Portland Timbers (2001–2010)

Portland Timbers
Full name	Portland Timbers
Nickname(s)	The Timbers
Founded	2001
Dissolved	2010 (MLS 2011)
Stadium	PGE Park; Portland, Oregon
Capacity	15,418
Owner	Portland Family Entertainment (2001–2003); Pacific Coast League (2004–2005); Portland Baseball Investment Group (2006); Shortstop LLC (2007–2010);
President	Marshall Glickman (2001); Mark Schuster (2002–2003); Tom Lasley (2004 interim); John Cunningham (2005–2006); Merritt Paulson (2007–2010);
Head coach	Bobby Howe (2001–2005);
League	A-League (2001–2004); USL First Division (2005–2009); USSF Division 2 Professional League (2010);

The Portland Timbers were an American professional soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 2001, the team played in various leagues at the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, including the USL First Division and the USSF Division 2 Professional League, until the end of the 2010 season.

On March 20, 2009, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced an expansion team had been granted to the Portland area and would retain the Timbers name. The new team began play in MLS in 2011.

The team played its home games at what was then known as PGE Park (now known as Providence Park, the home of the current MLS team). The team's colors are green and white. The team also had a development team, Portland Timbers U23s, which won the Premier Development League championship in 2010 and is currently affiliated with the MLS team.

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