Timber! Canada’s Johnson’s two-goal performance earns him MLS POTW honours 1 Apr 2013 Canadian national team-regular Will Johnson is the MLS Player of the Week, after his second-half brace allowed his new club, the Portland Timbers, to roar back from two goals down in the Colorado altitude and earn a 2-2 draw with the Rapids.
Impact wraps up perfect trip to Pacific Northwest 10 Mar 2013 The Montreal Impact finished its initial MLS season with a meagre harvest of nine points on the road. The team returns home after this season’s first two matches on the west coast with six points in pocket, having already matched 2012’s total of a pair of wins on enemy turf.
The Super-Duper MLS preview, 2013 edition 28 Feb 2013 With the MLS season moved up to its earliest start ever, forgive us if we don’t feel 100 per cent totally prepared for First Kick. Judging by the way many MLS teams finished preseason, with tentative matches and still looking at trialists with a week to go before the games count in the standings, a lot of coaches aren’t quite ready for the early start, either.
TFC gets first-round pick, Bendik from Portland for Johnson and Kocic 12 Dec 2012 “After weighing our immediate needs and evaluating the college pool, we felt it was in the club’s best interest to give up a draft pick to secure a talented goal-scorer and an experienced player like Ryan,” said Wilkinson in a release issued by the Timbers.
Evans wins Player of the Week after starring for Sounders AND Whitecaps 23 Oct 2012 The win not only ensured that Seattle would finish top-three in the Western Conference, but the Dallas loss locked up a playoff spot for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Portland wins Cascadia Cup in Vancouver, but Whitecaps back into playoffs 22 Oct 2012 But, the Whitecaps later found out they would become the first Canadian franchise to qualify for the playoffs after all, as FC Dallas couldn't capitalize on the Whitecaps slip-up, losing 3-1 to Seattle.
Wondolowski is MLS Player of the Month 4 Oct 2012 Chris Wondolowski’s charge towards the MLS Most Valuable Player award continues. The San Jose Earthquakes striker was named the league’s Player of the Month for September.
Three-goal week means another MLS POTW nod for Wondolowski 24 Sep 2012 Chris Wondolowski’s three-goals-in-two-games performance earned him the MLS Player of the Week award.
Whitecaps have struggled against the worst teams in MLS 26 Aug 2012 So far this season, the Whitecaps have played five matches against these four teams. And the Caps have two draws and three losses to show for those efforts.
Whitecaps fall to Timbers, extend losing skid to three 26 Aug 2012 Goals from Franck Songo'o and Darlington Nagbe gave the Portland Timbers a 2-1 victory Saturday night over their Cascadia rivals at JELD-WEN Field in front of 20,438 fans.