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
Regular season
April
May
June
July
August
September
Postseason
Competitions
USL First Division
Standings
Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts1Montreal Impact612818373715+222Rochester Raging Rhinos512815764527+183Vancouver Whitecaps452812793721+164Seattle Sounders4428116113325+85Portland Timbers392810994042−2POR: 4 ptsRIC: 1 pt6Richmond Kickers392810992830−27Puerto Rico Islanders3828101084643+38Atlanta Silverbacks3328101534052−129Charleston Battery322891452736−910Minnesota Thunder3128711103742−511Virginia Beach Mariners282871472639−1312Toronto Lynx172831782650−24
Results summary
Results by round
USL-1 Playoffs
Playoff bracket
First round
U.S. Open Cup
Cup bracket
Third round
Fourth round
Cascadia Cup
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Coaching staff PositionStaffHead coach Bobby HoweAssistant coach Jimmy ConwayAssistant coach Gavin WilkinsonGoalkeeper coach Jim BrazeauAthletic Trainer Tony Guyette</div> Management
Squad
Kits
Final roster
Recognition USL-1 Assist Leader PlayerGPA Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar2612
USL-1 All-League First Team PosPlayerGPDF Scot Thompson26MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar26
USL-1 All-League Second Team PosPlayerGPFW Dan Antoniuk24
USL-1 Player of the Week WeekPlayerOpponent(s)2 Edwin MirandaMinnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders16 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarMinnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders21 Dan AntoniukAtlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers
USL-1 Team of the Week WeekPlayerOpponent(s)1 Byron AlvarezToronto Lynx2 Byron AlvarezMinnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders Edwin Miranda3 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarMinnesota Thunder Dan Antoniuk4 Edwin MirandaCharleston Battery8 Edwin MirandaPuerto Rico Islanders, Vancouver Whitecaps9 Dan AntoniukPuerto Rico Islanders, Rochester Raging Rhinos11 Scot ThompsonMontreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps13 Scot ThompsonVancouver Whitecaps16 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarMinnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders Scot Thompson17 Byron AlvarezMontreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder Dan Antoniuk18 Shaun HigginsSeattle Sounders19 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarCharleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks20 Dan AntoniukVirginia Beach Mariners, Richmond Kickers21 Dan AntoniukAtlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers Edwin Miranda Scot Thompson
Statistics
Appearances and goals All players contracted to the club during the season included.
Top scorers Players with 1 goal or more included only. Rk.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalUSL-1PlayoffsU.S. Open Cup1FWDan Antoniuk1413012FWByron Alvarez99003MFEdwin Miranda4400DFScot Thompson44005MFShaun Higgins2200MFTom Poltl2200MFHugo Alcaraz-Cuellar21018FWFadi Afash1100MFScott Benedetti1100FWPaul Conway1100MFAaran Lines1100OWN GOALS1100TOTALS424002
Disciplinary record Players with 1 card or more included only. No.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalUSL-1PlayoffsU.S. Open Cup 2DFKevin Goldthwaite404000005DFGavin Wilkinson515100006MFTom Poltl615100107MFHugo Alcaraz-Cuellar505000008MFEdwin Miranda705010109FWDan Antoniuk1111000011MFBrian Winters1010000012MFJarrod Weis1010000013FWPaul Conway1111000015FWByron Alvarez8150102117DFScot Thompson2020000018MFShaun Higgins4040000020MFAaran Lines6140210024DFLee Morrison2020000030GKJosh Saunders10100000(31)DFShawn Saunders2020000032DFGarrett Marcum20101000 TOTALS5864945141
Goalkeeper stats All goalkeepers included. No.Nat.PlayerTotalUSL-1PlayoffsU.S. Open CupMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASV1Sam Reynolds00—000—000—000—030Josh Saunders2880471.471132520421.5010618031.50718021.00? TOTALS2880471.471132520421.5010618031.50718021.00?
Player movement
Transfers in DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef January 28, 2005 Scot Thompson DF Los Angeles Galaxy Free March 11, 2005 Aaran Lines MF Arka Gdynia Free April 20, 2005 Shaun Higgins MF Orange County Blue Star Free April 20, 2005 Tom Poltl MF Orange County Blue Star Free April 21, 2005 Sam Reynolds (R) GK Cal State Fullerton Titans Free May 20, 2005 Paul Conway FW Charleston Battery Free June 15, 2005 Garrett Marcum DF Portland Timbers Free
Loans in DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef April 21, 2005 Josh Saunders GK Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan with option to recall 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 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
Transfers out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef 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 May 26, 2005 Memo Arzate MF Unattached Released June 15, 2005 David Henning DF Unattached Released June 22, 2005 Aaron Heinzen DF Unattached Released June 22, 2005 Shawn Saunders DF Unattached Released
Loans out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef October 18, 2004 Byron Alvarez FW Chicago Storm Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Portland Timbers on March 29, 2005
Unsigned draft picks DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubNotesRef January 18, 2005 Justin Cook FW Ohio State Buckeyes Central Florida Kraze USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round January 18, 2005 Dan Kennedy GK UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Orange County Blue Star USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round
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. 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.
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