Katako na Portland

Portland Timbers kungiya ce ta ƙwararrun kwallon kafa ta Amurka da ke zaune a Portland, Oregon . Timbers suna gasa a cikin Major League Soccer (MLS) a matsayin memba na Kungiyar Yamma. Timbers sun buga wasanninsu na gida a Providence Park tun 2011, lokacin da kungiyar ta fara wasa a matsayin ƙungiyar fadadawa a gasar.

An kafa kulob din ne a shekara ta 2009, lokacin da aka ba birnin Portland damar fadadawa ga Major League Soccer . Hakkin aiki na ƙungiyar mallakar Peregrine Sports ne a ƙarƙashin mafi yawan mallakar Merritt Paulson, wanda kamfanoninsa suka sami ƙungiyar USL Pro a lokacin a 2007 kuma daga baya suka kafa ƙungiyar Ƙaya ta Portland Thorns a cikin 2012 (dukkanin franchises na MLS mallakar ƙungiyar kanta ne, wanda ke ba da haƙƙin aiki da gata ga kowane kulob din "masu mallaka," waɗanda su ma masu hannun jari ne a cikin MLS). Kungiyar kungiya ce ta Phoenix, kuma ta huɗu ce ta ƙwallon ƙafa da ke Portland (mataki na biyu na sama) don ɗaukar gado na sunan Timbers, wanda ya samo asali ne daga ƙungiyar da ta fafata a Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Arewacin Amurka (NASL) daga 1975 zuwa 1982.

A shekara ta 2013, Timbers sun gama kakar wasa ta yau da kullun a wuri na farko a Kungiyar Yamma, inda suka samu damar shiga  kakar wasa na farko da kuma Gasar Zakarun Turai ta CONCACAF. A shekara ta 2015, 'yan wasan sun ƙarshe gasar cin kofin Yammacin Turai a wasan kwaikwayo, kuma babbar kofin su na farko, Kofin MLS, sun zama tawagar farko a Cascadia da ta yi hakan. A cikin 2017, kulob din ya sake kammala kakar wasa ta yau da kullun a wuri na farko a Taron Yamma. A cikin 2018, Timbers sun sake shiga wasan kwaikwayo, suna ci gaba a zagaye uku, suna kayar da babban abokin hamayyar Seattle a wasan kusa da na karshe a hanya, kuma sun yi Kofin MLS inda suka rasa 2-0 ga Atlanta United FC. A cikin 2020, Timbers sun lashe gasar MLS ta baya, inda suka doke Orlando City SC a wasan karshe, kuma sun sake cancanta zuwa gasar zakarun Turai. A cikin 2021, Timbers sun lashe Taron Yamma kuma sun sake zama masu cin gaba a gasar cin kofin MLS, sun fada ga New York City FC 4-2 a kan azabtarwa bayan ci 1-1 a karin lokaci.

Portland tana da gasa ta dogon lokaci tare da kungiyoyin da ke kusa da Seattle Sounders da Vancouver Whitecaps FC, tare da su suna gasa don Kofin Cascadia.

## Tarihi

### Tushen kwallon kafa a Portland da kuma farkon lokutan MLS
Kwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa a Portland, Oregon za a iya gano su ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙwallon kafa da ta fafata a cikin babbar ƙungiyar ƙwallafen Arewacin Amurka (NASL) a matsayin ƙungiyar faɗaɗa daga 1975 har zuwa kakar wasa ta bakwai ta kulob din a 1982. Babban nasarar kulob din ya kasance a kakar wasa ta farko a lokacin wasan kwaikwayo na league, bayan sun lashe wasan karshe na league.  A shekara ta 1985, FC Portland ta kafa kuma ta kasance kulob din Yarjejeniya a cikin Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Yamma kuma ta yi gasa har sai da ta ninka a shekarar 1990. Kwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru ya kasance a cikin birni har zuwa shekara ta 2001, lokacin da aka kafa USL Timbers kuma ya yi gasa a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Division 2 a USL pro har sai kulob din ya ninka a shekara ta 2010. Kungiyar USL ta gama da mafi kyawun rikodin a gasar a duka lokutan 2004 da 2009.

Sanarwar shigar da Timbers cikin MLS shine ƙarshen kusan shekaru biyu ga Merritt Paulson, wanda ya samo asali aƙalla zuwa Mayu 2007, lokacin da Paulson ya jagoranci ƙungiyar da ta sayi Portland Beavers da USL Timbers. Kungiyar ta hada da tsohon Sakataren Baitulmalin Henry Paulson, mahaifin Meritt Paulson. Babban batun ga birnin Portland a wannan lokacin shi ne cewa saboda damuwa game da tsarin zama, filin wasa da tsarawa, samun kulob din MLS zai buƙaci sabon filin wasa.

Kodayake tallafawa sayen ikon mallakar MLS ya haifar da batutuwa da yawa ga Magajin garin Sam Adams da Majalisar Birnin Portland,  Kwamishinan Don Garber ya sanar da Timbers a matsayin tawagar goma sha takwas ta Major League Soccer a ranar 20 ga Maris, 2009. Sanarwar ta faru ne a lokacin wasannin farko da na biyu na gasar kwallon kwando ta maza ta NCAA ta 2009 da aka gudanar a Portland. Sanarwar ta lura cewa tawagar za ta riƙe sunan Portland Timbers.

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