MLS underway as they host the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday.The fixture will be the first match in this season's Cascadia Cup, which is contested by the Timbers, Whitecaps and the Seattle Sounders. The Timbers won the title last season on goal difference.

The Portland Timbers open the 2025 MLS season on Sunday, Feb. 23 against Cascadia Cup rival Vancouver Whitecaps. Sunday also marks the 50th season for the Timbers, a club that’s engrained in the fabric of Soccer City, USA.

If anyone still had doubts about Diego Chará's importance to the Portland Timbers, the milestone he reached this past weekend should put that talk to rest once and for all. The player, who was already one of the biggest icons of the team, became the first player in Major League Soccer history to play 400 regular-season matches with the same club.

MLS 2025 kicks off with a game that's worth more than three points. Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps face off at Providence Park, opening the first chapter in this year's Cascadia Cup. The rivalry between the two has spanned decades,

When the Portland Timbers open their 50th season, one of the club’s most impactful players will celebrate his own milestone.

Club HistoryThis current iteration of the Portland Timbers entered the MLS in 2011, but existed as an USL franchise from 2001 through 2010. After two uneventful seasons, the Timbers exploded behind

Four years after last lacing up his boots, former MLS MVP and Portland Timbers legend Diego Valeri is mastering the beautiful game of retirement.

Messi put his right hand on the back of Ballouchy’s neck and squeezed hard enough that it appeared to stun him.