# 1975 Portland Timbers season

The 1975 Portland Timbers season was the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers, an expansion team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Timbers first year of existence, the club won the Western Division title while amassing more points than any other club in the league. In the playoffs, the Timbers needed overtime to get past the Seattle Sounders and then defeated the St. Louis Stars en route to a berth in Soccer Bowl '75. Portland lost the championship game 2–0 to fellow expansion side Tampa Bay Rowdies at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California on August 24.

## Squad

The 1975 squad
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 | ENG | Graham Brown |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ray Martin |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Barrie Lynch |
| 4 | DF | USA | Mick Hoban |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Graham Day |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Brian Godfrey |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Tommy McLaren |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Barry Powell |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Peter Withe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | JAM | Don Gardner |
| 11 | FW | NIR | Jimmy Kelly |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Willie Anderson |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Chris Dangerfield |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Tony Betts |
| 16 | FW | USA | Roger Goldingay |
| 18 | DF | CAN | Nick Nicolas |
| 22 | GK | CAN | Dave Landry |

## North American Soccer League
### Regular season
#### Western Division standings

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points Source:

#### League results

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| May 2, 1975 | Seattle Sounders | H | 0–1 | 6,913 | |
| May 7, 1975 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | H | 1–0 | 8,500 | Withe |
| May 11, 1975 | Denver Dynamos | A | 1–3 | 4,267 | Withe |
| May 16, 1975 | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 2–0 | 7,815 | Powell, Betts |
| May 27, 1975 | Rochester Lancers | H | 3–2 (OT) | 6,918 | Godfrey, Withe, Anderson |
| May 30, 1975 | Chicago Sting | H | 2–0 | 9,526 | Withe, Anderson |
| June 7, 1975 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 3–2 (OT) | 11,335 | Day, Godfrey, Betts |
| June 14, 1975 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 1–2 | 17,889 | Kelly |
| June 18, 1975 | Dallas Tornado | H | 3–0 | 14,688 | Powell, Betts, Kelly |
| June 21, 1975 | San Antonio Thunder | H | 1–0 (OT) | 14,080 | Anderson |
| June 27, 1975 | Los Angeles Aztecs | A | 2–1 (OT) | 6,609 | Withe (2) |
| June 28, 1975 | San Jose Earthquakes | A | 2–1 | 18,883 | Withe, Dangerfield |
| July 3, 1975 | Vancouver Whitecaps | H | 2–1 | 18,278 | Betts, Dangerfield |
| July 8, 1975 | Los Angeles Aztecs | H | 4–1 | 17,765 | Withe, Betts, Kelly, Dangerfield |
| July 11, 1975 | Hartford Bicentennials | A | 3–1 | 2,582 | Day, Withe, Betts |
| July 12, 1975 | Boston Minutemen | A | 1–2 | 2,800 | Dangerfield |
| July 16, 1975 | New York Cosmos | A | 2–1 | 13,423 | Godfrey, Withe |
| July 19, 1975 | St. Louis Stars | A | 3–2 (OT) | 6,902 | Lynch, McLaren, Withe |
| July 26, 1975 | Seattle Sounders | H | 2–1 | 27,310 | Withe (2) |
| July 29, 1975 | San Jose Earthquakes | H | 3–2 | 23,003 | Withe (2), Powell |
| August 2, 1975 | Seattle Sounders | A | 2–3 (OT) | 17,925 | Powell, Withe |
| August 9, 1975 | Los Angeles Aztecs | A | 0–1 | 10,231 | |
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### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Soccer Bowl '75 | Soccer Bowl '75 | Soccer Bowl '75 |
| W1 | Portland Timbers | 2 | | | | | | |
| W2 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | | | | | | |
| W2 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | W1 | Portland Timbers | 1 | | | |
| | | | C1 | St. Louis Stars | 0 | | | |
| C1 | St. Louis Stars | 1(5) | C1 | St. Louis Stars | 0 | | | |
| W3 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 1(4) | | | | | | |
| W3 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 1(4) | | | | W1 | Portland Timbers | 0 |
| | | | | | | E1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 |
| E2 | Miami Toros | 2 | | | | | | | E1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 |
| N1 | Boston Minutemen | 1 | | | | | | |
| N1 | Boston Minutemen | 1 | E2 | Miami Toros | 0 | | | |
| | | | E1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | | | |
| N2 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 0 | E1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | | | |
| E1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | | | | | | |

#### Playoff results

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| August 12, 1975 | Seattle Sounders | H | 2–1 (OT) | 31,523 | Powell, Betts |
| August 17, 1975 | St. Louis Stars | H | 1–0 | 33,503 | Withe |
| August 24, 1975 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | N | 0–2 | 17,009 | |
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