2026 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
2026 season
CEO	Heather Davis
Head coach	Phil Neville
Stadium	Providence Park; Portland, Oregon; (Capacity: 25,218)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 4th; Overall: 5th
Top goalscorer	League: Tied (3); All: Tied (3)
Highest home attendance	25,218
Biggest win	Portland 3–2 Columbus ; (Feb. 21)
	← 2025 2027 →
	All statistics correct as of February 22, 2026.

The 2026 Portland Timbers season is the 40th season in their existence and the 16th season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.

Background

Competitions

Major League Soccer

MLS regular season

Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2026)
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Colorado Rapids	15	5	9	1	25	24	+1	16
12	St. Louis City SC	14	4	6	4	16	20	−4	16
13	Portland Timbers	14	4	8	2	22	28	−6	14
14	Austin FC	15	3	7	5	19	31	−12	14
15	Sporting Kansas City	14	3	9	2	14	36	−22	11

Updated to match(es) played on May 24, 2026. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall standings

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
21	Columbus Crew	15	4	7	4	21	23	−2	16
22	St. Louis City SC	14	4	6	4	16	20	−4	16
23	Portland Timbers	14	4	8	2	22	28	−6	14
24	CF Montréal	14	4	8	2	22	31	−9	14
25	Orlando City SC	15	4	9	2	23	44	−21	14

Updated to match(es) played on May 24, 2026. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

February 21 1	Portland Timbers	3−2	Columbus Crew	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PST	Mora 14' Antony 20' Bye 29' Lassiter 88'	Report	Abou Ali 6', 58' Rossi 44'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,210 Referee: Allen Chapman

February 28 2	Colorado Rapids	2−0	Portland Timbers	Commerce City, Colorado
13:30 PST	Ojediran 7' Atencio 22' Herrington 53', 73'	Report	Pantemis 73' Fory 77' Chará 83'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,113 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 7 3 Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	1−4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PST	Kelsy 7' Velde 59' Smith 67' Izoita 72'	Report	Ocampo 17' White 21', 87' Blackmon 49' Berhalter 63' Sabbi 77' Larraz 83'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,473 Referee: Victor Rivas

March 14 4	Houston Dynamo FC	3–2	Portland Timbers	Houston, Texas
17:30 PDT	Ponce 45+1' Guilherme 62', 90+13' Andrade 77' Markanich 90+4' Bogusz 90+15'	Report	K. Miller 24' Guerra 45+4' Lassiter 45+5' Fory 58' Velde 80' Mora 85'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 18,026 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

March 22 5	Portland Timbers	1−1	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
13:30 PDT	Velde 13' K. Miller 20' Bye 61' Smith 77' Antony 81' Bonetig 84'	Report	Klauss 30' Sanabria 90+3'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 23,075 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 4 6 Cascadia Cup	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3−2	Portland Timbers	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:30 PDT	Ocampo 6' Laborda 68' Müller 90+1' (pen.) Berhalter 90+5'	Report	Mosquera 36' Da Costa 45+2' Chará 80'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,465 Referee: Joe Dickerson

April 11 7	Portland Timbers	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Portland, Oregon
13:30 PDT	Fory 7' Velde 32', 82' Kelsy 90+6'	Report	Evans 14' Terry 49' Smoliakov 58'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 24,686 Referee: Armando Villarreal

April 18 8	Minnesota United FC	2–0	Portland Timbers	Saint Paul, Minnesota
17:30 PDT	Chancalay 16' 26' Yeboah 60' Triantis 73'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

April 25 9	San Diego FC	1−2	Portland Timbers	San Diego, California
18:30 PDT	Dreyer 33' (pen.) Ingvartsen 63' Soma 76'	Report	Kelsy 26' Velde 69' Bonetig 90+6'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 22,396 Referee: Jon Freemon

May 2 10	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah
13:30 PDT	Gozo 10' Luna 28' Sanabria 85'	Report	Fory 60' Smith 82'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,614 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

May 9 11	Portland Timbers	6–0	Sporting Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT	Velde 6' Kelsy 15', 74' Bassett 22' Davis 26' (o.g.) Caicedo 33' Lassiter 71'	Report	Berg Johnsen 19' Davis 41' Reid 45+3' Bartlow 53' Capita 76'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,384 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 13 12	CF Montréal	2–2	Portland Timbers	Montreal, Quebec
16:30 PDT	Ríos 11', 90+3' Carmona 45' Neal 68' Owusu 77' Longstaff 81'	Report	Kelsy 21' Bassett 77', 83'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,251 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 17 13	Inter Miami CF	2–0	Portland Timbers	Miami, Florida
15:00 PDT	Messi 31' De Paul 41' Berterame 42' Segovia 58'	Report	Da Costa 65' Surman 90+2'	Stadium: Nu Stadium Attendance: 26,715 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 23 14	Portland Timbers	1–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
18:30 PDT	Antony 18' K. Miller 51' Vieira 73'	Report	Judd 2' 12' Munie 24' Roberts 41' Kikanović 45+2' Daniel 85'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 24,686 Referee: Timothy Ford

July 16 15 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	v	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Lumen Field

July 22 16	Portland Timbers	v	FC Dallas	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

July 25 17	Portland Timbers	v	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

August 1 18 Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	v	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
19:45 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

August 16 19	Chicago Fire FC	v	Portland Timbers	Chicago, Illinois
15:30 PDT				Stadium: Soldier Field

August 19 20	Portland Timbers	v	San Diego FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

August 22 21	Los Angeles FC	v	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: BMO Stadium

August 29 22	Portland Timbers	v	Austin FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

September 5 23	Portland Timbers	v	Minnesota United FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

September 9 24	Portland Timbers	v	St. Louis City SC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

September 12 25	FC Dallas	v	Portland Timbers	Frisco, Texas
17:30 PDT				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

September 19 26	Portland Timbers	v	Atlanta United FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

September 26 27	San Jose Earthquakes	v	Portland Timbers	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: PayPal Park

October 10 28	Sporting Kansas City	v	Portland Timbers	Kansas City, Kansas
17:30 PDT				Stadium: Sporting Park

October 14 29	LA Galaxy	v	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

October 17 30	Portland Timbers	v	Colorado Rapids	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

October 24 31	Portland Timbers	v	Charlotte FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Providence Park

October 28 32	St. Louis City SC	v	Portland Timbers	St. Louis, Missouri
17:30 PDT				Stadium: Energizer Park

November 1 33	Portland Timbers	v	Houston Dynamo FC	Portland, Oregon
18:15 PST				Stadium: Providence Park

November 7 34	Austin FC	v	Portland Timbers	Austin, Texas
16:00 PST				Stadium: Q2 Stadium

Leagues Cup

August 6 Round One	Portland Timbers	v	Puebla	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Providence Park

August 9 Round One	América	v	Portland Timbers	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Providence Park

August 13 Round One	Portland Timbers	v	Tijuana	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Providence Park

Transfers

Per league and club policy, terms of the deals are not disclosed except Targeted Allocation Money, General Allocation Money, draft picks, and international rosters spots.

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Winter 2025–26
5	DF	Brandon Bye	New England Revolution	Free	December 22, 2025	^[1]
16	DF	Sawyer Jura	Portland Timbers 2	Homegrown contract	January 1, 2026
6	DF	Alex Bonetig	Western Sydney Wanderers	Undisclosed	January 8, 2026	^[2]
17	MF	Cole Bassett	Colorado Rapids	$2.65M	February 2, 2026	^[3]
30	MF	José Caicedo	UNAM	Undisclosed	March 13, 2026	^[4]

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
Winter 2025–26
	GK	Maxime Crépeau	Orlando City	Free	January 6, 2026
	GK	Cristhian Paredes	Cerro Porteño	Free	January 7, 2026
	MF	David Ayala	Inter Miami	Trade	January 9, 2026

Team statistics

MLS regular season

Goals

As of February 21, 2026^[5]

Name	Nat	Games	Goals

Assists

As of February 21, 2026^[5]

Name	Nat	Games	Assists

Goalkeeping

As of February 21, 2026^[5]

Name	Nat	Games	Saves	Clean Sheets

References

^ "Timbers sign free agent defender Brandon Bye". timbers.com. December 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
^ "Wanderers farewell homegrown star Alex Bonetig following club record transfer fee". Western Sydney Wanderers. January 8, 2026.
^ "Portland Timbers acquire Cole Bassett from Colorado Rapids | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
^ "Portland Timbers acquire José Caicedo from Pumas | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Portland Timbers 2025 Roster". Portland Timbers. Retrieved December 26, 2024.

[1] "Timbers sign free agent defender Brandon Bye". timbers.com. December 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2026.

[2] "Wanderers farewell homegrown star Alex Bonetig following club record transfer fee". Western Sydney Wanderers. January 8, 2026.

[3] "Portland Timbers acquire Cole Bassett from Colorado Rapids | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.

[4] "Portland Timbers acquire José Caicedo from Pumas | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.

[auto-5] "Portland Timbers 2025 Roster". Portland Timbers. Retrieved December 26, 2024.

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