2002 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
2002 season
President United States Mark Schuster
Head Coach England Bobby Howe
Stadium PGE Park
Portland, Oregon
A-League Division: 2nd
Playoffs: First Round
U.S. Open Cup Qualification series
Top goalscorer Syria Fadi Afash
United States McKinley Tennyson
(18 goals)
Highest home attendance 10,109
vs. MIN (Aug 16)
Lowest home attendance 3,890
vs. SEA (Jun 23)
Average home league attendance League: 6,261
All: 6,115
Home colors
Away colors

The 2002 Portland Timbers season was the second season for the Portland Timbers—the third incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct A-League, the second-tier soccer league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Preseason

Canterbury Cup

Regular season

May

June

July

August

September

Postseason

Competitions

A-League

Western Conference, Pacific Division standings

  Bye to conference semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD
1Seattle Sounders 1072823417127+44
2Portland Timbers 6328131234739+8
3Vancouver Whitecaps 5428111254139+2
4El Paso Patriots 5428101173848−10
5Calgary Storm 222842132666−40

Point system: 4 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 1 point for scoring 3 or more goals in a game; 0 points for a loss

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundHAAAHAHHAAHHHAAHHAAHAHHHAAHA
ResultLLLLLTWWLWTLWTLWWLWWLWWLWWWL

Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

A-League Playoffs

Playoff bracket

  First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Final
                                         
Portland Timbers 0 0 0  
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 2  
  Seattle Sounders 0 2 2  
  Vancouver Whitecaps 2 6 8  
  Milwaukee Rampage (aet) 0 2 2  
Western Conference
  Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1 1  
Minnesota Thunder 2 1 3  
El Paso Patriots 1 1 2  
  Milwaukee Rampage 0 2 2
  Minnesota Thunder 0 1 1  
 
  Milwaukee Rampage (aet) 2
  Richmond Kickers 1
Richmond Kickers 1 2 3  
Atlanta Silverbacks 1 1 2  
  Charleston Battery 2 1 3
  Richmond Kickers 1 3 4  
 
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 1 0 1 (8)
Eastern Conference
  Richmond Kickers (aet) (p) 1 0 1 (9)  
Montreal Impact (aet) (p) 0 1 1 (6)  
Charlotte Eagles 1 0 1 (5)  
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 0 1 1
  Montreal Impact 0 0 0  
 

First round

Leg 1
Portland Timbers 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps
Report  62' Dailly
Attendance: 4,071
Leg 2
Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Portland Timbers
Kindel  52' Report
Attendance: 4,060

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head CoachEngland Bobby Howe
Assistant CoachRepublic of Ireland Jimmy Conway
Goalkeeper CoachUnited States Jim Brazeau
Athletic TrainerUnited States Brock Rutherford
Strength and Conditioning CoachUnited States Carl Davison

Source:[2]

Management

Owner Portland Family Entertainment
President United States Mark Schuster (from February 14)
General Manager United States Jim Taylor
Ground (capacity and dimensions) PGE Park ( / )

Source:[3]

Squad

Kits

Home
Away

Final roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Chris Smith
2 United States DF Bryn Ritchie
3 Republic of Ireland DF Keith Costigan
5 New Zealand DF Gavin Wilkinson
6 United States MF Ben Somoza
7 Mexico MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
8 United States MF Erik Ozimek
9 United States FW McKinley Tennyson
10 Syria FW Fadi Afash
11 United States MF Brian Winters
No. Position Player
12 United States FW Greg Howes
14 United States DF Scott Benedetti
15 Kyrgyzstan MF Vadim Tolstolutsky
16 United States FW Chugger Adair
17 Mexico MF Jesús Ochoa (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)
18 United States GK Matt Napoleon
20 United States MF Jake Sagare
24 United States MF Chris Roner (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)
26 Trinidad and Tobago DF Brent Sancho

Recognition

A-League Scoring Champion[4]

Player G A Pts
United States McKinley Tennyson 18 6 42

A-League Goal Scoring Co-Champions[4]

Player GP G
Syria Fadi Afash 22 18
United States McKinley Tennyson 24 18

A-League Young Offensive Player of the Year[4]

Pos Player GP
FW United States McKinley Tennyson 24

A-League All-League First Team[4]

Pos Player GP
FW United States McKinley Tennyson 24

A-League All-League Second Team[4]

Pos Player GP
FW Syria Fadi Afash 22

A-League Player of the Week[4]

Week Player Opponent(s)
8 Syria Fadi Afash Calgary Storm, Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)
18 United States McKinley Tennyson El Paso Patriots, Minnesota Thunder

A-League Team of the Week[4]

Week Player Opponent(s)
8 Syria Fadi Afash Calgary Storm, Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)
United States Greg Howes
9 Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho Calgary Storm
10 United States Matt Napoleon El Paso Patriots, Hampton Roads Mariners, Seattle Sounders
Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho
11 United States Greg Howes Hampton Roads Mariners, Richmond Kickers
12 Syria Fadi Afash Indiana Blast
England Sean McAuley
13 United States McKinley Tennyson Calgary Storm
14 United States McKinley Tennyson Seattle Sounders, Calgary Storm
15 United States McKinley Tennyson Cincinnati Riverhawks
17 United States McKinley Tennyson Vancouver Whitecaps
18 Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar El Paso Patriots, Minnesota Thunder
United States McKinley Tennyson
19 Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho Milwaukee Rampage, Minnesota Thunder
20 Syria Fadi Afash Montreal Impact

Statistics

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.[5][6]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalA-LeaguePlayoffs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK United States Chris Smith 100+100+00
2 DF United States Bryn Ritchie 1419+510+00
3 DF Republic of Ireland Keith Costigan 30028+002+00
(4) DF England Sean McAuley (released) 16015+100+00
5 DF New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson 28026+002+00
6 MF United States Ben Somoza 22112+910+10
7 MF Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 29026+102+00
8 MF United States Erik Ozimek 000+000+00
9 FW United States McKinley Tennyson 261820+4182+00
10 FW Syria Fadi Afash 231822+0181+00
11 MF United States Brian Winters 28026+002+00
12 FW United States Greg Howes 21515+452+00
(13) FW United States Rees Bettinger (released) 501+400+00
14 DF United States Scott Benedetti 1518+512+00
15 MF Kyrgyzstan Vadim Tolstolutsky 1316+610+10
16 FW United States Chugger Adair 2026+1321+00
17 MF Mexico Jesús Ochoa 605+001+00
18 GK United States Matt Napoleon 30028+002+00
20 MF United States Jake Sagare 28020+700+10
(21) MF United States Noah Delgado (released) 502+300+00
(22) MF United States Scott Bower (2 short-term loans from United States San Jose Earthquakes) 403+100+00
24 MF United States Chris Roner 402+101+00
26 DF Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho 29027+002+00

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.[5][6]

Rk. Nat. Position Player Total A-League Playoffs
1 Syria FW Fadi Afash 18 18 0
United States FW McKinley Tennyson 18 18 0
3 United States FW Greg Howes 5 5 0
4 United States FW Chugger Adair 2 2 0
5 United States DF Scott Benedetti 1 1 0
United States DF Bryn Ritchie 1 1 0
United States MF Ben Somoza 1 1 0
Kyrgyzstan MF Vadim Tolstolutsky 1 1 0
TOTALS 47 47 0

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.[5][7]

No. Nat. Position Player Total A-League Playoffs[A]
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 United States DF Bryn Ritchie 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Republic of Ireland DF Keith Costigan 6 0 5 0 1 0
(4) England DF Sean McAuley 2 0 2 0 0 0
5 New Zealand DF Gavin Wilkinson 5 0 5 0 0 0
6 United States MF Ben Somoza 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Mexico MF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 3 0 3 0 0 0
9 United States FW McKinley Tennyson 2 1 2 1 0 0
10 Syria FW Fadi Afash 5 0 4 0 1 0
11 United States MF Brian Winters 7 0 7 0 0 0
12 United States FW Greg Howes 0 1 0 1 0 0
15 Kyrgyzstan MF Vadim Tolstolutsky 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Mexico MF Jesús Ochoa 1 0 1 0 0 0
18 United States GK Matt Napoleon 1 0 1 0 0 0
20 United States MF Jake Sagare 5 0 5 0 0 0
(22) United States MF Scott Bower 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 United States MF Chris Roner 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Trinidad and Tobago DF Brent Sancho 8 0 7 0 1 0
TOTALS 50 2 47 2 3 0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.[5][6]

No. Nat. Player Total A-League Playoffs
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
1 United States Chris Smith 11 0 0.00 0 11 0 0.00 0 0 0 — 0
18 United States Matt Napoleon 2776 41 1.33 113 2596 39 1.35 107 180 2 1.00 6
TOTALS 2787 41 1.32 113 2607 39 1.35 107 180 2 1.00 6

Player movement

Transfers in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
January 7, 2002Syria Fadi AfashFWUnited States Sacramento KnightsFree[8]
January 17, 2002Mexico Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarMFUnited States San Diego F.C.Free[9]
March 4, 2002England Sean McAuleyDFEngland RochdaleFree[10]
March 4, 2002United States Erik Ozimek (R)MFUnited States Davidson WildcatsFree[10]
March 21, 2002United States Ben Somoza (R)MFUnited States Washington HuskiesA-League College Player Draft, 2nd round[11]
March 21, 2002United States Jake Sagare (R)MFUnited States Washington HuskiesA-League College Player Draft, 3rd round[11]
March 26, 2002United States McKinley TennysonFWSweden GIF SundsvallFree[12]
March 29, 2002United States Rees BettingerFWUnited States Seattle SoundersFree[13]
April 2002United States Chris SmithGKUnited States St. Louis SteamersFree
May 3, 2002United States Noah Delgado (R)MFUnited States Fresno State BulldogsFree[14]
May 9, 2002United States Bryn Ritchie (R)DFUnited States Washington HuskiesA-League College Player Draft, 1st round[15]
May 28, 2002United States Greg HowesFWUnited States Milwaukee WaveFree[16]

Loans in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
July 19, 2002Mexico Jesús OchoaMFUnited States Los Angeles GalaxyShort-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after two games[17]
July 25, 2002United States Scott BowerMFUnited States San Jose EarthquakesShort-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after one game[18]
July 25, 2002United States Chris RonerMFUnited States San Jose EarthquakesShort-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after one game[18]
August 2, 2002Mexico Jesús OchoaMFUnited States Los Angeles GalaxyShort-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after one game[19]
August 9, 2002United States Scott BowerMFUnited States San Jose EarthquakesShort-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after three games[20]
August 9, 2002United States Chris RonerMFUnited States San Jose EarthquakesShort-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after three games[20]
August 20, 2002Mexico Jesús OchoaMFUnited States Los Angeles GalaxyShort-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after two games
September 4, 2002Mexico Jesús OchoaMFUnited States Los Angeles GalaxyShort-term loan to end the season[21]
September 4, 2002United States Chris RonerMFUnited States San Jose EarthquakesShort-term loan to end the season[21]

Transfers out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
End of 2001 seasonTrinidad and Tobago Darin LewisFWN/AContract expired and not re-signed
End of 2001 seasonUnited States Dan MossGKN/AContract expired and not re-signed
October 4, 2001Northern Ireland Michael O'NeillMFUnattachedReleased[22]
November 27, 2001United States Mark BaenaFWUnattachedReleased[23]
November 27, 2001Scotland Tony McPeakFWUnattachedReleased[23]
November 27, 2001England Neil RyanDFUnattachedReleased[23]
December 5, 2001United States Matt ChulisDFUnattachedReleased[24]
December 20, 2001United States Darren SawatzkyFWUnattachedReleased[25]
March 4, 2002Canada Jeff ClarkeMFUnattachedReleased[10]
March 4, 2002United States Greg HowesFWUnattachedReleased[10]
March 21, 2002Mexico Jesús OchoaMFUnattachedReleased[11]
June 25, 2002United States Rees BettingerFWUnattachedReleased[26]
June 25, 2002United States Noah DelgadoMFUnattachedReleased[26]
August 6, 2002England Sean McAuleyDFUnattachedReleased[27]

Loans out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
July 12, 2002United States Matt NapoleonGKUnited States Dallas BurnShort-term loan; returned to Portland after one game[28]
August 5, 2002United States Matt NapoleonGKUnited States Colorado RapidsShort-term loan; returned to Portland after one game[19]
August 26, 2002United States Matt NapoleonGKUnited States Colorado RapidsShort-term loan; returned to Portland after one game[29]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Team Game-by-Game Statistics". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on December 8, 2002. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2002 Portland Timbers". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Portland Timbers 2002 Directory". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on August 8, 2002. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A-League 2002 Season Award Winners". United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on December 22, 2002. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on June 18, 2004. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 "Portland 2002 Season in Review". United Soccer Leagues. Archived from the original on March 9, 2003.
  7. ↑ Andrews, Allison (September 5, 2002). "Vancouver gets defensive, but wins 1-0". The Timber Mill. SoccerCityUSA.com. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Timbers sign D3 League MVP Afash". Portland Timbers. January 7, 2002. Archived from the original on January 19, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  9. ↑ Allen, David (January 17, 2002). "Timbers sign Hugo Alcaraz". timberlog. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Timbers Sign Midfielder, Defender" (Press release). Portland Timbers. March 4, 2002. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  11. 1 2 3 "Timbers Sign Benedetti, Costigan" (Press release). Portland Timbers. March 21, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Size Matters As Timbers, Tennyson Come To Terms" (Press release). Portland Timbers. March 26, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  13. ↑ Brandon, Steve (March 29, 2002). "Howe vows to be no-nonsense coach". Portland Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  14. ↑ Andrews, Allison (May 3, 2002). "2002 News Archive". The Timber Mill. SoccerCityUSA.com. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  15. ↑ Allen, David (May 9, 2002). "Bobby Howe's Jigsaw Puzzle Complete (?)". timberlog. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Timbers bring in familiar goal scorer". Portland Timbers. May 28, 2002. Archived from the original on June 20, 2002. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  17. ↑ Allen, David (July 19, 2002). "Ochoa Returns!". timberlog. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  18. 1 2 Allen, David (July 25, 2002). "San Jose midfielders Bower, Roner join Portland club for match against Cincinnati". timberlog. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  19. 1 2 Allen, David (August 2, 2002). "Ochoa Back for El Paso Game". timberlog. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  20. 1 2 Allen, David (August 9, 2002). "Preview – Timbers v Whitecaps". timberlog. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  21. 1 2 Allen, David (September 4, 2002). "Timbers Strengthened by Roner and Ochoa for First Round". timberlog. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Timbers release Michael O'Neill" (Press release). Portland Timbers. October 4, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  23. 1 2 3 "Timbers re-sign Napoleon, release Baena". The Oregonian. Portland. November 27, 2001.
  24. ↑ "Timbers sign Wilkinson". Portland Timbers. December 5, 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  25. ↑ "Timbers release Darren Sawatzky" (Press release). Portland Timbers. December 20, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  26. 1 2 "Timbers release Bettinger, Delgado". Portland Timbers. June 25, 2002. Archived from the original on June 28, 2002. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  27. ↑ "Timbers grant McAuley release". Portland Timbers. August 6, 2002. Archived from the original on August 7, 2002. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  28. ↑ Allen, David (July 11, 2002). "Market Watch: Dow Plunges Below 9,000, Tennyson's Stock Soars!". timberlog. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  29. ↑ Allen, David (August 27, 2002). "Timbers First Round Playoff Date Set". timberlog. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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