2001 Portland Timbers season

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Portland Timbers
2001 season
CEOUnited States Marshall Glickman
Head coachEngland Bobby Howe
StadiumPGE Park
Portland, Oregon
A-LeagueConference: 4th
Playoffs: Quarterfinals
U.S. Open CupQualification Group 9
Top goalscorerLeague:
United States Mark Baena (13 goals)
All:
United States Mark Baena (15 goals)
Highest home attendance12,295
vs. SEA (May 11)
Lowest home attendance2,999
vs. MIN (Jun 6)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 6,124
All: 5,840
← 1990
2002 →

The 2001 Portland Timbers season was the inaugural season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct A-League, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Regular season[]

April[]

April 28, 2001 (2001-04-28) A-L El Paso Patriots 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers El Paso, Texas USA
Farias Goal 23'
Leal Golden goal 99' 		Report Goal 21' Kelly
Red card 85' Tolstolutsky		 Stadium: SISD Student Activities Complex
Attendance: 3,198
Referee: Reggie Rutty (USA)

May[]

May 5, 2001 (2001-05-05) USOC Qual Utah Blitzz (D-3) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Provo, Utah USA
Ovalle Goal 90+3'
Golden goal 109' 		Report Goal 62' O'Neill Stadium: The Stadium at South Field
Attendance: 750
May 6, 2001 (2001-05-06) USOC Qual Northern Nevada Aces (D-3) 1–4 Portland Timbers Reno, Nevada USA
Goal 72' Report Goal 36', 57' O'Neill
Goal 43' Baena
Goal 55' Tolstolutsky		 Stadium: Earl Wooster High School
Attendance: 300
May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11) A-L / Qual Portland Timbers 2–0 Seattle Sounders Portland, Oregon USA
Baena Goal 25'
Sancho Goal 38'		 Report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 12,295
Referee: Cory Dean (USA)
May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12) A-L / Qual Seattle Sounders 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Seattle USA
Jenkins Goal 62'
Nguyen Red card 74'
Golden goal 110' 		Report Goal 32' (pen.) Sawatzky
Red card 74' O'Neill		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)
May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19) USOC Qual Portland Timbers 1–0 Northern Nevada Aces (D-3) Portland, Oregon USA
Howes Goal 25' Report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 5,329
May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23) A-L Portland Timbers 2–1 El Paso Patriots Portland, Oregon USA
O'Neill Goal 18'
Sawatzky Goal 21'
Chulis Red card 78'		 Report Goal 63' Farias Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 3,861
May 26, 2001 (2001-05-26) A-L San Diego F.C. 3–4 Portland Timbers San Diego USA
Livett Goal 45' (pen.)
Red card 45'
Adair Goal 75', 87'		 Report Goal 3' Sawatzky
Goal 13', 50', 66' Baena		 Stadium: San Diego Mesa College
Attendance: 840
Referee: Emiliano Monje (USA)

June[]

June 2, 2001 (2001-06-02) A-L Portland Timbers 1–0 San Diego F.C. Portland, Oregon USA
Baena Goal 21' Report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,489
June 4, 2001 (2001-06-04) Friendly Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Portland, Oregon USA
Ochoa Goal 24'
Wilkinson Red card 42'
Legg Goal 74'		 Report Red card 42' Carrieri
Goal 45' (pen.) Corrales		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,566
June 6, 2001 (2001-06-06) A-L Portland Timbers 3–1 Minnesota Thunder Portland, Oregon USA
Baena Goal 45', 90'
Sawatzky Goal 87'		 Report Goal 38' Lagos Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 2,999
Referee: Cien Asoera (USA)
June 9, 2001 (2001-06-09) USOC Qual Portland Timbers 1–3 Utah Blitzz (D-3) Portland, Oregon USA
Sawatzky Goal 49' Report Goal 31' Ovalle
Goal 71'
Goal 76' 		Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,676
June 13, 2001 (2001-06-13) A-L Portland Timbers 1–1 (a.e.t.) Vancouver Whitecaps Portland, Oregon USA
Tolstolutsky Goal 90' Report Goal 73' St. Louis
Red card 108' Gbeke		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,077
June 16, 2001 (2001-06-16) A-L Minnesota Thunder 0–1 Portland Timbers Blaine, Minnesota USA
Report Goal 55' Baena Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Cien Asoera (USA)
June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29) A-L Portland Timbers 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Portland, Oregon USA
Report Goal 62' Valente Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 6,013

July[]

July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03) A-L Portland Timbers 3–2 San Diego F.C. Portland, Oregon USA
Howes Goal 48', 71'
Sawatzky Goal 79'		 Report Goal 89' Adair
Goal 90' Morales		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 7,271
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09) A-L Portland Timbers 1–0 Milwaukee Rampage Portland, Oregon USA
O'Neill Goal 21' Report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 5,032
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) A-L Seattle Sounders 0–0 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Seattle USA
Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,253
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
July 15, 2001 (2001-07-15) A-L Vancouver Whitecaps 4–0 Portland Timbers Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
Kindel Goal 16'
Jordan Goal 42'
Heald Goal 56' (pen.)
Sulentic Goal 88'		 Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,062
July 21, 2001 (2001-07-21) A-L Portland Timbers 0–1 Seattle Sounders Portland, Oregon USA
O'Neill Red card 88' Report Goal 7' Ching Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 11,055
Referee: Ramón Hernández (USA)
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27) A-L Minnesota Thunder 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Blaine, Minnesota USA
Zeba Goal 31' (pen.)
Red card 78'
Magee Golden goal 99' 		Report Goal 22' Baena Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 7,514
Referee: Jesse Johnson (USA)
July 28, 2001 (2001-07-28) A-L Milwaukee Rampage 2–3 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Franklin, Wisconsin USA
Takawira Goal 27'
Soso Goal 77'		 Report Goal 35' Tolstolutsky
Goal 90' Clarke
Golden goal 110' Howes		 Stadium:
Attendance: 2,316

August[]

August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03) A-L Toronto Lynx 3–0 Portland Timbers Toronto Canada
Goal 26', 41'
Sponton Goal 39'		 Report Red card 60' Tolstolutsky
Red card 90' Clarke		 Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 2,591
August 5, 2001 (2001-08-05) A-L Rochester Raging Rhinos 1–0 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Rochester, New York USA
Mitchell Golden goal 95' Report Stadium: Frontier Field
Attendance: 9,846
August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10) A-L Vancouver Whitecaps 3–1 Portland Timbers Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
Jordan Goal 13'
Morris Goal 69'
Kindel Goal 89'		 Report Goal 29' Howes Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 6,118
August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22) A-L Portland Timbers 2–1 (a.e.t.) Minnesota Thunder Portland, Oregon USA
Clarke Goal 21' Golden goal 98' Report Goal 28' Armas Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,924
August 24, 2001 (2001-08-24) A-L Portland Timbers 3–3 (a.e.t.) Charlotte Eagles Portland, Oregon USA
Baena Goal 19', 68'
Wilkinson Goal 65'		 Report Goal 66', 78' (pen.) Gajardo
Goal 72' Swinehart		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,884
August 26, 2001 (2001-08-26) A-L Portland Timbers 2–0 Charleston Battery Portland, Oregon USA
Howes Goal 6'
O'Neill Goal 25' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,891
August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30) A-L Portland Timbers 5–2 Milwaukee Rampage Portland, Oregon USA
Baena Goal 7'
Howes Goal 33', 40'
O'Neill Goal 72', 83' (pen.)		 Report Goal 10' Cooks
Goal 89' Slivinski		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 7,816

September[]

September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07) A-L San Diego F.C. 2–1 Portland Timbers San Diego USA
Adair Goal 81'
Alcaraz-Cuellar Goal 87'		 Report Red card 57' Howes
Goal 60' (pen.) Wilkinson		 Stadium: Merrill Douglas Stadium
Attendance: 1,042
Referee: Miguel Chicas (USA)
September 8, 2001 (2001-09-08) A-L El Paso Patriots 1–3 Portland Timbers El Paso, Texas USA
Goal 76'
Martinez Red card 86'		 Report Goal 15', 30' Red card 86' Benedetti
Goal 69' Baena		 Stadium: SISD Student Activities Complex
Attendance: 337
Referee: Roger Sill (USA)

Postseason[]

September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20) 1st Rd L1 Portland Timbers 2–0 Charlotte Eagles Portland, Oregon USA
Lewis Goal 10'
Baena Goal 19'		 Report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,771
September 22, 2001 (2001-09-22) 1st Rd L2 Charlotte Eagles 2–3
(2–5 agg.)		 Portland Timbers Charlotte, North Carolina USA
Swinehart Goal 16'
Goal 36'		 Report Goal 23' O'Neill
Goal 82' Benedetti
Goal 85' Howes		 Stadium: Providence High School
Attendance: 2,141
September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27) QF L1 Portland Timbers 0–2 Hershey Wildcats Portland, Oregon USA
Report Red card 62' Evans
Goal 71'
Goal 85' 		Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 4,894
September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29) QF L2 Hershey Wildcats 1–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Portland Timbers Hershey, Pennsylvania USA
Feniger Goal 28' Report Red card 45' Clarke Stadium: Hersheypark Stadium
Attendance: 1,048

Competitions[]

A-League[]

See also: 2001 A-League

Western Conference standings[]

  Bye to quarterfinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD
1 Vancouver Whitecaps 74 26 16 8 2 44 33 +11
2 San Diego F.C. 68 26 14 11 1 55 42 +13
3 Milwaukee Rampage 63 26 14 10 2 45 40 +5
4 Portland Timbers 62 26 13 10 3 41 38 +3
5 Seattle Sounders 57 26 13 12 1 40 39 +1
6 Minnesota Thunder 41 26 9 15 2 29 34 −5
7 El Paso Patriots 40 26 8 14 4 39 42 −3

Point system: 4 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 1 point for scoring 3 or more goals in a game; 0 points for a loss

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAHHHAHHHAAHAAAAAHHHHAA
ResultLWLWWWWTWLWWTLLLWLLLWTWWLW
Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

A-League Playoffs[]

Playoff bracket[]

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
Charlotte Eagles 0 2 2  
Portland Timbers 2 3 5  
  Hershey Wildcats 2 1 3  
  Portland Timbers 0 0 0  
  Hershey Wildcats 4 0 4  
  Vancouver Whitecaps 0 1 1  
San Diego F.C. 2 2 4  
Atlanta Silverbacks 0 2 2  
  Vancouver Whitecaps 0 4 4
  San Diego F.C. 2 1 3  
 
  Hershey Wildcats 0
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 2
Charleston Battery 1 1 2  
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 3 5  
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 1 3 4
  Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2 0 2  
 
  Rochester Raging Rhinos 3 1 4
  Milwaukee Rampage 2 0 2  
Milwaukee Rampage (aet) (p) 3 0 3 (4)  
Nashville Metros 2 1 3 (2)  
  Richmond Kickers 2 1 3
  Milwaukee Rampage (aet) 2 2 4  
 

First round[]

Leg 1
Portland Timbers2–0Charlotte Eagles
Lewis Goal 10'
Baena Goal 19'		 Report
PGE Park
Attendance: 4,771
Leg 2
Charlotte Eagles2–3Portland Timbers
Swinehart Goal 16'
Goal 36'		 Report Goal 23' O'Neill
Goal 82' Benedetti
Goal 85' Howes
Attendance: 2,141

Quarterfinals[]

Leg 1
Portland Timbers0–2Hershey Wildcats
Report Red card 62' Evans
Goal 71'
Goal 85'
PGE Park
Attendance: 4,894
Leg 2
Hershey Wildcats1–0Portland Timbers
Feniger Goal 28' Report Red card 45' Clarke
Attendance: 1,048

U.S. Open Cup[]

Qualification Group 9 standings[]

  Entry into second round of 2001 U.S. Open Cup
  D-3 wildcard entry into second round of 2001 U.S. Open Cup

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts
1 Seattle Sounders 20 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 SEA: 6 pts
UTA: 1 pt
2 Utah Blitzz (D-3) 20 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11
3 Portland Timbers 13 6 3 3 0 10 8 +2
4 Northern Nevada Aces (D-3) 0 6 0 6 0 1 24 −23

Point system: 4 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 1 point for scoring 3 or more goals in a game; 0 points for a loss

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head Coach England Bobby Howe
Assistant Coach Republic of Ireland Jimmy Conway
Goalkeeper Coach United States Jim Brazeau

Source:[citation needed]

Management[]

Owner Portland Family Entertainment
Chief Executive Officer United States Marshall Glickman
Chief Financial Officer United States Mark Gardiner
General Manager United States Jim Taylor
Ground (capacity and dimensions) PGE Park ( / )

Source:[citation needed]

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 United States USA
2 DF Canada CAN Jeff Clarke
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Costigan
4 DF Mexico MEX Jesús Ochoa
5 DF New Zealand NZL Gavin Wilkinson
7 FW United States USA Darren Sawatzky
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Neill
9 FW United States USA Greg Howes
10 FW United States USA Mark Baena
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF United States USA Brian Winters
12 DF United States USA Matt Chulis
14 DF United States USA Scott Benedetti
15 MF Kyrgyzstan KGZ Vadim Tolstolutsky
18 GK United States USA Matt Napoleon
21 DF England ENG Neil Ryan
22 FW Scotland SCO Tony McPeak
26 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Brent Sancho
30 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Darin Lewis

Recognition[]

A-League All-League Second Team[1]

Pos Player GP
GK United States Matt Napoleon 26
DF Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho 24

A-League Player of the Week[2]

Week Player Opponent(s)
7 United States Mark Baena El Paso Patriots, San Diego F.C.

A-League Team of the Week[2]

Week Player Opponent(s)
4 Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill Utah Blitzz, Northern Nevada Aces
5 United States Darren Sawatzky Seattle Sounders (x2)
7 United States Mark Baena El Paso Patriots, San Diego F.C.
9 United States Mark Baena Minnesota Thunder, Utah Blitzz
10 United States Matt Napoleon Vancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota Thunder
13 United States Greg Howes San Diego F.C.
Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho
14 Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill Milwaukee Rampage, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps
20 United States Mark Baena Minnesota Thunder, Charlotte Eagles, Charleston Battery
Canada Jeff Clarke
21 United States Greg Howes Milwaukee Rampage
Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill
22 United States Scott Benedetti San Diego F.C., El Paso Patriots

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

All players contracted to the club during the season included.

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Qual.
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Canada Jeff Clarke 25 3 20+1 3 3+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Keith Costigan 23 0 13+3 0 4+0 0 2+1 0
4 DF Mexico Jesús Ochoa 22 0 8+8 0 1+1 0 1+3 0
5 DF New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson 33 2 24+1 2 4+0 0 4+0 0
(6) MF United States Roger Gantz (released) 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
7 FW United States Darren Sawatzky 28 6 17+5 5 1+1 0 4+0 1
8 MF Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill 29 9 22+0 5 4+0 1 3+0 3
9 FW United States Greg Howes 26 9 19+2 7 3+0 1 1+1 1
10 FW United States Mark Baena 32 15 23+1 13 4+0 1 4+0 1
11 MF United States Brian Winters 33 0 25+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
12 DF United States Matt Chulis 31 0 23+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
(12) MF United States Brian Kelly (1 week loan from United States Los Angeles Galaxy) 1 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF United States Scott Benedetti 31 3 24+1 2 3+0 1 3+0 0
15 MF Kyrgyzstan Vadim Tolstolutsky 17 3 7+5 2 0+2 0 2+1 1
(16) GK United States Adam Pearce (released) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
(17) MF United States Kevin Legg (released) 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
18 GK United States Matt Napoleon 34 0 26+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
(20) DF United States José Burciaga, Jr. (1 week loan from United States Kansas City Wizards) 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
(20) FW Canada Rob Baarts (released) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF England Neil Ryan 9 0 1+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
22 FW Scotland Tony McPeak 12 0 2+7 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
26 DF Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho 30 1 24+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 0
30 FW Trinidad and Tobago Darin Lewis 10 1 1+6 0 1+2 1 0+0 0
(—) GK United States Matthew Nelson (released) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers[]

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

Rk. Nat. Position Player Total A-League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Qual.
1 United States FW Mark Baena 15 13 1 1
2 United States FW Greg Howes 9 7 1 1
Northern Ireland MF Michael O'Neill 9 5 1 3
4 United States FW Darren Sawatzky 6 5 0 1
5 Canada DF Jeff Clarke 3 3 0 0
United States DF Scott Benedetti 3 2 1 0
Kyrgyzstan MF Vadim Tolstolutsky 3 2 0 1
8 New Zealand DF Gavin Wilkinson 2 2 0 0
9 United States MF Brian Kelly 1 1 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago DF Brent Sancho 1 1 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago FW Darin Lewis 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 53 41 5 7

Disciplinary record[]

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No. Nat. Position Player Total[A] A-League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Qual.
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 Canada DF Jeff Clarke 5 2 5 1 0 1 0 0
3 Republic of Ireland DF Keith Costigan 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
4 Mexico DF Jesús Ochoa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 New Zealand DF Gavin Wilkinson 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
7 United States FW Darren Sawatzky 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
8 Northern Ireland MF Michael O'Neill 9 2 6 2 3 0 0 0
9 United States FW Greg Howes 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
10 United States FW Mark Baena 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
11 United States MF Brian Winters 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
12 United States DF Matt Chulis 6 1 5 1 0 0 1 0
14 United States DF Scott Benedetti 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
15 Kyrgyzstan MF Vadim Tolstolutsky 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
(17) United States MF Kevin Legg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 United States GK Matt Napoleon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 England DF Neil Ryan 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Trinidad and Tobago DF Brent Sancho 10 0 8 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 73 9 61 8 9 1 3 0

Goalkeeper stats[]

All goalkeepers included.

No. Nat. Player Total A-League Playoffs[B] U.S. Open Cup Qual.
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
1 United States 57 3 4.74 4 57 3 4.74 4 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0
(16) United States Adam Pearce 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0
18 United States Matt Napoleon 3152 46 1.31 169 2413 35 1.31 141 360 5 1.25 8 379 6 1.42 20
(—) United States Matthew Nelson 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0
TOTALS 3209 49 1.37 173 2470 38 1.38 145 360 5 1.25 8 379 6 1.42 20

Player movement[]

Transfers in[]

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
February 7, 2001 United States Greg Howes FW United States Seattle Sounders Acquired for 2001 2nd and 3rd round A-League College Player Draft picks [3]
February 27, 2001 Canada Jeff Clarke DF United States Baltimore Blast Free [3]
February 27, 2001 United States Darren Sawatzky FW United States Seattle Sounders Free [3]
February 27, 2001 Kyrgyzstan Vadim Tolstolutsky (R) MF United States Seattle Pacific Falcons A-League College Player Draft, 1st round [3]
February 27, 2001 United States Brian Winters MF United States Minnesota Thunder Acquired via trade; terms not disclosed [3]
March 22, 2001 United States Mark Baena FW United States San Diego Flash Free [4]
April 4, 2001 Republic of Ireland Keith Costigan (R) DF United States Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Free [5]
April 4, 2001 United States Kevin Legg MF United States Los Angeles Galaxy Free [5]
April 4, 2001 Trinidad and Tobago Brent Sancho DF Trinidad and Tobago Joe Public Free [5]
April 4, 2001 New Zealand Gavin Wilkinson DF Republic of Ireland Kilkenny City Free [5]
April 16, 2001 Mexico Jesús Ochoa (R) DF United States California Baptist Lancers Free [6]
April 20, 2001 United States Matt Napoleon GK United States Columbus Crew Free [7]
April 26, 2001 Canada Rob Baarts FW United States Utah Freezz Free [8]
April 26, 2001 United States Scott Benedetti DF England Nottingham Forest Free [8]
April 26, 2001 United States Roger Gantz MF Free [8]
April 26, 2001 Scotland Tony McPeak FW United States Milwaukee Wave Free [8]
April 26, 2001 United States Matthew Nelson GK Republic of Ireland Kilkenny City Free [8]
April 26, 2001 Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill MF Scotland St Johnstone Free [8]
April 26, 2001 United States Adam Pearce (R) GK United States Concordia Cavaliers Free [8]
April 26, 2001 England Neil Ryan DF United States Boston Bulldogs Free [8]
May 4, 2001 United States Matt Chulis DF United States Chicago Fire Free [9]
May 22, 2001 Trinidad and Tobago Darin Lewis (R) FW United States Connecticut Huskies Free [10]
May 24, 2001 United States (R) GK United States Yale Bulldogs Free [11]

Loans in[]

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
April 27, 2001 United States Brian Kelly MF United States Los Angeles Galaxy Short-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after one game [12]
August 4, 2001 United States José Burciaga, Jr. DF United States Kansas City Wizards Short-term loan; returned to Kansas City Wizards after two games [13]

Transfers out[]

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
May 24, 2001 Canada Rob Baarts FW Unattached Released [11]
May 24, 2001 United States Roger Gantz MF Unattached Released [11]
May 24, 2001 United States Matthew Nelson GK Unattached Released [11]
July 27, 2001 United States Kevin Legg MF Unattached Released [14]
August 2001 United States Adam Pearce GK Unattached Released

Loans out[]

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
July 2001 United States GK United States Kansas City Wizards Short-term loan
August 6, 2001 Mexico Jesús Ochoa DF United States Los Angeles Galaxy Short-term loan; returned to Portland after 1 game [15]
August 6, 2001 Kyrgyzstan Vadim Tolstolutsky MF United States Los Angeles Galaxy Short-term loan; returned to Portland after 1 game [15]

Notes[]

  • ^ Disciplinary record not available for the following games: May 5 vs. Utah Blitzz (U.S. Open Cup qualification), May 6 vs. Northern Nevada Aces (U.S. Open Cup qualification), July 15 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (A-League regular season), August 5 vs. Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League regular season) and September 22 vs. Charlotte Eagles (A-League playoffs).
  • ^ Goalkeeper saves not available for the following games: September 22 vs. Charlotte Eagles (A-League playoffs) and September 29 vs. Hershey Wildcats (A-League playoffs).

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