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Portland Timbers Colors, Facts and History

The Portland Timbers play at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, their home ground since they joined MLS in 2011.

League
Major League Soccer · Western
City
Portland, Oregon
Home
Providence Park (25,218 seats)
Founded
2009
MLS Cups
1
Manager
Martí Cifuentes (Oct 2026)

Portland Timbers history

Merritt Paulson's Peregrine Sports won an MLS expansion berth in 2009, two years after Paulson bought the second-division version of the Timbers. The name goes back further still, to a North American Soccer League side that played from 1975 to 1982. That makes the current club a phoenix club and the fourth Portland franchise to wear it. Paulson also launched the Portland Thorns women's team in 2012.

In 2013 Portland topped the Western Conference table, which earned a first playoff trip and a CONCACAF Champions League spot. Two years later came the big one: an MLS Cup in 2015, the first major trophy for any Cascadia team. The Timbers led the West again in 2017, reached the 2018 final after knocking out archrival Seattle, then lost 2-0 to Atlanta United FC. In 2020 they took the MLS is Back Tournament by beating Orlando City SC.

Did you know?

  • Providence Park holds 25,218 fans for Timbers matches.
  • The Timbers name first appeared on a North American Soccer League team in 1975.
  • Seattle is Portland's archrival, and the two met in the 2018 playoff semifinals.

Colors are shown as plain swatches with their hex codes. This site is not affiliated with the Portland Timbers or the Major League Soccer; team names are used only to identify the teams.

Questions about the Portland Timbers

Have the Portland Timbers won an MLS Cup?

Yes. Portland won its only MLS Cup in 2015.

What conference are the Portland Timbers in?

They compete in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer.

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