2009 Portland Timbers season

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Portland Timbers
2009 season
President United States Merritt Paulson
Head Coach New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson
USL-1 League: 1st (Commissioner's Cup)
Playoffs: Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup Third round
Cascadia Cup 1st
Top goalscorer League:
Guinea Mandjou Keita (11 goals)
All:
Guinea Mandjou Keita (14 goals)
Highest home attendance League: 14,103
vs. Puerto Rico (July 23)
All: 16,382
vs. Seattle (July 1)
Lowest home attendance 6,427
vs. Montreal (June 4)
Average home league attendance League: 9,734
All: 10,392
Primary colors
Secondary colors
Third colors

The 2009 Portland Timbers season was the ninth season for the club in the United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid. The first competitive game of the 2009 season was played on April 25 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC versus Vancouver Whitecaps FC which the Timbers lost 1 – 0. Following that loss the Timbers went on a 24-game unbeaten streak in the league on their way to securing the Commissioner's Cup for finishing the regular season atop the table. In a hard-fought, two-legged series, Vancouver Whitecaps FC knocked Portland out of the playoffs in the semifinals by an aggregate score of 5 – 4. In the U.S. Open Cup the Timbers hosted Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer in the third round but were eliminated by their bitter rivals 2 – 1 in front of 16,382 spectators at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon.

Preseason

Regular season

April

May

June

July

August

September

Postseason

Competitions

USL First Division

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League standings

      Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
      Quarterfinal round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts
1 Portland Timbers 58 30 16 4 10 45 19 +26
2 Carolina RailHawks 55 30 16 7 7 43 19 +24
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 53 30 15 7 8 44 31 +13 PRI: 6 pts
CHA: 3 pts
4 Charleston Battery 53 30 14 6 10 33 21 +12
5 Montreal Impact 44 30 12 10 8 32 31 +1
6 Rochester Rhinos 43 30 11 9 10 34 32 +2
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 42 30 11 10 9 42 36 +6
8 Minnesota Thunder 31 30 7 13 10 39 44 −5
9 Miami FC 29 30 8 17 5 26 52 −26
10 Austin Aztex 21 30 5 17 8 28 51 −23
11 Cleveland City Stars 19 30 4 19 7 22 52 −30

Austin deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on July 25, 2009[1]

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
30 58 16 4 10 45 19  +26 10 3 2 27 10  +17 6 1 8 18 9  +9

Last updated: April 26, 2010
Source: uslsoccer.com
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
Ground A H H A H A A H H A A H H A A A A H A H H A A H A H A H H H
Result L T W T W T W W W T T W W T W T W T T W W W W W T L W L L W
Position 10 9 5 7 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: April 26, 2010.
Source: USL-1 Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

USL-1 Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Teams were re-seeded for semifinal matchups

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                                       
  2  Carolina RailHawks FC 0 0 0    
  7  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 0 1    
      1  Portland Timbers 1 3 4  
    7  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 3 5    
     
      5  Montreal Impact 3 3 6
  3  Puerto Rico Islanders 1 4 5         7  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 1 3
  6  Rochester Rhinos 2 1 3          
      3  Puerto Rico Islanders 1 1 2    
        5  Montreal Impact 2 2 4  
  4  Charleston Battery 0 1 1    
  5  Montreal Impact 2 2 4  

Semifinals

2009-10-01
19:30 PDT
Leg 1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – 1 Portland Timbers
Gbeke Goal 25'
Haber Goal 49'
Report Goal 44' (pen.) Pore
Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,516
Referee: Geoff Gamble

2009-10-04
16:00 PDT
Leg 2
Portland Timbers 3 – 3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Farber Goal 10'43'
Nimo Goal 83'
Report Goal 4' Haber
Goal 60' Nash
Goal 71' James
PGE Park
Attendance: 14,283
Referee: Gilario Grajeda

U.S. Open Cup

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Cup bracket

Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournament
Home teams listed on top of bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  PDL  Orange County Blue Star 2  
  NPSL  Sonoma County Sol 5         USL-1  Portland Timbers 1
        NPSL  Sonoma County Sol 0     MLS  Seattle Sounders FC 2
        USL-1  Portland Timbers 3  
  PDL  Kitsap Pumas 0    
  USL-1  Portland Timbers 3  

First round

2009-06-09
19:00 PDT
Kitsap Pumas (PDL) 0 – 3 Portland Timbers
Report Goal 46' Farber
Goal 90' McLaughlin
Goal 90' (pen.) Hayes
Bremerton Memorial Stadium
Referee: Josh Wilkens

Second round

Third round

2009-07-01
19:00 PDT
Portland Timbers 1 – 2 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS)
Keita Goal 43' Report Goal 1' Levesque
Goal 26' King
PGE Park
Attendance: 16,382 (SO)
Referee: Yeder Reyes

Cascadia Cup

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2009
Team Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD
Portland Timbers 6 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
Vancouver Whitecaps 3 3 1 2 0 1 3 -2

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson
Assistant Coach United States Amos Magee
Assistant Coach United States Jim Rilatt
Goalkeeper Coach United States Jim Brazeau

Last updated: May 24, 2011
Source:[citation needed]

Management

Majority Owner & President United States Merritt Paulson
General Manager New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) PGE Park (15,418 / )

Last updated: May 24, 2011
Source:[citation needed]

Staff recognition

USL-1 Coach of the Year[2]

Coach W L T League Playoffs
New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson 16 4 10 1st Semifinals

USL-1 Executive of the Year[3]

Executive Avg. Att. Club honors
United States Merritt Paulson 9,734 Commissioner's Cup

Squad

Kits

Primary
Secondary
Third

Final roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Steve Cronin
2 Mexico DF Ivan Becerra
4 United States MF Brian Farber
5 United States DF David Hayes (captain)
6 New Zealand DF Cameron Knowles
7 United States MF Shaun Higgins
8 United States MF Tom Poltl
10 Guinea FW Mandjou Keita
11 Sweden MF Johan Claesson
12 United States MF Tony McManus
13 United States MF Josh Cameron
14 United States MF Jason McLaughlin
15 United States FW Kevin Forrest
No. Position Player
16 United States DF Stephen Keel
17 United States DF Scot Thompson
18 United States MF Alex Nimo (on loan from Real Salt Lake)
19 United States FW George Josten
20 Japan DF Takuro Nishimura
21 United States DF Cameron Dunn
22 United States MF Keith Savage
23 United States MF Ryan Pore
24 United States GK Brian Visser
28 United States MF Rodrigo López
30 Japan FW Takayuki Suzuki
98 The Gambia DF Mamadou Danso

Player recognition

USL-1 Scoring Champion[4]

Player G A Pts
Guinea Mandjou Keita 11 7 29

USL-1 All-League First Team[5]

Pos Player GP
GK United States Steve Cronin 28
DF United States David Hayes 30
MF United States Ryan Pore 23
FW Guinea Mandjou Keita 29

USL-1 All-League Second Team[6]

Pos Player GP
DF New Zealand Cameron Knowles 20

USL-1 Player of the Week

Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
7 Guinea Mandjou Keita Puerto Rico Islanders (x2) [7]
12 Guinea Mandjou Keita Montreal Impact [8]
15 United States David Hayes Miami FC (x2) [9]
18 Guinea Mandjou Keita Vancouver Whitecaps, Charleston Battery [10]
24 United States George Josten Cleveland City Stars (x2) [11]

USL-1 Team of the Week

Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
4 United States Brian Farber Carolina RailHawks (x2) [12]
United States Ryan Pore
United States Chris Seitz
5 New Zealand Cameron Knowles Cleveland City Stars [13]
6 United States Brian Farber Rochester Rhinos [14]
7 Guinea Mandjou Keita Puerto Rico Islanders (x2) [7]
8 United States Steve Cronin Vancouver Whitecaps [15]
United States George Josten
United States Scot Thompson
9 New Zealand Cameron Knowles Montreal Impact [16]
10 United States David Hayes Carolina RailHawks, Charleston Battery [17]
11 United States David Hayes Minnesota Thunder [18]
United States George Josten
12 United States George Josten Montreal Impact [8]
Guinea Mandjou Keita
13 United States Tony McManus Minnesota Thunder [19]
14 Sweden Johan Claesson Austin Aztex [20]
15 United States David Hayes Miami FC (x2) [9]
United States Tony McManus
United States Keith Savage
16 United States Stephen Keel Puerto Rico Islanders [21]
17 United States Ryan Pore Minnesota Thunder [22]
18 Guinea Mandjou Keita Vancouver Whitecaps, Charleston Battery [10]
New Zealand Cameron Knowles
United States Alex Nimo
19 United States David Hayes Montreal Impact, Rochester Rhinos [23]
Guinea Mandjou Keita
United States Ryan Pore
20 Guinea Mandjou Keita Miami FC [24]
21 United States Steve Cronin Charleston Battery [25]
United States Stephen Keel
22 United States Stephen Keel Rochester Rhinos, Austin Aztex [26]
24 United States George Josten Cleveland City Stars (x2) [11]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.

No. Pos Nat Player Total USL-1 Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
0 GK United States Steve Cronin 33 0 28+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
(1) GK United States Chris Seitz (3 day loan from United States Real Salt Lake) 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Mexico Ivan Becerra 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF United States Brian Farber 34 6 23+6 3 2+0 2 3+0 1
5 DF United States David Hayes (captain) 35 3 30+0 2 2+0 0 3+0 1
6 DF New Zealand Cameron Knowles 22 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF United States Shaun Higgins 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF United States Tom Poltl 6 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
(9) FW Sweden Antouman Jallow (loaned to Sweden Sandvikens) 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Guinea Mandjou Keita 34 14 28+1 11 2+0 0 3+0 3
11 MF Sweden Johan Claesson 27 1 22+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
12 MF United States Tony McManus 28 1 24+0 1 2+0 0 1+1 0
13 MF United States Josh Cameron 5 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
14 MF United States Jason McLaughlin 24 1 4+17 0 0+1 0 1+1 1
15 FW United States Kevin Forrest 10 0 0+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF United States Stephen Keel 34 1 27+2 1 2+0 0 3+0 0
17 DF United States Scot Thompson 34 1 24+5 1 2+0 0 3+0 0
18 MF United States Alex Nimo 26 2 6+17 1 0+1 1 2+0 0
19 FW United States George Josten 30 6 20+5 5 2+0 0 2+1 1
20 DF Japan Takuro Nishimura 15 0 7+6 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF United States Cameron Dunn 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF United States Keith Savage 35 3 17+13 3 0+2 0 3+0 0
23 MF United States Ryan Pore 25 11 21+2 10 2+0 1 0+0 0
24 GK United States Brian Visser 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF United States Rodrigo López 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
30 FW Japan Takayuki Suzuki 32 2 14+13 2 0+2 0 2+1 0
98 DF The Gambia Mamadou Danso 19 1 12+4 1 1+0 0 1+1 0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

Rk. Nat. Position Player Total USL-1 Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
1 Guinea FW Mandjou Keita 14 11 0 3
2 United States MF Ryan Pore 11 10 1 0
3 United States FW George Josten 6 5 0 1
United States MF Brian Farber 6 3 2 1
5 United States MF Keith Savage 3 3 0 0
United States DF David Hayes 3 2 0 1
7 Japan FW Takayuki Suzuki 2 2 0 0
United States MF Alex Nimo 2 1 1 0
9 Sweden MF Johan Claesson 1 1 0 0
The Gambia DF Mamadou Danso 1 1 0 0
Sweden FW Antouman Jallow 1 1 0 0
United States DF Stephen Keel 1 1 0 0
United States MF Tony McManus 1 1 0 0
United States DF Scot Thompson 1 1 0 0
United States FW Jason McLaughlin 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 54 43 4 7

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No. Nat. Position Player Total USL-1 Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
0 United States GK Steve Cronin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
(1) United States GK Chris Seitz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 United States MF Brian Farber 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 United States DF David Hayes 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 United States DF Cameron Knowles 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Guinea FW Mandjou Keita 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sweden MF Johan Claesson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 United States MF Tony McManus 9 0 7 0 1 0 1 0
14 United States FW Jason McLaughlin 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
15 United States FW Kevin Forrest 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 United States DF Stephen Keel 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 United States DF Scot Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 United States MF Alex Nimo 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 United States FW George Josten 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 United States MF Keith Savage 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 United States MF Ryan Pore 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
28 United States MF Rodrigo López 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Japan FW Takayuki Suzuki 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
98 The Gambia DF Mamadou Danso 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 49 1 42 1 3 0 4 0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.

No. Nat. Player Total USL-1 Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
0 United States Steve Cronin 2958 26 0.79 110 2508 19 0.68 97 180 5 2.50 5 270 2 0.67 8
(1) United States Chris Seitz 180 0 0.00 15 180 0 0.00 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 United States Brian Visser 12 0 0.00 1 12 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 3150 26 0.74 126 2700 19 0.63 113 180 5 2.50 5 270 2 0.67 8

Player movement

Transfers in

Permanent

Date Pos. Name Previous club Fee/Notes
January 16, 2009 FW Guinea Mandjou Keita Brunei Brunei DPMM Free[27]
January 16, 2009 MF Sweden Johan Claesson Sweden Sirius Free[27]
January 16, 2009 FW Sweden Antouman Jallow Sweden Sirius Free[27]
January 16, 2009 MF United States Tony McManus United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free[27]
January 16, 2009 FW United States Jason McLaughlin United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free[27]
January 16, 2009 MF United States Brian Farber United States Stockton Cougars Free[27]
February 12, 2009 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Vua Italy Catania Free[28]
February 12, 2009 MF United States Keith Savage United States Chivas USA Free[28]
February 20, 2009 FW United States George Josten United States Columbus Crew Free[29]
February 20, 2009 MF United States Josh Cameron (R) United States Oregon State Beavers Free[29]
February 26, 2009 DF United States David Hayes United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free[30]
March 2, 2009 GK United States Steve Cronin United States Los Angeles Galaxy Free[31]
March 12, 2009 MF United States Ryan Pore United States Kansas City Wizards Free[32]
March 14, 2009 DF United States Stephen Keel United States Colorado Rapids Free[33]
March 27, 2009 GK United States Brian Visser (R) United States DePaul Blue Demons Free[34]
April 3, 2009 DF Japan Takuro Nishimura Japan Omiya Ardija Free[35]
April 21, 2009 DF The Gambia Mamadou Danso (R) United States Southern Poly Hornets
United States Cary RailHawks U23's
Free[36]
July 22, 2009 FW United States Kevin Forrest United States Seattle Sounders FC Free[37]
August 19, 2009 MF United States Rodrigo López United States Ventura County Fusion Free[38]
August 28, 2009 DF Mexico Ivan Becerra United States Ventura County Fusion Free[39]

Loan

Date Pos. Name From Return Date
March 10, 2009 MF United States Alex Nimo United States Real Salt Lake End of Season[40]
April 30, 2009[41] GK United States Chris Seitz United States Real Salt Lake May 2, 2009[42]

Transfers Out

Permanent

Date Pos. Name To Fee
End of 2008 season FW Mexico Byron Alvarez N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season FW United States Chris Bagley N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season MF United States Neil Dombrowski N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season GK United States Chase Harrison N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season GK United States Jordan James N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season DF United States Tim Karalexis N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season MF Ivory Coast Arsène Oka N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season MF United States Troy Ready N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season GK United States Steve Reese N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season DF Canada Justin Thompson N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season FW Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season FW United States Jamil Walker N/A Contract expired
January 2, 2009 FW United States Chris Brown N/A Retired[43]
February 20, 2009 MF Scotland Bryan Little Unattached Released[29]
March 4, 2009 MF Kenya Lawrence Olum United States Minnesota Thunder Undisclosed[44]
March 2009 MF United States Kiki Lara Unattached Undisclosed release
March 27, 2009 MF United States Miguel Guante Unattached Released[34]
April 21, 2009 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Vua Unattached Released[36]

Loan

Date Pos. Name To Return Date
July 28, 2009 FW Sweden Antouman Jallow Sweden Sandvikens End of season[45]

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