2005 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
2005 season
President	John Cunningham
Head coach	Bobby Howe
Stadium	PGE Park; Portland, Oregon
USL-1	League: 5th; Playoffs: First round
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
Cascadia Cup	2nd
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dan Antoniuk (13 goals); All: ; Dan Antoniuk (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,242; vs. SEA (Aug 20)
Lowest home attendance	3,944; vs. VAN (Jul 2)
Average home league attendance	League: 5,553; All: 5,626 (not including July 12 vs. Seattle)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Portland Timbers season was the 5th season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Preseason

April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)	Portland Timbers	2–1	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Thompson 23' Reynolds 59' Harrington 78'	Report	62' Jenkins	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 3,262

April 13, 2005 (2005-04-13)	Portland Timbers	0–1	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)		Report	39' Gomez	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,227

Regular season

April

April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23) USL-1	Portland Timbers	3–0	Toronto Lynx	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Dekker 50' (o.g.) Miranda 59' Alvarez 84'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,275 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

April 29, 2005 (2005-04-29) USL-1	Portland Timbers	2–2	Minnesota Thunder	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Benedetti 14' Thompson 15'	Report	11' 54' Tarley 79' Menyongar	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,262 Referee: Richard Herring (United States)

April 30, 2005 (2005-04-30) USL-1 / CC	Seattle Sounders	1–2	Portland Timbers	Seattle United States
19:00 (PDT)	Wélton 73' Brown 90'	Report	51' Alvarez 54' Poltl	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 6,351 Referee: Fotis Bazakos (United States)

May

May 7, 2005 (2005-05-07) USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	1–1	Portland Timbers	Minneapolis United States
17:05 (PDT)	Menyongar 9'	Report	78' Antoniuk	Stadium: Metrodome Attendance: 2,934 Referee: Mishaun Ahmad (United States)

May 12, 2005 (2005-05-12) USL-1	Portland Timbers	1–0	Charleston Battery	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Afash 89'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,645 Referee: Ian Anderson (United States)

May 28, 2005 (2005-05-28) USL-1	Portland Timbers	2–2	Virginia Beach Mariners	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Alvarez 6' (pen.) Lines 51'	Report	60' Castellanos 84' (pen.) Caskey	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Doug Jotzke (United States)

June

June 3, 2005 (2005-06-03) USL-1	Rochester Raging Rhinos	3–1	Portland Timbers	Rochester, New York United States
16:35 (PDT)	Bolaños 20' Wilson 23', 34'	Report	82' (pen.) Antoniuk	Stadium: Frontier Field Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Charles Mitchell (United States)

June 4, 2005 (2005-06-04) USL-1	Toronto Lynx	0–1	Portland Timbers	Toronto Canada
16:30 (PDT)		Report	14' (pen.) Antoniuk	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 2,724 Referee: Pierre Cantave (Canada)

June 6, 2005 (2005-06-06) USL-1	Puerto Rico Islanders	2–0	Portland Timbers	Bayamón PUR
17:00 (PDT)	Salles 6', 74'	Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 5,580 Referee: Brian Poeschel (United States)

June 10, 2005 (2005-06-10) USL-1 / CC	Vancouver Whitecaps	3–2	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
19:00 (PDT)	Valente 39' (pen.) Nash 40' Klein 90+'	Report	78' Poltl 90+' Miranda	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,337 (SO) Referee: Steve DePiero (Canada)

June 16, 2005 (2005-06-16) USL-1	Portland Timbers	2–1	Puerto Rico Islanders	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Antoniuk 48', 71'	Report	45' Woolfolk 79' Rivera	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,992 Referee: Colin Arblaster (United States)

June 18, 2005 (2005-06-18) USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–5	Rochester Raging Rhinos	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)		Report	15' Carbajal 37' Ball 43' Aguilera 47' Wilson 54' Rivas	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,313 Referee: Mark Kadlecik (United States)

June 30, 2005 (2005-06-30) USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–1	Montreal Impact	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)		Report	58' Grande	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,435 Referee: Said Ravanfar (United States)

July

July 2, 2005 (2005-07-02) USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Alvarez 7' Poltl 22'	Report	37' Jordan	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 3,944 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

July 8, 2005 (2005-07-08) USL-1 / CC	Seattle Sounders	4–2	Portland Timbers	Tukwila, Washington United States
20:00 (PDT)	Sturm 19' Graham 45', 89' Levesque 56'	Report	60' (pen.) Alvarez 68' Higgins	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,204 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

July 9, 2005 (2005-07-09) USL-1 / CC	Vancouver Whitecaps	4–0	Portland Timbers	Kelowna, British Columbia Canada
19:00 (PDT)	Clarke 34' Klein 36', 82' Gjertsen 39'	Report		Stadium: Apple Bowl Attendance: 2,440 Referee: Dave Gantar (Canada)

July 12, 2005 (2005-07-12) USOC 3rd Rd	Portland Timbers	2–0	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Alcaraz-Cuellar 15' Antoniuk 59' (pen.) Alvarez 78'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Referee: Yader Reyes (United States)

July 14, 2005 (2005-07-14) USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Thompson 31'	Report	89' Klein	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,523 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

July 23, 2005 (2005-07-23) Friendly	Portland Timbers	0–0	Sunderland	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)		Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 15,376

August

August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03) USOC 4th Rd	Portland Timbers	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)		Report	27' Barrett 63' Mullan	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,607 Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05) USL-1	Portland Timbers	3–3	Minnesota Thunder	Portland, Oregon United States
20:00 (PDT)	Alvarez 21' Thompson 32' Alcaraz-Cuellar 63'	Report	33' Tenoff 44' Tarley 53' Alberts	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,613 Referee: Colin Arblaster (United States)

August 7, 2005 (2005-08-07) USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	1–0	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon United States
17:00 (PDT)	Conway 77'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Richard Heron (United States)

August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10) USL-1	Montreal Impact	0–1	Portland Timbers	Montréal, Québec Canada
16:30 (PDT)		Report	73' Antoniuk	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 9,278 Referee: Daniel Belleau (Canada)

August 13, 2005 (2005-08-13) USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	1–1	Portland Timbers	Saint Paul, Minnesota United States
17:05 (PDT)	Friedland 87'	Report	52' Alvarez	Stadium: James Griffin Stadium Attendance: 3,282 Referee: Troy Cohrs (United States)

August 20, 2005 (2005-08-20) USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	1–1	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Higgins 86'	Report	22' Jenkins	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,242 Referee: Ramón Hernández (United States)

August 27, 2005 (2005-08-27) USL-1	Charleston Battery	1–0	Portland Timbers	Charleston, South Carolina United States
16:30 (PDT)	Lubezky 88'	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,097 Referee: Saeed Mohamed (United States)

August 28, 2005 (2005-08-28) USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks	1–2	Portland Timbers	Clarkston, Georgia United States
14:30 (PDT)	Hayes 74' McManus 80'	Report	29', 52' (pen.) 80' Antoniuk	Stadium: James Hallford Stadium Attendance: 1,464

September

September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02) USL-1	Virginia Beach Mariners	2–0	Portland Timbers	Virginia Beach, Virginia United States
16:30 (PDT)	Fenger-Larsen 33' Shak 51'	Report	72' Conway	Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex Attendance: 1,789 Referee: Niko Bratsis (United States)

September 3, 2005 (2005-09-03) USL-1	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Portland Timbers	Richmond, Virginia United States
16:00 (PDT)	Hare 88'	Report	59' Antoniuk 61' Wilkinson	Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium Attendance: 2,289 Referee: Bill Dittmar (United States)

September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08) USL-1	Portland Timbers	6–1	Atlanta Silverbacks	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Antoniuk 43', 72', 90' Alvarez 51' Miranda 77', 78'	Report	57' Pineda 83' Stone	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,361 Referee: Ian Anderson (United States)

September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10) USL-1	Portland Timbers	3–0	Richmond Kickers	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)	Thompson 35' Antoniuk 84' Alvarez 88'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 7,858 Referee: Yader Reyes (United States)

Postseason

September 16, 2005 (2005-09-16) 1st Rd Leg 1	Portland Timbers	0–1	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon United States
19:00 (PDT)		Report	2' Levesque	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Yader Reyes (United States)

September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18) 1st Rd Leg 2	Seattle Sounders	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Portland Timbers	Tukwila, Washington United States
19:00 (PDT)	Levesque 5', 54'	Report	27' Lines	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,543 Referee: Fotis Bazakos (United States)

Competitions

USL First Division

Standings

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	H2H Pts
1	Montreal Impact	61	28	18	3	7	37	15	+22
2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	51	28	15	7	6	45	27	+18
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	45	28	12	7	9	37	21	+16
4	Seattle Sounders	44	28	11	6	11	33	25	+8
5	Portland Timbers	39	28	10	9	9	40	42	−2	POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt
6	Richmond Kickers	39	28	10	9	9	28	30	−2	POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt
7	Puerto Rico Islanders	38	28	10	10	8	46	43	+3
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	33	28	10	15	3	40	52	−12
9	Charleston Battery	32	28	9	14	5	27	36	−9
10	Minnesota Thunder	31	28	7	11	10	37	42	−5
11	Virginia Beach Mariners	28	28	7	14	7	26	39	−13
12	Toronto Lynx	17	28	3	17	8	26	50	−24

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
28	39	10	9	9	40	42	−2	6	2	6	26	18	+8	4	7	3	14	24	−10

Source: ^[1]
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
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	T	W	T	W	T	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	T	L	L	T	T	W	W	T	T	L	W	L	T	W	W

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

USL-1 Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Each round except the final was a two-game aggregate goal series decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out immediately following the second game of the series, if necessary. The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker. Tournament was re-seeded after the first round.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					1	Montreal Impact	2	1	3
4	Seattle Sounders	1	2	3	4	Seattle Sounders	2	2	4
5	Portland Timbers	0	0	0						4	Seattle Sounders (p)	1 (4)
										6	Richmond Kickers	1 (3)
					2	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	1	2
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	0	0	0 (4)	6	Richmond Kickers	1	3	4
6	Richmond Kickers (p)	0	0	0 (5)

Quarterfinals

September 16, 2005

7::00 PM ET

Leg 1

Richmond Kickers	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps
Cephas 13' Worthen 69'	Report	Clarke 58' Dasovic 64'

University of Richmond Stadium
Richmond, Virginia

Attendance: 2,476

Referee: Joe Cardecio

September 18, 2005

10:00 PM ET

Leg 2

Vancouver Whitecaps	0–0	Richmond Kickers
Nash 42' Morris 49' Lyall 112'	Report	Brown 15' Williams 99'
Penalties
Corazzin Franks Nash Kindel Dasovic	4–5	Ssejjemba Delicate Gorres Worthen Jeffrey

Swangard Stadium
Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 5,332

Referee: Steve De Piero

Richmond Kickers won 5–4 on Penalty kicks after tying both games 0–0.

September 16, 2005

10:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Portland Timbers	0–1	Seattle Sounders
Miranda 30'	Report	Levesque 2' Scott 32' Sleeth 45' O'Brien 72' Gregor 90'

PGE Park
Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 5,667

Referee: Yader Reyes

September 18, 2005

10:00 PM EDT

Seattle Sounders	2–0	Portland Timbers
Levesque 5', 54' O'Brien 29'	Report	Marcum 17' Alvarez 22' Lines 25' 27'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 2,543

Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

Semifinals

September 23, 2005

7:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Richmond Kickers	3–1	Rochester Raging Rhinos
Delicate 12', 55' Brown 41' Worthen 65'	Report	15' (o.g.) Sedgewick 56' Miller 68' Howes 70'

University of Richmond Stadium
Richmond, Virginia

Attendance: 2,672

Referee: Tony Crush

September 25, 2005

7:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Rochester Raging Rhinos	1–1	Richmond Kickers
Carrieri 55' Bobo 88' Carabajal 90' Miller 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Delicate 51' Vallow 55' Schweitzer 81' Cephas 90'

Frontier Field
Rochester, New York

Attendance: 6,195

Referee: Agusto St Silva

Richmond Kickers won 4–2 on Aggregate.

September 23, 2005

10:00 PM EDT

First Leg

Seattle Sounders	2–2	Montreal Impact
Sturm 10' O'Brien 22' 34' Sleeth 44'	Report	Gervais 21' Vincello 22' Burpo 62' Gbeke 86', 88'

Starfire Sports Complex
Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 2,698

Referee: Ramon Hernandez

September 25, 2005

4:00 PM EDT

Second Leg

Montreal Impact	1–2	Seattle Sounders
Pizzolitto 28' Gervais 67'	Report	Edwards 32' Levesque 52' 90' Whitfield 59' Gregor 78' Sakuda 90'

Claude Robillard Sports Complex
Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 10,124

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Seattle Sounders won 4–3 on Aggregate.

Final

October 1, 2005

11:00 PM EDT

Seattle Sounders	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers
Scott 19' Edwards 45' Klaas 65' Galindo 73' Gregor 79'	Report	Carrieri 17' Brown 19' Gorres 24' Burke 29'
Penalties
Gregor O'Brien Levesque Somoza Graham Sakuda Jenkins	4–3	Delicate Ssejjemba Gorres Williams Jeffrey Pauls Pascale

Qwest Field
Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 8,011

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela

Awards and All-League Teams

First Team
F: Fabian Dawkins (Atlanta Silverbacks); Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Mauricio Salles (Puerto Rico Islanders)
M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Portland Timbers); Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Kirk Wilson (Rochester Raging Rhinos)
D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders) (Defender of the Year); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers)
G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)
Coach: Nick De Santis (Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year)

Second Team
F: Dan Antoniuk (Portland Timbers); Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder); Melvin Tarley (Minnesota Thunder)
M: Darren Caskey (Virginia Beach Mariners); Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Petter Villegas (Puerto Rico Islanders))
D: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact)
G: Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders)

First round

September 16, 2005

19:00 (PDT)

Leg 1

Portland Timbers	0–1	Seattle Sounders
	Report	2' Levesque

PGE Park

Attendance: 5,667

Referee: Yader Reyes (United States)

September 18, 2005

19:00 (PDT)

Leg 2

Seattle Sounders	2–0	Portland Timbers
Levesque 5', 54'	Report	27' Lines

Starfire Sports Complex

Attendance: 2,543

Referee: Fotis Bazakos (United States)

U.S. Open Cup

Cup bracket

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

USL-1

Portland Timbers

0

USL-1

Portland Timbers

2

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

2

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

0

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

1

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

2

MLS

Chivas USA

2

USL-2

Charlotte Eagles

2

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

5

MLS

Chivas USA (aet)

3

Third round

July 12, 2005

19:00 (PDT)

Portland Timbers	2–0	Seattle Sounders
Alcaraz-Cuellar 15' Antoniuk 59' (pen.) Alvarez 78'	Report

PGE Park

Referee: Yader Reyes

Fourth round

August 3, 2005

19:00 (PDT)

Portland Timbers	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
	Report	27' Barrett 63' Mullan

PGE Park

Attendance: 6,607

Referee: Alex Prus

Cascadia Cup

2005
Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
Vancouver Whitecaps	12	8	2	0	6	10	5	+5
Portland Timbers	9	8	2	3	3	10	15	-5
Seattle Sounders	8	8	1	2	5	7	7	0

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Bobby Howe
Assistant coach	Jimmy Conway
Assistant coach	Gavin Wilkinson
Goalkeeper coach	Jim Brazeau
Athletic Trainer	Tony Guyette

Source: ^[2]

Management

Owner	Pacific Coast League^[A]
President	Tom Lasley (interim; to February) John Cunningham (from February)
General Manager	Jim Taylor (to October 11) Vacant (from October 11 to December 20) Chris Agnello (from December 20)
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	PGE Park ( / )

Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Squad

Kits

Home

Away

Final 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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Sam Reynolds
2	DF	USA	Kevin Goldthwaite (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)
5	DF	NZL	Gavin Wilkinson
6	MF	USA	Tom Poltl
7	MF	MEX	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
8	MF	SLV	Edwin Miranda
9	FW	USA	Dan Antoniuk
10	FW	SYR	Fadi Afash
11	MF	USA	Brian Winters
12	MF	USA	Jarrod Weis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	USA	Paul Conway
14	MF	USA	Scott Benedetti
15	FW	MEX	Byron Alvarez
17	DF	USA	Scot Thompson
18	MF	USA	Shaun Higgins
20	MF	NZL	Aaran Lines
24	DF	USA	Lee Morrison
30	GK	USA	Josh Saunders (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
32	DF	USA	Garrett Marcum

Recognition

USL-1 Assist Leader^[5]

Player	GP	A
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	26	12

USL-1 All-League First Team^[6]

Pos	Player	GP
DF	Scot Thompson	26
MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	26

USL-1 All-League Second Team^[6]

Pos	Player	GP
FW	Dan Antoniuk	24

USL-1 Player of the Week^[7]

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
2	Edwin Miranda	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
16	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
21	Dan Antoniuk	Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers

USL-1 Team of the Week^[7]

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
1	Byron Alvarez	Toronto Lynx
2	Byron Alvarez	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
2	Edwin Miranda	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
3	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder
3	Dan Antoniuk	Minnesota Thunder
4	Edwin Miranda	Charleston Battery
8	Edwin Miranda	Puerto Rico Islanders, Vancouver Whitecaps
9	Dan Antoniuk	Puerto Rico Islanders, Rochester Raging Rhinos
11	Scot Thompson	Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps
13	Scot Thompson	Vancouver Whitecaps
16	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
16	Scot Thompson	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders
17	Byron Alvarez	Montreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder
17	Dan Antoniuk	Montreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder
18	Shaun Higgins	Seattle Sounders
19	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	Charleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks
20	Dan Antoniuk	Virginia Beach Mariners, Richmond Kickers
21	Dan Antoniuk	Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers
	Edwin Miranda
	Scot Thompson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.^[8]^[9]^[10]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL-1		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Sam Reynolds	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Kevin Goldthwaite	12	0	10+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
(4)	DF	USA	David Henning (released)	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	NZL	Gavin Wilkinson	20	0	17+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	USA	Tom Poltl	26	2	18+6	2	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	MEX	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	30	2	24+2	1	2+0	0	2+0	1
8	MF	SLV	Edwin Miranda	31	4	27+0	4	2+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW	USA	Dan Antoniuk	28	14	23+1	13	2+0	0	2+0	1
10	FW	SYR	Fadi Afash	13	1	1+10	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
11	MF	USA	Brian Winters	30	0	24+2	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
12	MF	USA	Jarrod Weis	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	FW	USA	Paul Conway	13	1	8+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	USA	Scott Benedetti	14	1	6+6	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
15	FW	MEX	Byron Alvarez	29	9	21+5	9	2+0	0	1+0	0
16	FW	USA	Ben DeSanno	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	USA	Scot Thompson	30	4	26+0	4	2+0	0	2+0	0
18	MF	USA	Shaun Higgins	18	2	10+6	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
20	MF	NZL	Aaran Lines	26	1	19+4	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
(22)	MF	USA	Memo Arzate (released)	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
(23)	DF	USA	Aaron Heinzen (released)	10	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	USA	Lee Morrison	30	0	21+5	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
30	GK	USA	Josh Saunders	32	0	28+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
(31)	DF	USA	Shawn Saunders (released)	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	USA	Garrett Marcum	16	0	11+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Rk.	Position	Player	Total	USL-1	U.S. Open Cup
1	FW	Dan Antoniuk	14	13	1
2	FW	Byron Alvarez	9	9	0
3	MF	Edwin Miranda	4	4	0
3	DF	Scot Thompson	4	4	0
5	MF	Shaun Higgins	2	2	0
	MF	Tom Poltl	2	2	0
	MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	2	1	1
8	FW	Fadi Afash	1	1	0
	MF	Scott Benedetti	1	1	0
	FW	Paul Conway	1	1	0
	MF	Aaran Lines	1	1	0
		OWN GOALS	1	1	0
		TOTALS	42	40	2

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.^[1]^[9]^[10]

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		USL-1		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Nat.	Position	Player
2		DF	Kevin Goldthwaite	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Gavin Wilkinson	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
6		MF	Tom Poltl	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Edwin Miranda	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
9		FW	Dan Antoniuk	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
11		MF	Brian Winters	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12		MF	Jarrod Weis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13		FW	Paul Conway	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
15		FW	Byron Alvarez	8	1	5	0	1	0	2	1
17		DF	Scot Thompson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
18		MF	Shaun Higgins	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Aaran Lines	6	1	4	0	2	1	0	0
24		DF	Lee Morrison	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30		GK	Josh Saunders	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
(31)		DF	Shawn Saunders	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32		DF	Garrett Marcum	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
			TOTALS	58	6	49	4	5	1	4	1

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.^[8]^[9]^[10]

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				USL-1				Playoffs				U.S. Open Cup
No.	Nat.	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
1		Sam Reynolds	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
30		Josh Saunders	2880	47	1.47	113	2520	42	1.50	106	180	3	1.50	7	180	2	1.00	?
		TOTALS	2880	47	1.47	113	2520	42	1.50	106	180	3	1.50	7	180	2	1.00	?

Player movement

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 28, 2005	Scot Thompson	DF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Free	^[11]
March 11, 2005	Aaran Lines	MF	Arka Gdynia	Free	^[12]
April 20, 2005	Shaun Higgins	MF	Orange County Blue Star	Free	^[13]
April 20, 2005	Tom Poltl	MF	Orange County Blue Star	Free	^[13]
April 21, 2005	Sam Reynolds (R)	GK	Cal State Fullerton Titans	Free	^[14]
May 20, 2005	Paul Conway	FW	Charleston Battery	Free	^[15]
June 15, 2005	Garrett Marcum	DF	Portland Timbers	Free	^[16]

Loans in

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
April 21, 2005	Josh Saunders	GK	Los Angeles Galaxy	Season-long loan with option to recall	^[14]
May 6, 2005	Dan Antoniuk	FW	Philadelphia KiXX	Season-long loan; Philadelphia KiXX did not exercise their contract option on Antoniuk and he was permanently signed by Portland during the season	^[17]
August 1, 2005	Kevin Goldthwaite	DF	San Jose Earthquakes	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by San Jose Earthquakes for August 3 U.S. Open Cup game vs. Portland; returned to Portland on loan following the game	^[18]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
End of 2004 season	Dan Antoniuk	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Alex Bengard	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Erik Cronkrite	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Bayard Elfvin	GK	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Andrew Gregor	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Garrett Marcum	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Jake Sagare	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2004 season	Josh Saunders	GK	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
November 30, 2004	Alan Gordon	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Undisclosed	^[19]
May 26, 2005	Memo Arzate	MF	Unattached	Released	^[20]
June 15, 2005	David Henning	DF	Unattached	Released	^[16]
June 22, 2005	Aaron Heinzen	DF	Unattached	Released	^[21]
June 22, 2005	Shawn Saunders	DF	Unattached	Released	^[21]

Loans out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
October 18, 2004	Byron Alvarez	FW	Chicago Storm	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Portland Timbers on March 29, 2005	^[22]

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 18, 2005	Justin Cook	FW	Ohio State Buckeyes Central Florida Kraze	USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round	^[23]
January 18, 2005	Dan Kennedy	GK	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Orange County Blue Star	USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round	^[23]

Notes

A. ^{^} It was announced on March 30 that Portland Baseball Investment Group, headed by Abe Alizadeh, had agreed to buy the Timbers and the Portland Beavers baseball club from the Pacific Coast League.^[24] The Timbers referred to Alizadeh as the Majority Owner in press releases throughout the 2005 season. However, the sale was not officially completed until June 16, 2006.^[25]

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[staff_directory-2] 1 2 "Staff Directory". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on April 19, 2005.

[taylor_resignation-3] "Timbers GM Jim Taylor resigns; Bobby Howe relieved of coaching duties". Portland Timbers. October 11, 2005. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2011.

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[weekly_honors-7] 1 2 "2005 Season Team of the Week Announcements" (PDF). United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2011.

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[cup_result_1-9] 1 2 3 4 "Timbers host San Jose Earthquakes of MLS with U.S. Open Cup win over Seattle". Portland Timbers. July 12, 2005. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2011.

[cup_result_2-10] 1 2 3 4 "Timbers' U.S. Open Cup run ends with loss to San Jose". Portland Timbers. August 3, 2005. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2011.

[thompson_signing-11] "Timbers sign defender Thompson". Portland Timbers. January 28, 2005. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2011.

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[higgins_poltl_signings-13] 1 2 "Timbers Add Two To Roster As Season Opener Nears" (Press release). Portland Timbers. April 20, 2005. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.

[reynolds_saunders_signings-14] 1 2 "Timbers sign goalkeepers Saunders and Reynolds". Portland Timbers. April 21, 2005. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.

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[goldthwaite_loan-18] "Timbers sign defender on loan from San Jose". Portland Timbers. August 1, 2005. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.

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[arzate_release-20] "Unbeaten Timbers feature home match at PGE Park Saturday". OurSports Central. May 26, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2011.

[heinzen_saunders_releases-21] 1 2 "Timbers release Aaron Heinzen and Shawn Saunders". Portland Timbers. June 22, 2005. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011.

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