Club HistoryThis current iteration of the Portland Timbers entered the MLS in 2011, but existed as an USL franchise from 2001 ...

The club has one of the most vocal and raucous supporters groups within the MLS, called the Timber Army. In 2019, they ...

Thorns President of Soccer Gavin Wilkinson and President of Business Mike Golub were fired in the aftermath, and owner Merritt Paulson stepped down as CEO before selling the team in 2024 for $63 ...

Former Portland Thorns coach Paul Riley was permanently banned from the National Women's Soccer League in January 2023.

The teams' owner RAJ Sports said the facility will be located in Hillsboro and will be the first in professional women's ...

Former owner Merritt Paulson sold the football club to the California-based RAJ Sports. The Thorns also said goodbye to their former coach, assistant coach and athletic trainer. Riley was ...

Timbers owner and CEO Merritt Paulson looked at GM Gavin Wilkinson, haggard from weeks of non-stop work, and told him to go home and get some sleep. Though Portland had recently finished the 2017 ...

When one thinks of the defining TV performances of the past 25 or so years, what comes to mind? For Variety staffers, some of ...