)

July 21, 2012 MLS 20	FC Dallas	5–0	Portland Timbers	Frisco, Texas
18:00 (PDT)	Mosquera 16' (o.g.) Jacobson 26' Jackson 47' Sealy 69' Luna 81'	Soccerway		Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium Attendance: 11,365 Referee: Sorin Stoica (USA)

July 24, 2012 Friendly	Portland Timbers	2–2 (4–5 p)	Aston Villa	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Rincón 76' Wallace 81'	Report	Clark 42' Lowton 80'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Juan Guzman (USA)
	Penalties
	Rincón Jean-Baptiste Songo'o Renken Dike		Bannan Lichaj Gardner N'Zogbia Carruthers

July 28, 2012 MLS 21	Portland Timbers	0–1	Chivas USA	Portland, Oregon
20:00 (PDT)		Summary	Califf 68'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

August 5, 2012 MLS 22	Portland Timbers	1–1	FC Dallas	Portland, Oregon
16:00 (PDT)	Jewsbury 79'	Summary	Sealy 51' Loyd 37' 52'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

August 15, 2012 MLS 23	Toronto FC	2–2	Portland Timbers	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16:00 (PDT)	Hassli 57' Silva 63'	Summary	Zizzo 21' Nagbe 82'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,773 Referee: Geoff Gamble (CAN)

August 19, 2012 MLS 24	New York Red Bulls	3–2	Portland Timbers	Harrison, New Jersey
16:00 (PDT)	Cooper 43' Cahill 45' Pearce 83'	Summary	Dike 8' Nagbe 32'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 19,043 Referee: Jasen Anno (USA)

August 25, 2012 MLS 25 / CC	Portland Timbers	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Nagbe 41' Songo'o 55'	Summary	Miller 45+2' Mattocks 84'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Geoff Gamble (Canada)

August 31, 2012 MLS 26	Portland Timbers	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Dike 45'	Summary		Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

September 5, 2012 MLS 27	Colorado Rapids	3–0	Portland Timbers	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 (PDT)	Akpan 6' Cascio 27' Castrillón 86'	Summary		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,086 Referee: Juan Guzmán (USA)

September 15, 2012 MLS 28 / CC	Portland Timbers	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
12:30 (PDT)	Wallace 78'	Summary	Montero 57'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

September 19, 2012 MLS 29	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Portland Timbers	Santa Clara, California
19:30 (PDT)	Wondolowski 73', 90+2'	Summary	Mwanga 45', 62'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

September 22, 2012 MLS 30	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah
17:00 (PDT)	Espíndola 14' Morales 36'	Summary	Dike 61'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,524 Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

September 29, 2012 MLS 31	Portland Timbers	1–1	D.C. United	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Dike 79'		Pontius 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Michael Kennedy (USA)

October 7, 2012 MLS 32 / CC	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Portland Timbers	Seattle
18:00 (PDT)	Danso 25' (o.g.) Johnson 28' Montero 62'	Summary		Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 66,452 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

October 21, 2012 MLS 33 / CC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–1	Portland Timbers	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 (PDT)		Summary	Jewsbury 39'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Guzmán (USA)

October 27, 2012 MLS 34	Portland Timbers	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, OR
15:30 (PDT)	Dike 67'	Report	Wondolowski 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Major League Soccer	—	17th	March 12, 2012	October 27, 2012
U.S. Open Cup	Third round	Third round	May 29, 2012	May 29, 2012
Cascadia Cup	—	1st	May 26, 2012	October 21, 2012

Updated to match played March 18, 2012
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Western Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
3	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
4	LA Galaxy	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43	MLS Cup Knockout Round
6	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
7	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
8	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
9	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30

Source: MLS

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes (S)	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63	CONCACAF Champions League
3	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
4	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
5	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
6	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
8	LA Galaxy (C)	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53	CONCACAF Champions League
10	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43
12	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42	CONCACAF Champions League
13	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
14	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
15	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
16	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
17	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
18	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30
19	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	34	8	16	10	35	55	−20	7	4	6	25	20	+5	1	12	4	10	35	−25

Last updated: October 29, 2012
Source: Portland Timbers
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on October 29, 2012. Source: Portland Timbers
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

U.S. Open Cup

Cup bracket

3rd Round			4th Round

MLS	Portland Timbers	0

USASA	Cal FC (aet)	1
			MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	5

			USASA	Cal FC	0
MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	5

NASL	Atlanta Silverbacks	1

Third round

May 30, 2012

7:30 PM PDT

Third Round

Portland Timbers	0–1	Cal FC
	Report	Aghasyan 95'

Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 5,489

Referee: Will Niccolls (USA)

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.

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portland Timbers	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	11
2	Seattle Sounders FC	6	2	1	3	9	5	+4	9
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	0	3	3	4	8	-4	3

2012 Reserve League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	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	Seattle Sounders Reserves	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

Primary

Primary Alt.

Secondary

Third

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

Executive staff

Majority Owner & President	Merritt Paulson
Chief Operating Officer	Mike Golub
General Manager / Technical Director	Gavin Wilkinson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Jeld-Wen Field (20,438 / 110x70 yards)

Updated to match played January 23, 2012
Source: Portland Timbers

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	John Spencer
Assistant Coach	Amos Magee
Assistant Coach	Cameron Knowles
Goalkeeping Coach	Mike Toshack
Fitness Coach	John Ireland
Head Athletic Trainer	Nik Wald
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Jun Morishita

Last updated: January 26, 2012
Source: Portland Timbers

Squad

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 7, 2012.^[2]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JAM	Donovan Ricketts
2	FW	USA	Mike Fucito
4	DF	NZL	Ian Hogg
5	DF	USA	Eric Brunner
6	MF	LBR	Darlington Nagbe (GA)
7	MF	USA	Sal Zizzo
8	MF	CMR	Franck Songo'o
9	FW	SCO	Kris Boyd (DP)
10	FW	COD	Danny Mwanga
11	MF	GHA	Kalif Alhassan
12	DF	USA	David Horst
13	MF	USA	Jack Jewsbury (captain)
14	DF	SCO	Steven Smith
15	DF	JPN	Kosuke Kimura
16	FW	USA	Brent Richards (HGP)
17	MF	USA	Eric Alexander
18	DF	USA	Ryan Kawulok
19	FW	USA	Bright Dike
20	FW	COL	José Adolfo Valencia (on loan from Santa Fe)
21	MF	COL	Diego Chará (DP)
22	DF	CRC	Rodney Wallace
23	GK	USA	Joe Bendik
24	FW	COL	Sebastián Rincón (on loan from CA Atenas)
25	DF	SLV	Steve Purdy
26	MF	USA	Charles Renken
27	DF	USA	Chris Taylor
28	MF	USA	Freddie Braun
30	DF	JAM	Lovel Palmer
33	DF	COL	Hanyer Mosquera
35	DF	USA	Andrew Jean-Baptiste (on loan to Los Angeles Blues / GA)
90	GK	NZL	Jake Gleeson
98	DF	GAM	Mamadou Danso

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.^[3]

As of October 22, 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JAM	Donovan Ricketts	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
2	FW	USA	Mike Fucito	12	0	3+9	0	0+0	0
4	DF	NZL	Ian Hogg	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	USA	Eric Brunner	13	1	10+3	1	0+0	0
6	MF	LBR	Darlington Nagbe	34	6	31+2	6	1+0	0
7	MF	USA	Sal Zizzo	19	1	12+7	1	0+0	0
8	MF	CMR	Franck Songo'o	27	1	21+6	1	0+0	0
9	FW	SCO	Kris Boyd	27	7	22+4	7	1+0	0
10	FW	COD	Danny Mwanga	18	3	7+11	3	0+0	0
11	MF	GHA	Kalif Alhassan	17	1	10+6	1	1+0	0
12	DF	USA	David Horst	23	1	20+2	1	1+0	0
13	MF	USA	Jack Jewsbury	33	3	31+1	3	1+0	0
14	DF	SCO	Steven Smith	23	0	22+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	JPN	Kosuke Kimura	17	1	16+1	1	0+0	0
16	FW	USA	Brent Richards	7	0	2+4	0	0+1	0
17	MF	USA	Eric Alexander	24	0	13+10	0	1+0	0
18	DF	USA	Ryan Kawulok	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	USA	Bright Dike	12	5	9+3	5	0+0	0
20	FW	COL	José Adolfo Valencia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	COL	Diego Chará	29	0	28+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	CRC	Rodney Wallace	19	1	14+5	1	0+0	0
23	GK	USA	Joe Bendik	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
25	DF	SLV	Steve Purdy	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	USA	Charles Renken	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	USA	Chris Taylor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	USA	Freddie Braun	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
30	DF	JAM	Lovel Palmer	19	0	15+4	0	0+0	0
33	DF	COL	Hanyer Mosquera	27	0	25+1	0	1+0	0
35	DF	USA	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	5	1	4+1	1	0+0	0
90	GK	NZL	Jake Gleeson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
98	DF	GAM	Mamadou Danso	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Portland no longer at the club:
1	GK	USA	Troy Perkins	23	0	22+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	USA	Mike Chabala	10	0	7+3	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Eddie Johnson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	HAI	James Marcelin	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
15	FW	COL	Jorge Perlaza	11	0	6+4	0	1+0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

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

As of September 20, 2012

Rk.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total	Major League Soccer	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
4		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.^[4]

As of September 20, 2012

No.	Nat	Pos	Player
No.	Nat	Pos	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.^[5]
Last updated: March 18, 2012

No.	Nat	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
No.	Nat	Player	Total				Major League Soccer				U.S. Open Cup
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	Nation	Pos	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 4, 2012	Brent Richards (R)	FW	Washington Huskies Portland Timbers U23's	Signed as Home Grown Player	^[6]
January 12, 2012	Andrew Jean-Baptiste (R)	DF	Connecticut Huskies	SuperDraft, 1st round; signed to Generation adidas contract prior to draft	^[7]
January 17, 2012	Hanyer Mosquera	DF	La Equidad	Free	^[8]
January 30, 2012	Kris Boyd	FW	Eskişehirspor	Free, MLS rights acquired from Houston Dynamo for a 2013 1st round SuperDraft pick; signed to Designated Player contract	^[9]^[10]
January 31, 2012	Charles Renken (R)	MF	1899 Hoffenheim	Free, MLS rights acquired via waivers	^[11]
February 16, 2012	Franck Songo'o	MF	Albacete	Free	^[12]
February 24, 2012	Joe Bendik	GK	Sogndal	Free	^[13]
March 1, 2012	Ryan Kawulok (R)	MF	Portland Pilots Portland Timbers U23's	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	^[14]
April 25, 2012	Steven Smith	DF	Preston North End	Free	^[15]
June 6, 2012	Danny Mwanga	FW	Philadelphia Union	Trade for Jorge Perlaza	^[16]
July 5, 2012	Kosuke Kimura	DF	Colorado Rapids	Trade for allocation money and an international slot	^[17]
August 7, 2012	Donovan Ricketts	GK	Montreal Impact	Trade for Troy Perkins	^[18]
August 9, 2012	Ian Hogg	DF	Auckland City		^[19]

Loans in

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
February 3, 2012	José Adolfo Valencia	FW	Santa Fe	One year loan; initially signed to Designated Player contract on December 15, 2011, but failed team physical (knee); full transfer (undisclosed fee) and original DP contract will take effect upon full recovery from knee surgery; placed on disabled list and will not count against roster during 2012 season	^[20]^[21]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 28, 2011	Kevin Goldthwaite	DF	N/A	Retired	^[22]
November 28, 2011	Adin Brown	GK	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	^[23]
November 28, 2011	Rodrigo López	MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	^[23]
November 28, 2011	Peter Lowry	MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	^[23]
November 28, 2011	Ryan Pore	MF	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	^[23]
November 28, 2011	Spencer Thompson	FW	N/A	Contract expired, team option not exercised	^[23]
January 12, 2012	Kenny Cooper	FW	New York Red Bulls	Traded for a 2013 1st round SuperDraft pick and allocation money	^[24]
August 7, 2012	Troy Perkins	GK	Montreal Impact	Trade for Donovan Ricketts	^[18]
August 9, 2012	Mike Chabala	DF	D.C. United	Trade for a first round 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft pick	^[25]

Loans out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Pos	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 12, 2012	Brendan King	MF	Notre Dame Fighting Irish Chicago Fire Premier	SuperDraft, 2nd round; attended training camp, not offered a contract	^[7]^[26]
January 17, 2012	Miguel Ibarra	MF	UC Irvine Anteaters Orange County Blue Star	Supplemental Draft, 2nd round; attended training camp, not offered a contract	^[27]^[28]
January 17, 2012	Doug Herrick	GK	Saint Mary's Gaels Washington Crossfire	Supplemental Draft, 3rd round; attended training camp, not offered a contract	^[27]^[29]
January 17, 2012	Logan McDaniel	MF	Loyola Marymount Lions Des Moines Menace	Supplemental Draft, 4th round; injured prior to training camp, not offered a contract	^[27]^[29]

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.^[30]

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.^[31] 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^[32] and a 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft 4th Round pick.^[33]

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,^[33] 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.^[24]
2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick from Houston Dynamo.^[34]
2014 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 pick from D.C. United.
2015 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 4 pick from Montreal Impact.^[33]

Future picks traded:

2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick to Houston Dynamo.^[10]
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.^[35]

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[1] "Portland Timbers confirm John Spencer departure". TheGuardian.com. July 9, 2012.

[roster-2] "Players (active)". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.

[por_stats-3] "2012 Team Stats". Major League Soccer.

[card_stats-4] "2012 Foul Stats". Major League Soccer.

[gk_stats-5] "2012 Goalkeeper Stats". Major League Soccer.

[richards_signing-6] "Timbers sign Brent Richards as first Homegrown Player". Portland Timbers. January 4, 2012. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

[superdraft-7] "Timbers Select Jean-Baptiste, King in 2012 MLS SuperDraft". Portland Timbers. January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[mosquera_signing-8] "Timbers sign Colombian defender Hanyer Mosquera". Portland Timbers. January 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[boyd_signing-9] "Timbers sign Designated Player Kris Boyd". Portland Timbers. January 30, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

[boyd_trade-10] "Dynamo, Timbers agree to terms of trade". Houston Dynamo. January 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

[renken_signing-11] "Timbers acquire midfielder Charles Renken". Portland Timbers. January 31, 2012. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

[songo'o_signing-12] "imbers sign midfielder Franck Songo'o". Portland Timbers. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

[bendik_signing-13] "Timbers sign goalkeeper Joe Bendik". Portland Timbers. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.

[kawulok_signing-14] "Timbers sign 2012 Supplemental Draft pick Ryan Kawulok". Portland Timbers. March 1, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

[Smith_signing-15] "Timbers sign Steven Smith". Portland Timbers. April 25, 2012. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

[Mwanga_signing-16] "No easy decision in trading Mwanga". timesherald. June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

[Kimura_signing-17] "Rapids acquire allocation money, international slot from Portland for Kimura". timesherald. July 8, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

[impactmontreal1-18] "Montreal Impact acquires goalkeeper Troy Perkins | Montreal Impact". Archived from the original on September 24, 2012.

[19] "Timbers acquire New Zealand international Ian Hogg, trade defender Mike Chabala to D.C. United". portlandtimbers.com. August 8, 2012. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

[valencia_signing-20] "Timbers sign Designated Player Jose Adolfo Valencia". Portland Timbers. December 15, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2011.

[valencia_loan-21] Itel, Dan (February 3, 2012). "Timbers put Valencia plans on hold after injury news". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

[goldy_retirement-22] "Timbers defender Kevin Goldthwaite announces retirement". Portland Timbers. November 28, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[options_declined-23] "Timbers re-sign goalkeeper Troy Perkins, defender David Horst". Portland Timbers. November 28, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

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[graye_trade-34] "Timbers Sign English Defender Kerrea Gilbert" (Press release). Portland Timbers. December 13, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2011.

[35] "Timbers acquire forward Mike Fucito from Montreal". Portland Timbers. April 20, 2012. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.

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