2006 Portland Timbers season
Encyclopedia
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
USL First Division
The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....

, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada
Canadian soccer pyramid
The Canadian soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in Canada. The governing body of soccer in the country is the Canadian Soccer Association , which oversees the system and domestic cups but does not operate any of its component leagues...

 at the time.

Preseason

April

May

June

July

August

September

Standings



Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts
1 Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...

51 28 14 5 9 31 15
16
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 50 28 13 4 11 34 21
13
3 Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery is an American professional soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

46 28 13 8 7 33 25
8
CHA: 4 pts
VAN: 1 pt
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 46 28 12 6 10 40 28
12
5 Miami FC 39 28 11 11 6 47 44
3
6 Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

38 28 10 10 8 38 36
2
7 Seattle Sounders 37 28 11 13 4 42 48 −6
8 Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having previously sat out the 2009 and 2010 seasons while the ownership...

35 28 10 13 5 36 42 −6
9 Virginia Beach Mariners
Virginia Beach Mariners
The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American soccer club, who formerly played in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer...

32 28 8 12 8 26 37 −11 VAB: 7 pts
TOR: 4 pts
10 Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx is a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference....

32 28 8 12 8 30 36 −6
11 Portland Timbers 27 28 7 15 6 25 39 −14 POR: 9 pts
MIN: 3 pts
12 Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...

27 28 7 15 6 34 45 −11

Results summary

Results by round

Cup bracket

Cup results

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Cascadia Cup

2006
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Seattle Sounders 14 8 4 2 2 13 10
3
Vancouver Whitecaps 12 8 3 2 3 10 8
2
Portland Timbers 6 8 1 4 3 6 11

Club

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Kits


Final roster

Recognition

USL-1 All-League First Team
Pos Player GP
MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

  Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004...

28


USL-1 All-Star Team
Pos Player Notes
DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

  Scot Thompson
Scot Thompson
Scot Thompson is an American soccer player who currently play for Portland Timbers U23's in the USL Premier Development League....

Injured; did not dress in All-Star Game vs.   Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...



USL-1 Player of the Week
Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
7   Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...

Seattle Sounders (x2)
18   Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...

Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....



USL-1 Team of the Week
Week Player Opponent(s) Ref
3   Chad Bartlomé Vancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...

  Lee Morrison
  Troy Ready
Troy Ready
Troy Ready is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa in the Tajik League.-Youth:...

5   Oral Bullen Rochester Raging Rhinos, Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx is a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference....

6   Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...

Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...

7   Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...

Seattle Sounders (x2)
  Jacobi Goodfellow
8   Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...

Vancouver Whitecaps
9   Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League. Elfvin has also played in the outdoor USL First Division, and was a member of the United States national beach soccer team which competed at both the 2006 and 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer...

Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...

, Rochester Raging Rhinos, Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...

  Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004...

13   Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004...

Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery is an American professional soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

, Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having previously sat out the 2009 and 2010 seasons while the ownership...

14   Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...

Seattle Sounders (x2)
17   Tom Poltl
Tom Poltl
Tom Poltl is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States U-20 men's national soccer team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Youth:...

Virginia Beach Mariners
Virginia Beach Mariners
The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American soccer club, who formerly played in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer...

18   Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...

Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

  Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League. Elfvin has also played in the outdoor USL First Division, and was a member of the United States national beach soccer team which competed at both the 2006 and 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer...


Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.

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Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.
Rk. Nat. Position Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
-Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-Qualifying round:Teams from USASA and PDL start.-----First round:Teams from USASA, PDL, and USL-2.----...

1   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004...

9 8 1
2   FW Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...

4 4 0
3   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...

3 3 0
4   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Oral Bullen 2 2 0
  MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike "Mamba" Chisoni is a Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:Chisoni left his native Zimbabwe in 2001 to attend college in the United States...

2 2 0
  MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Alejandro Gutierrez 2 2 0
7   FW Chad Bartlomé 1 1 0
  MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Troy Ready
Troy Ready
Troy Ready is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa in the Tajik League.-Youth:...

1 1 0
  DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Scot Thompson
Scot Thompson
Scot Thompson is an American soccer player who currently play for Portland Timbers U23's in the USL Premier Development League....

1 1 0
OWN GOALS
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

1 1 0
TOTALS 26 25 1

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Position Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
-Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-Qualifying round:Teams from USASA and PDL start.-----First round:Teams from USASA, PDL, and USL-2.----...

1   GK Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League. Elfvin has also played in the outdoor USL First Division, and was a member of the United States national beach soccer team which competed at both the 2006 and 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer...

1 0 0 0 1 0
2   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Jacobi Goodfellow 7 0 7 0 0 0
4   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Lee Morrison 4 0 3 0 1 0
5   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Salim Bullen 1 0 1 0 0 0
6   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Tom Poltl
Tom Poltl
Tom Poltl is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States U-20 men's national soccer team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Youth:...

5 0 4 0 1 0
7   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar
Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...

5 0 5 0 0 0
(8)   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-College:...

1 0 1 0 0 0
9   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Oral Bullen 1 0 1 0 0 0
10   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004...

1 0 1 0 0 0
13   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Alejandro Gutierrez 4 0 4 0 0 0
14   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Garrett Marcum 1 0 1 0 0 0
15   FW Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez
Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...

7 0 7 0 0 0
16   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Mike Randolph
Mike Randolph
Mike Randolph is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...

4 1 3 1 1 0
17   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Scot Thompson
Scot Thompson
Scot Thompson is an American soccer player who currently play for Portland Timbers U23's in the USL Premier Development League....

4 0 4 0 0 0
19   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Troy Ready
Troy Ready
Troy Ready is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa in the Tajik League.-Youth:...

1 0 1 0 0 0
21   MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike "Mamba" Chisoni is a Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:Chisoni left his native Zimbabwe in 2001 to attend college in the United States...

5 0 4 0 1 0
26   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Michael Nsien 6 0 6 0 0 0
31   GK Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...

1 0 0 0 1 0
(33)   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Josh Brown 2 0 2 0 0 0
40   DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Gavin Wilkinson
Gavin Wilkinson
Gavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season...

2 0 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 63 1 58 1 5 0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.
No. Nat. Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
-Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-Qualifying round:Teams from USASA and PDL start.-----First round:Teams from USASA, PDL, and USL-2.----...

MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
0   Martin Hutton
Martin Hutton
Martin Hutton is an American soccer player, who last played for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.-Youth:...

180 4 2.00 8 180 4 2.00 8 0 0 0
(0)   Devin Zimmerman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1   Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League. Elfvin has also played in the outdoor USL First Division, and was a member of the United States national beach soccer team which competed at both the 2006 and 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer...

502 5 0.90 25 502 5 0.90 25 0 0 0
31   Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...

1928 33 1.54 72 1838 30 1.47 66 90 3 3.00 6
TOTALS 2610 42 1.45 105 2520 39 1.39 99 90 3 3.00 6

Transfers in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
March 3, 2006   Oral Bullen (R
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

)
MF   UMass Minutemen
UMass Minutemen
The UMass Minutemen are the athletic teams that represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst in NCAA Division I sports competition. The nickname is also applied to club teams that do not participate within the NCAA structure. Strictly speaking, the Minutemen nickname applies to men's teams and...

 
Free
March 3, 2006   Salim Bullen (R
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

)
DF   Bradley Braves
Bradley Braves
The Bradley Braves are the intercollegiate athletics teams of Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois.Bradley is best known for its college basketball success. Bradley has been to eight NCAA tournaments, including two national championship games, three Elite 8's, and four Sweet 16's...

 
Free
March 3, 2006   Jacobi Goodfellow  DF   Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 Reserves
Free
March 3, 2006   Drew McAthy
Drew McAthy
Drew Alan McAthy is an American soccer striker, who last played for Portland Timbers of the USL First Division....

 
FW   Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

 
Free
March 13, 2006   Michael Nsien  DF   Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 Reserves
Free
March 22, 2006   Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer
Luke Kreamalmeyer is an American soccer player.-College and Amateur:Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004...

 
MF   Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...

 
Free
March 30, 2006   Josh Brown (R
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

)
DF   New Mexico Lobos  Free
March 30, 2006   Mike Randolph
Mike Randolph
Mike Randolph is an American soccer player currently playing for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...

 (R
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

)
MF   Yavapai Roughriders  Free
March 30, 2006   Troy Ready
Troy Ready
Troy Ready is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa in the Tajik League.-Youth:...

 
MF   Cascade Surge
Cascade Surge
Cascade Surge was an American soccer team based in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1995, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.The team played its home games...

 
Free
March 30, 2006   Devin Zimmerman  GK   Olympique Montreux  Free
April 3, 2006   Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike "Mamba" Chisoni is a Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:Chisoni left his native Zimbabwe in 2001 to attend college in the United States...

 
FW   Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 
Free
April 12, 2006   Alejandro Gutierrez  MF   Utah Blitzz
Utah Blitzz
Utah Blitzz was a professional soccer team in the USL Second Division. It withdrew following the 2004 season, after winning the championship.-Year-by-year:...

 
Free
April 18, 2006   Sergio Iñiguez  MF   Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks
Atlanta Silverbacks is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having previously sat out the 2009 and 2010 seasons while the ownership...

 
Free
April / May 2006   Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin
Bayard Elfvin is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League. Elfvin has also played in the outdoor USL First Division, and was a member of the United States national beach soccer team which competed at both the 2006 and 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer...

 
GK   St. Louis Steamers  Free
May 1, 2006   Chad Bartlomé  FW   California Cougars
California Cougars
The California Cougars are an indoor soccer team, founded in 2004. The team is a charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League , the first division of arena soccer in North America....

 
Free
June 29, 2006   Jaime Ambriz
Jaime Ambriz
Jaime Ambriz is an American soccer forward who played professionally in the United Soccer Leagues and Europe.-Youth:Ambriz played high school soccer at Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California...

 
FW   Concordia Basel
FC Concordia Basel
FC Concordia Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. The club was founded in 1907. They play in the 2nd regional league which is the fifth level, and their home stadium is Rankhof Stadium....

 
Free
July 27, 2006   Yuri Morales
Yuri Morales
Yuri Morales is a Puerto Rican footballer who plays for the United States national beach soccer team....

 
FW   Ølstykke
Ølstykke FC
Ølstykke FC is a Danish football club, from the small town of Ølstykke on Sjælland.The Club was founded on 18 May 1918 as Ølstykke Idrætsforening, the club was also playing Basketball....

 
Free
August 3, 2006   Ronnie Silva  MF   Salinas Valley Samba
Salinas Valley Samba
Salinas Valley Samba is an American soccer team based in Salinas, California, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Western Division.The team plays its home games in the...

 
Free

Loans in

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
March 1, 2006   Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders
Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...

 
GK   Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 
Season-long loan
June 29, 2006   Martin Hutton
Martin Hutton
Martin Hutton is an American soccer player, who last played for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.-Youth:...

 
GK   Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo
The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...

 
Season-long loan
July 27, 2006   Mike Chabala
Mike Chabala
Mike Chabala is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...

 
MF   Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo
The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...

 
Season-long loan
August 3, 2006   Alan Gordon
Alan Gordon (soccer)
Alan Gordon is an American soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.-College:...

 
FW   Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 
Season-long loan

Transfers out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Fadi Afash
Fadi Afash
Fadi Afash is a former football player with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 15th in the USL Second Division Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.-Playing career:Afash is...

 
FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Dan Antoniuk
Dan Antoniuk
Dan Antoniuk is an American soccer player.-College:Antoniuk attended Wheaton College, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1999 to 2002...

 
FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Scott Benedetti
Scott Benedetti
Scott “Benny” Benedetti is a retired American soccer player. He began his professional career with the semi-professional F.C. Portland in 1986 and ended it with the U.S. second division club Portland Timbers in 2005. While he spent most of his career in the lower U.S...

 
MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Paul Conway
Paul Conway (soccer)
Paul Conway is a retired American soccer forward who spent five seasons in the English lower divisions before returning to the United States. He was the 2001 United Soccer Leagues leading goal scorer and MVP...

 
FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Shaun Higgins
Shaun Higgins (soccer)
Shaun Higgins is a retired American soccer player. He has now started his own agency, PROficient Agency, to represent professional soccer players.-College and amateur:...

 
MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Aaran Lines
Aaran Lines
Aaran Franklyn Lines is a retired New Zealand association football player and current head coach of the Western New York Flash, the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Champions. He has represented New Zealand at international level...

 
MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Jarrod Weis  MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2005 season
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-defuntct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time....

 
  Brian Winters  MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed
March 30, 2006   Sam Reynolds
Sam Reynolds
Sam Reynolds is an American professional soccer player, now an assistant goalkeeper coach at Cal State Fullerton.-Youth and High School:...

 
GK Unattached Released
May / June 2006   Chad Bartlomé  FW Undisclosed Undisclosed
June 10, 2006   Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division.-College:...

 
MF Unattached Released
June 10, 2006   Devin Zimmerman  GK Unattached Released
August 3, 2006   Josh Brown  DF Unattached Released
August 3, 2006   Drew McAthy
Drew McAthy
Drew Alan McAthy is an American soccer striker, who last played for Portland Timbers of the USL First Division....

 
FW Unattached Released

Unsigned draft picks

Date Player Position Previous Club Notes Ref
January 24, 2006   Anthony Noreiga
Anthony Noreiga
Anthony Noreiga is a Trinidadian footballer with Joe Public F.C.. Noreiga joined the Trinidad and Tobago national football team for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia for university.Prior to this he attended University of Mobile. He is from South...

 
DF   George Mason Patriots
George Mason Patriots
The George Mason Patriots are the athletic teams of George Mason University. The school's athletic program includes 22 NCAA Division I varsity sports, consisting of 11 men's and 11 women's teams...

 
USL-1 College Player Draft, 1st round
January 24, 2006   Kenney Bertz
Kenney Bertz
Kenney Bertz is a former American soccer player. He spent the majority of his professional career in the United States, most notably for the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division.-College and Amateur:...

 
DF   Maryland Terrapins
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 27 men's and women's athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition...


  Columbus Shooting Stars
Columbus Shooting Stars
Columbus Shooting Stars were an American soccer team, founded in 2003, and was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, for just one season...

USL-1 College Player Draft, 2nd round
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