2015 Portland Timbers 2 season

The 2015 Portland Timbers 2 season is the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers 2 in 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.

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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Background

Competitions

United Soccer League
Main article: 2015 USL season

Preseason
March 1 ScrimmagePortland Timbers 22–0Gonzaga BulldogsPortland, Oregon
Manning
Safiu  pen.'		 Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed-door
March 8 ScrimmagePortland Timbers 23–0Oregon State BeaversBeaverton, Oregon
Safiu  19'
Manning  68'
Winchester  84'		 Report Stadium: adidas Timbers Training Center
Attendance: Closed-door
March 13 ScrimmagePortland Timbers 21–0Washington HuskiesPortland, Oregon
Evans  78' Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed-door
March 21 ScrimmagePortland Timbers 22–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
Safiu  6'
Eueller Rodriguez  66'
Trialist  67'		 Report Bustos  53' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed-door
March 22 ScrimmagePortland Timbers 24–1Portland PilotsPortland, 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 1Portland Timbers 23–1Real Monarchs SLCPortland, 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 2Portland Timbers 22–1Sacramento Republic FCPortland, 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 3Real Monarchs SLC1–1Portland Timbers 2Sandy, 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 4Seattle Sounders FC 22–1Portland Timbers 2Tukwila, 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 5Sacramento Republic FC3–0Portland Timbers 2Sacramento, 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 6Arizona United SC0–2Portland Timbers 2Scottsdale, Arizona
Top  25' Report Clarke  14'
Belmar  20', 44'
Besler  71'		 Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium
Attendance: 6,108
Referee: Ramy Touchan
May 3 7Portland Timbers 20–2Orange County Blues FCPortland, Oregon
Fochive  53' Report Crettenand  27'
Slager  34'
Cortez  82'
Miranda  87'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 4,944
Referee: Levi Rippy
May 9 8Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCpostponedPortland Timbers 2Colorado Springs, Colorado
Postponement
Rescheduling		 Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Note: Rescheduled for June 10 due to weather
May 16 9Real Monarchs SLC1–1Portland Timbers 2Sandy, 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 10Portland Timbers 20–2Seattle Sounders FC 2Portland, 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 11Tulsa Roughnecks FC1–3Portland Timbers 2Tulsa, 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 12Oklahoma City Energy FC2–0Portland Timbers 2Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gonzalez  38'
Greig  42',  55', 78'		 Report Rose  28'
Thoma  73'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: Rasende Mendoza
June 10 8Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC3–1Portland Timbers 2Colorado 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 13Portland Timbers 23–1Austin AztexPortland, 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 14Whitecaps FC 23–2Portland Timbers 2Vancouver, 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 15Portland Timbers 20–2Seattle Sounders FC 2Portland, Oregon
Report Garza  45+'
Rossi  86'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 2,932
Referee: Josh Wilkens
July 2 16Portland Timbers 23–1Arizona United SCPortland, 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 17Whitecaps FC 22–1Portland Timbers 2Vancouver, 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 18Portland Timbers 24–2Whitecaps FC 2Portland, 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 20Seattle Sounders FC 20 - 2Portland Timbers 2Tukwila, Washington
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
July 26 20Portland Timbers 20 - 1LA Galaxy IIPortland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 1 21Austin Aztex1 - 0Portland Timbers 2Austin, Texas
Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex
August 8 22Portland Timbers 23 - 4Oklahoma City Energy FCPortland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 16 23Portland Timbers 23 - 1Whitecaps FC 2Portland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 22 24Portland Timbers 22 - 0Tulsa Roughnecks FCPortland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
August 29 25Orange County Blues FC1 - 3Portland Timbers 2Irvine, California
Stadium: Anteater Stadium
September 5 26Portland Timbers 20 - 1Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCPortland, Oregon
Stadium: Merlo Field
September 12 27Portland Timbers 20 - 3Sacramento Republic FCPortland, Oregon
Stadium: Providence Park
September 16 28LA Galaxy II1 - 0Portland Timbers 2Carson, 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 roundMichigan Bucks 0–2 Portland Timbers 2Pontiac, 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 roundSeattle Sounders FC 2 2–1 Portland Timbers 2Tukwila, 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 friendlyPortland 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
TypeShirtShortsSocks
PrimaryGreen / WhiteWhiteGreen
Primary Alt.Green / WhiteGreenGreen
SecondaryRed / BlackRedRed
Secondary Alt.Red / BlackBlackRed
ThirdDark greenDark greenDark 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

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of March 26, 2015.

No. Position Player Nation
25 Defender Danny O'Rourke  United States
29 Goalkeeper Justin Luthy  United States
30 Forward Kharlton Belmar  United States
38 Defender Matt Rose  United States
40 Midfielder Tim Payne  New Zealand
44 Defender Harrison Delbridge  Australia
47 Defender Rennico Clarke  Jamaica
49 Forward Fatawu Safiu (on loan from Inter Allies)  Ghana
52 Midfielder Blair Gavin  United States
55 Forward Brent Richards  United States
73 Forward Santiago Biglieri  Argentina
76 Goalkeeper Daniel Withrow  United States
77 Forward Rundell Winchester (on loan from Central FC)  Trinidad and Tobago
84 Midfielder Seth Casiple  United States
85 Midfielder Steven Evans  United States

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSLU.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
29 GK Justin Luthy 7-105-82-2
30 GK Andrew Weber 3-43-400
76 GK Daniel Withrow 000000
90 GK Jake Gleeson 20-3320-3300
-- GK Zach Nelson 000000
Defenders
15 DF Jeanderson 15114+1100
20 DF Taylor Peay 14014000
23 DF Norberto Paparatto 101000
25 DF Danny O'Rourke 100010
28 DF Andy Thoma 27025+1010
38 DF Matt Rose 1103+601+10
44 DF Harrison Delbridge 20118120
45 DF Devon Fisher 404000
47 DF Rennico Clarke 17114+1021
51 DF Peter Prescott 000000
95 DF Marco Farfan 000000
Midfielders
4 MF Will Johnson 303000
11 MF Dairon Asprilla 202000
17 MF Michael Nanchoff 626200
26 MF George Fochive 1048420
27 MF Nick Besler 26422+340+10
35 MF Anthony Manning 15115100
40 MF Tim Payne 24016+6020
50 MF Blake Bodily 602+4000
52 MF Blair Gavin 26420+4420
84 MF Seth Casiple 1215+511+10
85 MF Steven Evans 1116+410+10
94 MF Jose Perez-Flores 000000
96 MF Edson Martinez 000000
97 MF Terrell Lowe 100+1000
Forwards
10 FW Gastón Fernández 101000
30 FW Kharlton Belmar 301327+11221
31 FW Michael Seaton 512+3100
32 FW Schillo Tshuma 1006+4000
49 FW Fatawu Safiu 24818+5711
55 FW Brent Richards 1616+8120
73 FW Santiago Biglieri 1206+5010
77 FW Rundell Winchester 24318+4320
  • 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
32FW Schillo Tshuma Portland TimbersMay 1, 2015September 1, 2015

Loans out
No. Pos. Player Loaned To Start End Source
30FW Kharlton Belmar New York CosmosOct 1, 2015undisclosedtimbers.com

Transfers out
No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
Head Coach Jay Vidovich Pittsburgh PanthersDec 4, 2015timbers.com

See also

References
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