# 2005 Portland Timbers season

The 2005 Portland Timbers season was the 5th season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

## Competitions
### USL First Division
#### Standings

Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs  First round of playoffs
| Pos | Club | Pts | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | H2H Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Impact | 61 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 15 | +22 |
| 2 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 51 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 27 | +18 |
| 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 45 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 21 | +16 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders | 44 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 25 | +8 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 39 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 42 | −2 | POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt |
| 6 | Richmond Kickers | 39 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 30 | −2 | POR: 4 pts RIC: 1 pt |
| 7 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 38 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 43 | +3 |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 33 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 40 | 52 | −12 |
| 9 | Charleston Battery | 32 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 36 | −9 |
| 10 | Minnesota Thunder | 31 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 42 | −5 |
| 11 | Virginia Beach Mariners | 28 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 39 | −13 |
| 12 | Toronto Lynx | 17 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 26 | 50 | −24 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 28 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 | −10 |
Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | T | W | T | W | T | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | T | L | L | T | T | W | W | T | T | L | W | L | T | W | W |

### USL-1 Playoffs
#### Playoff bracket

    Each round except the final was a two-game aggregate goal series decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out immediately following the second game of the series, if necessary. The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker. Tournament was re-seeded after the first round.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | Seattle Sounders (p) | 1 (4) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Richmond Kickers | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | 2 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 6 | Richmond Kickers | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Richmond Kickers (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

Richmond Kickers won 5–4 on Penalty kicks after tying both games 0–0.
Seattle Sounders won 3–0 on Aggregate.

#### Semifinals

Richmond Kickers won 4–2 on Aggregate.
Seattle Sounders won 4–3 on Aggregate.

#### Awards and All-League Teams

First Team F: Fabian Dawkins (Atlanta Silverbacks); Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Mauricio Salles (Puerto Rico Islanders) M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Portland Timbers); Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Kirk Wilson (Rochester Raging Rhinos) D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders) (Defender of the Year); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers) G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year) Coach: Nick De Santis (Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year)
Second Team F: Dan Antoniuk (Portland Timbers); Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder); Melvin Tarley (Minnesota Thunder) M: Darren Caskey (Virginia Beach Mariners); Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Petter Villegas (Puerto Rico Islanders)) D: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact) G: Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders)

#### First round
### U.S. Open Cup
#### Cup bracket

| Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | USL-1 | Portland Timbers | 0 | | | |
| USL-1 | Portland Timbers | 2 | MLS | San Jose Earthquakes | 2 | | | |
| USL-1 | Seattle Sounders | 0 | | | | MLS | San Jose Earthquakes | 1 |
| | | | | | | MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 |
| | | | MLS | Chivas USA | 2 | | | |
| USL-2 | Charlotte Eagles | 2 | MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy | 5 | | | |
| MLS | Chivas USA (aet) | 3 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth round
### Cascadia Cup

2005 :
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Portland Timbers | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
| Seattle Sounders | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Bobby Howe |
| Assistant coach | Jimmy Conway |
| Assistant coach | Gavin Wilkinson |
| Goalkeeper coach | Jim Brazeau |
| Athletic Trainer | Tony Guyette |
Source:

### Management

| Owner | Pacific Coast League |
| President | Tom Lasley (interim; to February) John Cunningham (from February) |
| General Manager | Jim Taylor (to October 11) Vacant (from October 11 to December 20) Chris Agnello (from December 20) |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | PGE Park ( / ) |
Source:

## 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Sam Reynolds |
| 2 | DF | USA | Kevin Goldthwaite (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes) |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Gavin Wilkinson |
| 6 | MF | USA | Tom Poltl |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar |
| 8 | MF | SLV | Edwin Miranda |
| 9 | FW | USA | Dan Antoniuk |
| 10 | FW | SYR | Fadi Afash |
| 11 | MF | USA | Brian Winters |
| 12 | MF | USA | Jarrod Weis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | USA | Paul Conway |
| 14 | MF | USA | Scott Benedetti |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Byron Alvarez |
| 17 | DF | USA | Scot Thompson |
| 18 | MF | USA | Shaun Higgins |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Aaran Lines |
| 24 | DF | USA | Lee Morrison |
| 30 | GK | USA | Josh Saunders (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) |
| 32 | DF | USA | Garrett Marcum |

### Recognition

USL-1 Assist Leader
| Player | GP | A |
| Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | 26 | 12 |
USL-1 All-League First Team
| Pos | Player | GP |
| DF | Scot Thompson | 26 |
| MF | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | 26 |
USL-1 All-League Second Team
| Pos | Player | GP |
| FW | Dan Antoniuk | 24 |
USL-1 Player of the Week
| Week | Player | Opponent(s) |
| 2 | Edwin Miranda | Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders |
| 16 | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders |
| 21 | Dan Antoniuk | Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers |
USL-1 Team of the Week
| Week | Player | Opponent(s) |
| 1 | Byron Alvarez | Toronto Lynx |
| 2 | Byron Alvarez | Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders |
| 2 | Edwin Miranda | Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders |
| 3 | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | Minnesota Thunder |
| 3 | Dan Antoniuk | Minnesota Thunder |
| 4 | Edwin Miranda | Charleston Battery |
| 8 | Edwin Miranda | Puerto Rico Islanders, Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 9 | Dan Antoniuk | Puerto Rico Islanders, Rochester Raging Rhinos |
| 11 | Scot Thompson | Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 13 | Scot Thompson | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 16 | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders |
| 16 | Scot Thompson | Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders |
| 17 | Byron Alvarez | Montreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder |
| 17 | Dan Antoniuk | Montreal Impact, Minnesota Thunder |
| 18 | Shaun Higgins | Seattle Sounders |
| 19 | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | Charleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks |
| 20 | Dan Antoniuk | Virginia Beach Mariners, Richmond Kickers |
| 21 | Dan Antoniuk | Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers |
| 21 | Edwin Miranda | Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers |
| 21 | Scot Thompson | Atlanta Silverbacks, Richmond Kickers |

### Statistics
#### Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL-1 | USL-1 | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Sam Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Kevin Goldthwaite | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| (4) | DF | USA | David Henning (released) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Gavin Wilkinson | 20 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Tom Poltl | 26 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MEX | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | 30 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SLV | Edwin Miranda | 31 | 4 | 27+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Dan Antoniuk | 28 | 14 | 23+1 | 13 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SYR | Fadi Afash | 13 | 1 | 1+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Brian Winters | 30 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Jarrod Weis | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | USA | Paul Conway | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Scott Benedetti | 14 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Byron Alvarez | 29 | 9 | 21+5 | 9 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA | Ben DeSanno | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | USA | Scot Thompson | 30 | 4 | 26+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Shaun Higgins | 18 | 2 | 10+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Aaran Lines | 26 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| (22) | MF | USA | Memo Arzate (released) | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| (23) | DF | USA | Aaron Heinzen (released) | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Lee Morrison | 30 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Josh Saunders | 32 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| (31) | DF | USA | Shawn Saunders (released) | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | USA | Garrett Marcum | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

#### Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.
| Rk. | Position | Player | Total | USL-1 | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
| 1 | FW | Dan Antoniuk | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | FW | Byron Alvarez | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Edwin Miranda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Scot Thompson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Shaun Higgins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Tom Poltl | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | Fadi Afash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Scott Benedetti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Paul Conway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aaran Lines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | OWN GOALS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 40 | 0 | 2 |

#### Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
| No. | Position | Player | Total | Total | USL-1 | USL-1 | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| 2 | DF | Kevin Goldthwaite | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Gavin Wilkinson | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Tom Poltl | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Edwin Miranda | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Dan Antoniuk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Brian Winters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jarrod Weis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Paul Conway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Byron Alvarez | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Scot Thompson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Shaun Higgins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Aaran Lines | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Lee Morrison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Josh Saunders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (31) | DF | Shawn Saunders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Garrett Marcum | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |

#### Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Total | USL-1 | USL-1 | USL-1 | USL-1 | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Nat. | Player | MIN | GA | GAA | SV | MIN | GA | GAA | SV | MIN | GA | GAA | SV | MIN | GA | GAA | SV |
| 1 | | Sam Reynolds | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 30 | | Josh Saunders | 2880 | 47 | 1.47 | 113 | 2520 | 42 | 1.50 | 106 | 180 | 3 | 1.50 | 7 | 180 | 2 | 1.00 | ? |
| | | TOTALS | 2880 | 47 | 1.47 | 113 | 2520 | 42 | 1.50 | 106 | 180 | 3 | 1.50 | 7 | 180 | 2 | 1.00 | ? |

### Player movement
#### Transfers in

| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| January 28, 2005 | Scot Thompson | DF | Los Angeles Galaxy | Free |
| March 11, 2005 | Aaran Lines | MF | Arka Gdynia | Free |
| April 20, 2005 | Shaun Higgins | MF | Orange County Blue Star | Free |
| April 20, 2005 | Tom Poltl | MF | Orange County Blue Star | Free |
| April 21, 2005 | Sam Reynolds (R) | GK | Cal State Fullerton Titans | Free |
| May 20, 2005 | Paul Conway | FW | Charleston Battery | Free |
| June 15, 2005 | Garrett Marcum | DF | Portland Timbers | Free |

#### Loans in

| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| April 21, 2005 | Josh Saunders | GK | Los Angeles Galaxy | Season-long loan with option to recall |
| May 6, 2005 | Dan Antoniuk | FW | Philadelphia KiXX | Season-long loan; Philadelphia KiXX did not exercise their contract option on Antoniuk and he was permanently signed by Portland during the season |
| August 1, 2005 | Kevin Goldthwaite | DF | San Jose Earthquakes | Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by San Jose Earthquakes for August 3 U.S. Open Cup game vs. Portland; returned to Portland on loan following the game |

#### Transfers out

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes |
| End of 2004 season | Dan Antoniuk | FW | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Alex Bengard | MF | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Erik Cronkrite | MF | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Bayard Elfvin | GK | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Andrew Gregor | MF | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Garrett Marcum | MF | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Jake Sagare | MF | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| End of 2004 season | Josh Saunders | GK | N/A | Contract expired and not re-signed |
| November 30, 2004 | Alan Gordon | FW | Los Angeles Galaxy | Undisclosed |
| May 26, 2005 | Memo Arzate | MF | Unattached | Released |
| June 15, 2005 | David Henning | DF | Unattached | Released |
| June 22, 2005 | Aaron Heinzen | DF | Unattached | Released |
| June 22, 2005 | Shawn Saunders | DF | Unattached | Released |

#### Loans out

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref |
| October 18, 2004 | Byron Alvarez | FW | Chicago Storm | Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Portland Timbers on March 29, 2005 | |

#### Unsigned draft picks

| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Notes | Ref |
| January 18, 2005 | Justin Cook | FW | Ohio State Buckeyes Central Florida Kraze | USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round | |
| January 18, 2005 | Dan Kennedy | GK | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Orange County Blue Star | USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round | |