The 2006 Portland Timbers season was the 6th 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.
Preseason
Regular season
April
May
June
July
August
September
Competitions
USL First Division
Standings
Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts1Montreal Impact512814593115+162Rochester Raging Rhinos5028134113421+133Charleston Battery462813873325+8CHA: 4 ptsVAN: 1 pt4Vancouver Whitecaps4628126104028+125Miami FC3928111164744+36Puerto Rico Islanders3828101083836+27Seattle Sounders3728111344248−68Atlanta Silverbacks3528101353642−69Virginia Beach Mariners322881282637−11VAB: 7 ptsTOR: 4 pts10Toronto Lynx322881283036−611Portland Timbers272871562539−14POR: 9 ptsMIN: 3 pts12Minnesota Thunder272871563445−11
Results summary
Results by round
U.S. Open Cup
Cup bracket
Third round
Cascadia Cup
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Coaching staff PositionStaffHead coach Chris AgnelloAssistant coach Gavin WilkinsonAssistant coach Cony KonstinGoalkeeper coach John Galas</div> Management
Squad
Kits
Final roster
Recognition USL-1 All-League First Team PosPlayerGPMF Luke Kreamalmeyer28
USL-1 All-Star Team PosPlayerNotesDF Scot ThompsonInjured; did not dress in All-Star Game vs. Sheffield Wednesday
USL-1 Player of the Week WeekPlayerOpponent(s)Ref7 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarSeattle Sounders (x2)18 Byron AlvarezPuerto Rico Islanders
USL-1 Team of the Week WeekPlayerOpponent(s)Ref3 Chad BartloméVancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota Thunder Lee Morrison Troy Ready5 Oral BullenRochester Raging Rhinos, Toronto Lynx6 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarMinnesota Thunder7 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarSeattle Sounders (x2) Jacobi Goodfellow8 Josh SaundersVancouver Whitecaps9 Bayard ElfvinMinnesota Thunder, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Montreal Impact Luke Kreamalmeyer13 Luke KreamalmeyerCharleston Battery, Atlanta Silverbacks14 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarSeattle Sounders (x2)17 Tom PoltlVirginia Beach Mariners18 Byron AlvarezPuerto Rico Islanders Bayard Elfvin
Statistics
Appearances and goals All players contracted to the club during the season included.
Top scorers Players with 1 goal or more included only. Rk.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalUSL-1U.S. Open Cup1MFLuke Kreamalmeyer9812FWByron Alvarez4403MFHugo Alcaraz-Cuellar3304MFOral Bullen220MFMubarike Chisoni220MFAlejandro Gutierrez2207FWChad Bartlomé110MFTroy Ready110DFScot Thompson110OWN GOALS110TOTALS26251
Disciplinary record Players with 1 card or more included only. No.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalUSL-1U.S. Open Cup 1GKBayard Elfvin1000102DFJacobi Goodfellow7070004DFLee Morrison4030105DFSalim Bullen1010006MFTom Poltl5040107MFHugo Alcaraz-Cuellar505000(8)MFEdwin Miranda1010009MFOral Bullen10100010MFLuke Kreamalmeyer10100013MFAlejandro Gutierrez40400014DFGarrett Marcum10100015FWByron Alvarez70700016MFMike Randolph41311017DFScot Thompson40400019MFTroy Ready10100021MFMubarike Chisoni50401026DFMichael Nsien60600031GKJosh Saunders100010(33)DFJosh Brown20200040DFGavin Wilkinson202000 TOTALS63158150
Goalkeeper stats All goalkeepers included. No.Nat.PlayerTotalUSL-1U.S. Open CupMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASV0Martin Hutton18042.00818042.00800—0(0)Devin Zimmerman00—000—000—01Bayard Elfvin50250.902550250.902500—031Josh Saunders1928331.54721838301.47669033.006 TOTALS2610421.451052520391.39999033.006
Player movement
Transfers in DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef March 3, 2006 Oral Bullen (R) MF UMass Minutemen Free March 3, 2006 Salim Bullen (R) DF Bradley Braves Free March 3, 2006 Jacobi Goodfellow DF Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves Free March 3, 2006 Drew McAthy FW Puerto Rico Islanders Free March 13, 2006 Michael Nsien DF Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves Free March 22, 2006 Luke Kreamalmeyer MF Real Salt Lake Free March 30, 2006 Josh Brown (R) DF New Mexico Lobos Free March 30, 2006 Mike Randolph (R) MF Yavapai Roughriders Free March 30, 2006 Troy Ready MF Cascade Surge Free March 30, 2006 Devin Zimmerman GK Olympique Montreux Free April 3, 2006 Mubarike Chisoni FW Los Angeles Galaxy Free April 12, 2006 Alejandro Gutierrez MF Utah Blitzz Free April 18, 2006 Sergio Iñiguez MF Atlanta Silverbacks Free April / May 2006 Bayard Elfvin GK St. Louis Steamers Free May 1, 2006 Chad Bartlomé FW California Cougars Free June 29, 2006 Jaime Ambriz FW Concordia Basel Free July 27, 2006 Yuri Morales FW Ølstykke Free August 3, 2006 Ronnie Silva MF Salinas Valley Samba Free
Loans in DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef March 1, 2006 Josh Saunders GK Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan June 29, 2006 Martin Hutton GK Houston Dynamo Season-long loan July 27, 2006 Mike Chabala MF Houston Dynamo Season-long loan August 3, 2006 Alan Gordon FW Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan
Transfers out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef End of 2005 season Fadi Afash FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Dan Antoniuk FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Scott Benedetti MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Paul Conway FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Shaun Higgins MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Aaran Lines MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Jarrod Weis MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2005 season Brian Winters MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed March 30, 2006 Sam Reynolds GK Unattached Released May / June 2006 Chad Bartlomé FW Undisclosed Undisclosed June 10, 2006 Edwin Miranda MF Unattached Released June 10, 2006 Devin Zimmerman GK Unattached Released August 3, 2006 Josh Brown DF Unattached Released August 3, 2006 Drew McAthy FW Unattached Released
Unsigned draft picks DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubNotesRef January 24, 2006 Anthony Noreiga DF George Mason Patriots USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round January 24, 2006 Kenney Bertz DF Maryland Terrapins Columbus Shooting Stars USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round
Notes A. It was announced on March 30, 2005 that Portland Baseball Investment Group, headed by Abe Alizadeh, had agreed to buy the Timbers and the Portland Beavers baseball club from the Pacific Coast League. The Timbers referred to Alizadeh as the Majority Owner in press releases throughout the 2005 and 2006 seasons. However, the sale was not officially completed until June 16, 2006.
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