# 2024 Portland Timbers season

The 2024 Portland Timbers season was the 38th season in their existence and the 14th season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The Timbers finished ninth in the Western Conference and won the Cascadia Cup. The team qualified for the wild card round of the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs, where they were eliminated by Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

## Background

After the end of the 2023 season, Phil Neville was named the head coach going into the 2024 season.

## Competitions
### Major League Soccer
#### MLS Regular season
##### Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2024) :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 50 | Qualification for round one and the 2025 Leagues Cup |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 47 | Qualification for the wild-card round |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 47 | Qualification for the wild-card round and the 2025 Leagues Cup |
| 10 | Austin FC | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 42 | |
| 11 | FC Dallas | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 41 | |
* ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps FC did not qualify for the Leagues Cup due to winning the 2024 Canadian Championship, giving them a place in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup. As MLS teams can participate in no more than two cup competitions, their spot in Leagues Cup was given to San Diego FC.

##### Overall standings

Overall MLS standings table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 13 | New York City FC | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 50 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (V) | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 47 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One |
| 15 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 47 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
| 16 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 |
| 17 | CF Montréal | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 43 | |
* 1 2 As one of the best U.S. teams in the overall table to not qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
* ↑ As winners of Canadian Championship

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### U.S. Open Cup

The Timbers organization opted to send MLS Next Pro team Portland Timbers 2 to the 2024 U.S. Open Cup instead of playing with the main team.

### Leagues Cup
#### Group Stage (West 5)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | COL | LEO |
| 1 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — |
| 3 | León | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Goals

    As of October 20, 2024
| Name | Games | Goals |
| Zac McGraw | 2 | 2 |
| Antony | 3 | 1 |
| David Ayala | 3 | 1 |
| Claudio Bravo | 3 | 1 |
| Santiago Moreno | 3 | 1 |
| Mason Toye | 3 | 1 |

## 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

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Kamal Miller | Inter Miami CF | Trade | January 4, 2024 |
| GK | Trey Muse | Charleston Battery | Transfer | January 5, 2024 |
| GK | James Pantemis | CF Montréal | Free | January 5, 2024 |
| GK | Maxime Crépeau | Los Angeles FC | Free | January 17, 2024 |
| FW | Jonathan Rodríguez | América | Transfer | March 20, 2024 |

### Transfers Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| W | Yimmi Chará | Atlético Junior | Transfer | January 2, 2024 |
| FW | Franck Boli | San Luis | Free | January 4, 2024 |
| MF | Bryan Acosta | Gaziantep FK | Free | January 15, 2024 |
| MF | Sebastián Blanco | San Lorenzo | Free | January 17, 2024 |
| FW | Diego Gutierrez | Charleston Battery | Free | January 17, 2024 |
| MF | Noel Caliskan | Real Monarchs | Free | January 17, 2024 |
| GK | David Bingham | Charlotte FC | Free | January 30, 2024 |
| W, LB | Justin Rasmussen | Oakland Roots SC | Free | February 2, 2024 |
| GK | Hunter Sulte | Indy Eleven | Loan | February 23, 2024 |
| FW | Tega Ikoba | Indy Eleven | Loan | March 22, 2024 |
| GK | Aljaž Ivačič | New England Revolution | Free | April 23, 2024 |

## Team Statistics
### MLS Regular Season
#### Goals

    As of October 20, 2024
| Name | Games | Goals |
| Jonathan Rodríguez | 29 | 16 |
| Evander | 28 | 15 |
| Felipe Mora | 29 | 14 |
| Antony | 33 | 6 |
| Santiago Moreno | 31 | 6 |
| Eryk Williamson | 28 | 2 |
| Dairon Asprilla | 19 | 1 |
| David Ayala | 30 | 1 |
| Nathan Fogaça | 16 | 1 |
| Eric Miller | 25 | 1 |
| Juan David Mosquera | 34 | 1 |

#### Assists

    As of October 20, 2024
| Name | Games | Assists |
| Evander | 28 | 19 |
| Santiago Moreno | 31 | 14 |
| Jonathan Rodríguez | 29 | 7 |
| Antony | 33 | 6 |
| Felipe Mora | 29 | 6 |
| Juan David Mosquera | 34 | 5 |
| Miguel Araujo | 22 | 4 |
| Dairon Asprilla | 19 | 3 |
| Eryk Williamson | 28 | 3 |
| Claudio Bravo | 22 | 2 |
| Eric Miller | 25 | 2 |
| Cristhian Paredes | 31 | 1 |
| David Ayala | 30 | 1 |
| Diego Chará | 32 | 1 |
| Kamal Miller | 23 | 1 |
| Dario Župarić | 28 | 1 |

#### Goalkeeping

    As of October 20, 2024
| Name | Nat | Games | Saves | Clean Sheets |
| Maxime Crépeau | | 20 | 58 | 2 |
| James Pantemis | | 15 | 43 | 5 |