2015 Portland Timbers 2 season

Portland Timbers 2
2015 season
PresidentMerritt Paulson
Head coachJay Vidovich
StadiumMerlo Field
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 4,892)
United Soccer LeagueConference: 8th
Overall: 13th
USL PlayoffsDNQ
U.S. Open Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kharlton Belmar (9)
All: Kharlton Belmar (11)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 4,944
(May 3 vs. Orange County, at Providence Park)
All: 15,069
(July 21 vs. Newcastle United, at Providence Park)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,278
(July 19 vs. Whitecaps 2, at Merlo Field)
All: 333
(Mar. 22 vs. U. of Portland, at Merlo Field)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,054
All: 3,983
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The 2015 Portland Timbers 2 season was the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers 2 in the United Soccer League (USL), the third-division professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The Timbers 2 are the reserve team of the MLS side, Portland Timbers.

Background

Competitions

United Soccer League

Main article: 2015 USL season

Preseason

March 1 Scrimmage Portland Timbers 2 2–0 Gonzaga Bulldogs Portland, Oregon
Manning
Safiu pen.'		 Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed-door
March 8 Scrimmage Portland Timbers 2 3–0 Oregon State Beavers Beaverton, Oregon
Safiu 19'
Manning 68'
Winchester 84'		 Report Stadium: adidas Timbers Training Center
Attendance: Closed-door
March 13 Scrimmage Portland Timbers 2 1–0 Washington Huskies Portland, Oregon
Evans 78' Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed-door
March 21 Scrimmage Portland Timbers 2 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland, Oregon
Safiu 6'
Eueller Rodriguez 66'
Trialist  67'		 Report Bustos 53' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed-door
March 22 Scrimmage Portland Timbers 2 4–1 Portland Pilots Portland, Oregon
Belmar 17'
Safiu 34'
Evans 39'
Winchester 73'
Payne  89'		 Report Sanchez  42'
Coffey  57'
Edwardson 60'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 333
Referee: Chipalo Street

USL regular season

March 29 1 Portland Timbers 2 3–1 Real Monarchs SLC Portland, Oregon
Belmar 31', 54'
Tshuma  52'
Winchester 58'		 Report Losee  43'  86'
Navarro 59'
Baldin  76'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 3,667
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
April 2 2 Portland Timbers 2 2–1 Sacramento Republic FC Portland, Oregon
Belmar 62'
Peay  69'
Evans 87'		 Report Foran  35'
Daly  59'
Iwasa 61'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Josh Wilkens
April 8 3 Real Monarchs SLC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2 Sandy, Utah
Saucedo  26'
Glad 27'		 Report Safiu 7',  47'
Winchester  32'
Clarke  68'  69'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 4,279
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
April 11 4 Seattle Sounders FC 2 2–1 Portland Timbers 2 Tukwila, Washington
Rossi 47'
Frano  74', 88'		 Report Delbridge 30'
Payne  51'
Winchester  90+'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,304
Referee: Chipalo Street
April 18 5 Sacramento Republic FC 3–0 Portland Timbers 2 Sacramento, California
López 13'
Daly 37'
Mirković  44'
Braun  56'
Alvarez  66'
Taublieb 82'		 Report Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 11,242
Referee: Vincent Apple-Chaire
April 25 6 Arizona United SC 0–2 Portland Timbers 2 Scottsdale, Arizona
Top  25' Report Clarke  14'
Belmar 20', 44'
Besler  71'		 Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium
Attendance: 6,108
Referee: Ramy Touchan
May 3 7 Portland Timbers 2 0–2 Orange County Blues FC Portland, Oregon
Fochive  53' Report Crettenand 27'
Slager 34'
Cortez  82'
Miranda  87'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 4,944
Referee: Levi Rippy
May 9 8 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC postponed Portland Timbers 2 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Postponement
Rescheduling		 Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Note: Rescheduled for June 10 due to weather
May 16 9 Real Monarchs SLC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2 Sandy, Utah
Welshman 9'
Orozco  79'		 Report Thoma  43'
Delbridge  76'
Safiu  79'
Winchester 87'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 2,615
Referee: Alex Krelo
May 22 10 Portland Timbers 2 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Portland, Oregon
Payne  28'
Casiple  30'
Belmar  33'
Delbridge  90+'		 Report Lowe 38'
Craven 55'
Kovar  90'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 3,095
Referee: Juan Colazo
May 30 11 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–3 Portland Timbers 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Venter 17'
Bond  32'
Galbraith-Knapp  39'
Cordeiro  86'		 Report Gavin  39'
Richards  72'
Nanchoff 64', 74' (pen.)
Belmar 90+',  90+'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 5,755
Referee: Tyler Mitcham
June 5 12 Oklahoma City Energy FC 2–0 Portland Timbers 2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gonzalez  38'
Greig  42', 55', 78'		 Report Rose  28'
Thoma  73'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: Rasende Mendoza
June 10 8 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 3–1 Portland Timbers 2 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Gonzalez 25', 35'
Harada 47'
Bejarano  90'		 Report Safiu  76'
Richards 84'		 Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Attendance: 3,726
Referee: Karen Abt
Note: Rescheduled from May 9 due to weather
June 14 13 Portland Timbers 2 3–1 Austin Aztex Portland, Oregon
Gavin 41'
Safiu 45+' (pen.)
Winchester  67'
Jeanderson 89',  90+'		 Report Perales  43'
Caesar 88'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,605
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
June 21 14 Whitecaps FC 2 3–2 Portland Timbers 2 Vancouver, British Columbia
McKendry 47'
Bustos 53'
Sampson  77', 81'		 Report Safiu  8'
Thoma  45+'
Gaivn 71'
Belmar 89'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,373
Referee: Juan Marquez
June 29 15 Portland Timbers 2 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Portland, Oregon
Report Garza 45+'
Rossi 86'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,932
Referee: Josh Wilkens
July 2 16 Portland Timbers 2 3–1 Arizona United SC Portland, Oregon
Belmar 10'
Safiu 14'
Gavin  38'
Thoma  53'
Payne  84'
Casiple 85'		 Report Ruthven  24'
Valentino  48'
Malki 74'
Blanco  89'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,410
Referee: Chipalo Street
July 10 17 Whitecaps FC 2 2–1 Portland Timbers 2 Vancouver, British Columbia
Rosenlund  40', 47'
Bustos  48'
Schuler  61'
Sandhu  88'
Blasco 63'		 Report Richards  17'
Fatawu 35'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,128
Referee: Juan Marquez
July 19 18 Portland Timbers 2 4–2 Whitecaps FC 2 Portland, Oregon
Belmar 18'
Fatawu 29'
Payne  35'
Fochive 52'
Thoma  83'
Gavin 87'		 Report Earnshaw 9' (pen.)
Seymore  49'
Froese  60', 78'
Rosenlund  83'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,278
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 24 20 Seattle Sounders FC 2 0 - 2 Portland Timbers 2 Tukwila, Washington
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
July 26 20 Portland Timbers 2 0 - 1 LA Galaxy II Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 1 21 Austin Aztex 1 - 0 Portland Timbers 2 Austin, Texas
Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
August 8 22 Portland Timbers 2 3 - 4 Oklahoma City Energy FC Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 16 23 Portland Timbers 2 3 - 1 Whitecaps FC 2 Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 22 24 Portland Timbers 2 2 - 0 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 29 25 Orange County Blues FC 1 - 3 Portland Timbers 2 Irvine, California
Stadium: Anteater Stadium
September 5 26 Portland Timbers 2 0 - 1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
September 12 27 Portland Timbers 2 0 - 3 Sacramento Republic FC Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Providence Park
September 16 28 LA Galaxy II 1 - 0 Portland Timbers 2 Carson, California
Stadium: StubHub Center

USL Playoffs

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orange County Blues 28 14 5 9 38 34 +4 47 Conference semi-finals
2 Oklahoma City Energy 28 13 8 7 44 36 +8 47
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 28 14 4 10 53 35 +18 46 First round
4 Sacramento Republic 28 13 7 8 43 31 +12 46
5 LA Galaxy II 28 14 3 11 39 31 +8 45
6 Seattle Sounders 2 28 13 3 12 45 42 +3 42
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 28 11 6 11 49 46 +3 39
8 Portland Timbers 2 28 11 2 15 38 45 −7 35
9 Austin Aztex 28 10 3 15 32 41 −9 33
10 Arizona United 28 10 2 16 31 55 −24 32
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 28 8 6 14 39 53 −14 30
12 Real Monarchs 28 7 8 13 32 42 −10 29
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2015 U.S. Open Cup
May 19 Second round Michigan Bucks 0–2 Portland Timbers 2 Pontiac, Michigan
19:30 ET Charalambous  75' Report
Report		 Fatawu  27', 90+3'
Belmar 56'
Gavin  67'		 Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arenas
Attendance: 467
Referee: Donovan Noocha
May 27 Third round Seattle Sounders FC 2 2–1 Portland Timbers 2 Tukwila, Washington
Craven  62', 66'
Garza  93'
Rossi 104'		 USSF Report
T2 Report		 Clarke 53'  90'
O'Rourke  75'
Besler  86'
Rose  117'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,737
Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Cascadia 2 Cup

Friendlies

July 21 International friendly Portland Timbers 2 4–3 Newcastle United F.C. Portland, Oregon
Fatawu 13'
Manning 23'
Peay 30'
Besler 70'
Fochive  77'		 Report Wijnaldum 6'
Abeid  62'
Aarons 75', 76'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Levi Rippy

Club

Kits

Primary
Primary Alt.
Secondary
Secondary Alt.
Third
Type Shirt Shorts Socks
Primary Green / White White Green
Primary Alt. Green / White Green Green
Secondary Red / Black Red Red
Secondary Alt. Red / Black Black Red
Third Dark green Dark green Dark Green

Executive staff

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

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

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Jay Vidovich
Assistant Coach Andrew Gregor
Assistant Coach Steve Reese
Strength & Conditioning Coach Charles Burdick
T2 Athletic Trainer Taichi Kitagawa

Last updated: July 7, 2015
Source: Portland Timbers 2

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 March 26, 2015.

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  USA Danny O'Rourke
29 GK  USA Justin Luthy
30 FW  USA Kharlton Belmar
38 DF  USA Matt Rose
40 MF  NZL Tim Payne
44 DF  AUS Harrison Delbridge
47 DF  JAM Rennico Clarke
49 FW  GHA Fatawu Safiu (on loan from Inter Allies)
52 MF  USA Blair Gavin
55 FW  USA Brent Richards
73 FW  ARG Santiago Biglieri
76 GK  USA Daniel Withrow
77 FW  TRI Rundell Winchester (on loan from Central FC)
84 MF  USA Seth Casiple
85 MF  USA Steven Evans

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total USL U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
29 GK  USA Justin Luthy 7 -10 5 -8 2 -2
30 GK  USA Andrew Weber 3 -4 3 -4 0 0
76 GK  USA Daniel Withrow 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 GK  NZL Jake Gleeson 20 -33 20 -33 0 0
-- GK  USA Zach Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
15 DF  BRA Jeanderson 15 1 14+1 1 0 0
20 DF  USA Taylor Peay 14 0 14 0 0 0
23 DF  ARG Norberto Paparatto 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 DF  USA Danny O'Rourke 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 DF  USA Andy Thoma 27 0 25+1 0 1 0
38 DF  USA Matt Rose 11 0 3+6 0 1+1 0
44 DF  AUS Harrison Delbridge 20 1 18 1 2 0
45 DF  USA Devon Fisher 4 0 4 0 0 0
47 DF  JAM Rennico Clarke 17 1 14+1 0 2 1
51 DF  USA Peter Prescott 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 DF  USA Marco Farfan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF  CAN Will Johnson 3 0 3 0 0 0
11 MF  COL Dairon Asprilla 2 0 2 0 0 0
17 MF  USA Michael Nanchoff 6 2 6 2 0 0
26 MF  USA George Fochive 10 4 8 4 2 0
27 MF  USA Nick Besler 26 4 22+3 4 0+1 0
35 MF  USA Anthony Manning 15 1 15 1 0 0
40 MF  NZL Tim Payne 24 0 16+6 0 2 0
50 MF  USA Blake Bodily 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
52 MF  USA Blair Gavin 26 4 20+4 4 2 0
84 MF  USA Seth Casiple 12 1 5+5 1 1+1 0
85 MF  USA Steven Evans 11 1 6+4 1 0+1 0
94 MF  USA Jose Perez-Flores 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 MF  USA Edson Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 MF  USA Terrell Lowe 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW  ARG Gastón Fernández 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 FW  USA Kharlton Belmar 30 13 27+1 12 2 1
31 FW  JAM Michael Seaton 5 1 2+3 1 0 0
32 FW  ZIM Schillo Tshuma 10 0 6+4 0 0 0
49 FW  GHA Fatawu Safiu 24 8 18+5 7 1 1
55 FW  USA Brent Richards 16 1 6+8 1 2 0
73 FW  ARG Santiago Biglieri 12 0 6+5 0 1 0
77 FW  TRI Rundell Winchester 24 3 18+4 3 2 0
  • Source:

Goalkeeper stats

Player movement

Transfers in

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
25 MF Danny O'Rourke Portland Timbers Free April 1, 2015
30 FW Kharlton Belmar VCU Rams
Portland Timbers U23s 		Free April 1, 2015

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
32 FW Schillo Tshuma Portland Timbers May 1, 2015 September 1, 2015

Loans out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Start End Source
30 FW Kharlton Belmar New York Cosmos Oct 1, 2015 undisclosed timbers.com

Transfers out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
Head Coach Jay Vidovich Pittsburgh Panthers Dec 4, 2015 timbers.com

See also

References

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