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
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The 2015 Portland Timbers 2 season was the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers 2 in the United Soccer League (USL), the third-division professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Timbers 2 is the reserve team of the MLS side, Portland Timbers.

Background

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

USL Playoffs

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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^{[dead link]}	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

Cascadia 2 Cup

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)

Updated to match played 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 26, 2015.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	USA	Danny O'Rourke
29	GK	USA	Justin Luthy
30	FW	USA	Kharlton Belmar
38	DF	USA	Matt Rose
40	MF	NZL	Tim Payne
44	DF	AUS	Harrison Delbridge
47	DF	JAM	Rennico Clarke
49	FW	GHA	Fatawu Safiu (on loan from Inter Allies)
52	MF	USA	Blair Gavin
55	FW	USA	Brent Richards
73	FW	ARG	Santiago Biglieri
76	GK	USA	Daniel Withrow
77	FW	TRI	Rundell Winchester (on loan from Central FC)
84	MF	USA	Seth Casiple
85	MF	USA	Steven Evans

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	USA	Justin Luthy	7	-10	5	-8	2	-2
30	GK	USA	Andrew Weber	3	-4	3	-4	0	0
76	GK	USA	Daniel Withrow	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	GK	NZL	Jake Gleeson	20	-33	20	-33	0	0
--	GK	USA	Zach Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
15	DF	BRA	Jeanderson	15	1	14+1	1	0	0
20	DF	USA	Taylor Peay	14	0	14	0	0	0
23	DF	ARG	Norberto Paparatto	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	USA	Danny O'Rourke	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	USA	Andy Thoma	27	0	25+1	0	1	0
38	DF	USA	Matt Rose	11	0	3+6	0	1+1	0
44	DF	AUS	Harrison Delbridge	20	1	18	1	2	0
45	DF	USA	Devon Fisher	4	0	4	0	0	0
47	DF	JAM	Rennico Clarke	17	1	14+1	0	2	1
51	DF	USA	Peter Prescott	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	DF	USA	Marco Farfan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	CAN	Will Johnson	3	0	3	0	0	0
11	MF	COL	Dairon Asprilla	2	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	USA	Michael Nanchoff	6	2	6	2	0	0
26	MF	USA	George Fochive	10	4	8	4	2	0
27	MF	USA	Nick Besler	26	4	22+3	4	0+1	0
35	MF	USA	Anthony Manning	15	1	15	1	0	0
40	MF	NZL	Tim Payne	24	0	16+6	0	2	0
50	MF	USA	Blake Bodily	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
52	MF	USA	Blair Gavin	26	4	20+4	4	2	0
84	MF	USA	Seth Casiple	12	1	5+5	1	1+1	0
85	MF	USA	Steven Evans	11	1	6+4	1	0+1	0
94	MF	USA	Jose Perez-Flores	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	USA	Edson Martinez	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	MF	USA	Terrell Lowe	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	ARG	Gastón Fernández	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	USA	Kharlton Belmar	30	13	27+1	12	2	1
31	FW	JAM	Michael Seaton	5	1	2+3	1	0	0
32	FW	ZIM	Schillo Tshuma	10	0	6+4	0	0	0
49	FW	GHA	Fatawu Safiu	24	8	18+5	7	1	1
55	FW	USA	Brent Richards	16	1	6+8	1	2	0
73	FW	ARG	Santiago Biglieri	12	0	6+5	0	1	0
77	FW	TRI	Rundell Winchester	24	3	18+4	3	2	0