2015 Portland Timbers 2 season

Portland Timbers 2
2015 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head Coach	Jay Vidovich
Stadium	Merlo Field; Portland, Oregon; (Capacity: 4,892)
United Soccer League	Conference: 8th; Overall: 13th
USL Playoffs	DNQ
U.S. Open Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kharlton Belmar (9); All: Kharlton Belmar (11)
Highest home attendance	League: 4,944; (May 3 vs. Orange County, at Providence Park); All: 15,069; (July 21 vs. Newcastle United, at Providence Park)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,278; (July 19 vs. Whitecaps 2, at Merlo Field); All: 333; (Mar. 22 vs. U. of Portland, at Merlo Field)
Average home league attendance	League: 3,054; All: 3,983
Home colors	Secondary colors

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.

Competitions

United Soccer League

Preseason

March 1 Scrimmage	Portland Timbers 2	2–0	Gonzaga Bulldogs	Portland, Oregon
	Manning Safiu pen.'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: Closed-door

March 8 Scrimmage	Portland Timbers 2	3–0	Oregon State Beavers	Beaverton, Oregon
	Safiu 19' Manning 68' Winchester 84'	Report		Stadium: adidas Timbers Training Center Attendance: Closed-door

March 13 Scrimmage	Portland Timbers 2	1–0	Washington Huskies	Portland, Oregon
	Evans 78'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: Closed-door

March 21 Scrimmage	Portland Timbers 2	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
	Safiu 6' Eueller Rodriguez 66' Trialist 67'	Report	Bustos 53'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: Closed-door

March 22 Scrimmage	Portland Timbers 2	4–1	Portland Pilots	Portland, 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 1	Portland Timbers 2	3–1	Real Monarchs SLC	Portland, 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 2	Portland Timbers 2	2–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Portland, 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 3	Real Monarchs SLC	1–1	Portland Timbers 2	Sandy, 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 4	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–1	Portland Timbers 2	Tukwila, 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 5	Sacramento Republic FC	3–0	Portland Timbers 2	Sacramento, 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 6	Arizona United SC	0–2	Portland Timbers 2	Scottsdale, Arizona
	Top 25'	Report	Clarke 14' Belmar 20', 44' Besler 71'	Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 3 7	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Orange County Blues FC	Portland, Oregon
	Fochive 53'	Report	Crettenand 27' Slager 34' Cortez 82' Miranda 87'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 4,944 Referee: Levi Rippy

May 9 8	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	postponed	Portland Timbers 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
		Postponement Rescheduling		Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium
Note: Rescheduled for June 10 due to weather

May 16 9	Real Monarchs SLC	1–1	Portland Timbers 2	Sandy, 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 10	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Portland, 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 11	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	1–3	Portland Timbers 2	Tulsa, 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 12	Oklahoma City Energy FC	2–0	Portland Timbers 2	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	Gonzalez 38' Greig 42', 55', 78'	Report	Rose 28' Thoma 73'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,133 Referee: Rasende Mendoza

June 10 8	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–1	Portland Timbers 2	Colorado 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 13	Portland Timbers 2	3–1	Austin Aztex	Portland, 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 14	Whitecaps FC 2	3–2	Portland Timbers 2	Vancouver, 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 15	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Portland, Oregon
		Report	Garza 45+' Rossi 86'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 2,932 Referee: Josh Wilkens

July 2 16	Portland Timbers 2	3–1	Arizona United SC	Portland, 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 17	Whitecaps FC 2	2–1	Portland Timbers 2	Vancouver, 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 18	Portland Timbers 2	4–2	Whitecaps FC 2	Portland, 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 20	Seattle Sounders FC 2	0 - 2	Portland Timbers 2	Tukwila, Washington
				Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex

July 26 20	Portland Timbers 2	0 - 1	LA Galaxy II	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Merlo Field

August 1 21	Austin Aztex	1 - 0	Portland Timbers 2	Austin, Texas
				Stadium: Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex

August 8 22	Portland Timbers 2	3 - 4	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Merlo Field

August 16 23	Portland Timbers 2	3 - 1	Whitecaps FC 2	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Merlo Field

August 22 24	Portland Timbers 2	2 - 0	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Merlo Field

August 29 25	Orange County Blues FC	1 - 3	Portland Timbers 2	Irvine, California
				Stadium: Anteater Stadium

September 5 26	Portland Timbers 2	0 - 1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Merlo Field

September 12 27	Portland Timbers 2	0 - 3	Sacramento Republic FC	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Providence Park

September 16 28	LA Galaxy II	1 - 0	Portland Timbers 2	Carson, California
				Stadium: StubHub Center

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	Conference Semi-finals
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

May 19 Second round	Michigan Bucks	0–2	Portland Timbers 2	Pontiac, 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 round	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–1	Portland Timbers 2	Tukwila, 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

Friendlies

July 21 International friendly	Portland 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

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks
Primary	Green / White	White	Green
Primary Alt.	Green / White	Green	Green
Secondary	Red / Black	Red	Red
Secondary Alt.	Red / Black	Black	Red
Third	Dark green	Dark green	Dark 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)

Last updated: 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	Total		USL		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
29	GK		Justin Luthy	7	-10	5	-8	2	-2
30	GK		Andrew Weber	3	-4	3	-4	0	0
76	GK		Daniel Withrow	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	GK		Jake Gleeson	20	-33	20	-33	0	0
--	GK		Zach Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
15	DF		Jeanderson	15	1	14+1	1	0	0
20	DF		Taylor Peay	14	0	14	0	0	0
23	DF		Norberto Paparatto	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Danny O'Rourke	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF		Andy Thoma	27	0	25+1	0	1	0
38	DF		Matt Rose	11	0	3+6	0	1+1	0
44	DF		Harrison Delbridge	20	1	18	1	2	0
45	DF		Devon Fisher	4	0	4	0	0	0
47	DF		Rennico Clarke	17	1	14+1	0	2	1
51	DF		Peter Prescott	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	DF		Marco Farfan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Will Johnson	3	0	3	0	0	0
11	MF		Dairon Asprilla	2	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF		Michael Nanchoff	6	2	6	2	0	0
26	MF		George Fochive	10	4	8	4	2	0
27	MF		Nick Besler	26	4	22+3	4	0+1	0
35	MF		Anthony Manning	15	1	15	1	0	0
40	MF		Tim Payne	24	0	16+6	0	2	0
50	MF		Blake Bodily	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
52	MF		Blair Gavin	26	4	20+4	4	2	0
84	MF		Seth Casiple	12	1	5+5	1	1+1	0
85	MF		Steven Evans	11	1	6+4	1	0+1	0
94	MF		Jose Perez-Flores	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF		Edson Martinez	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	MF		Terrell Lowe	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW		Gastón Fernández	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW		Kharlton Belmar	30	13	27+1	12	2	1
31	FW		Michael Seaton	5	1	2+3	1	0	0
32	FW		Schillo Tshuma	10	0	6+4	0	0	0
49	FW		Fatawu Safiu	24	8	18+5	7	1	1
55	FW		Brent Richards	16	1	6+8	1	2	0
73	FW		Santiago Biglieri	12	0	6+5	0	1	0
77	FW		Rundell Winchester	24	3	18+4	3	2	0

Source:

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
32	FW	Schillo Tshuma	Portland Timbers	May 1, 2015	September 1, 2015

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
30	FW	Kharlton Belmar	New York Cosmos	Oct 1, 2015	undisclosed	timbers.com

Transfers out

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

References

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2015 USL season by team
Playoffs Transfers
East	Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City New York Red Bulls II FC Montreal Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads
West	Arizona United Austin Aztex Colorado Springs Switchbacks LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Sacramento Republic Seattle Sounders 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2