2002 Portland Timbers season

The 2002 Portland Timbers season was the second season for the Portland Timbers—the third incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct A-League, the second-tier soccer league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Portland Timbers

2002 season
President	Mark Schuster
Head coach	Bobby Howe
Stadium	PGE Park Portland, Oregon
A-League	Division: 2nd Playoffs: First Round
U.S. Open Cup	Qualification series
Top goalscorer	Fadi Afash McKinley Tennyson (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	10,109 vs. MIN (Aug 16)
Lowest home attendance	3,890 vs. SEA (Jun 23)
Average home league attendance	League: 6,261 All: 6,115
Home colors Away colors

Preseason

April 9, 2002	Portland Timbers	2–1	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	Portland, Oregon USA
19:05 (PDT)	Alcaraz-Cuellar  45' Wilkinson  74'	Report	88' Mullan	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,694 Referee: Jessie Johnson (USA)

Canterbury Cup

April 27, 2002 Semifinals	Vancouver Whitecaps	0–1	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
			90' Tennyson	Stadium: Swangard Stadium

April 28, 2002 Final	Seattle Sounders	4–1	Portland Timbers	Bellevue, Washington USA
	Ching  14' Farrell  22', 36' Sawatzky  34'	Report	44' Tolstolutsky	Stadium: Sammamish High School

Regular season

May

May 4, 2002 A-L / Qual	Portland Timbers	0–2	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon USA
		Report	18' Kingsley  38' Sawatzky	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,775 Referee: Brian Hall (USA)

May 5, 2002 A-L / Qual	Seattle Sounders	4–1	Portland Timbers	Seattle USA
	Ching  14' Farrell  76' Sawatzky  87' Tomlinson  89'	Report	54' (pen.) Tennyson	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,756 Referee: Cory Dean (USA)

May 10, 2002 A-L	Indiana Blast	1–0	Portland Timbers	Indianapolis USA
	Dresser  55'	Report		Stadium: Kuntz Stadium Attendance: 2,348 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (USA)

May 12, 2002 A-L	Cincinnati Riverhawks	1–0	Portland Timbers	Wilder, Kentucky USA
	Rockey  28'	Report		Stadium: Town & Country Sports Complex Attendance: 567 Referee: Brian Fenlon (USA)

May 16, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	0–1	Milwaukee Rampage	Portland, Oregon USA
		Report	90' Wolyniec	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,354 Referee: Sandra Hunt (USA)

June

June 1, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	El Paso Patriots	El Paso, Texas USA
	Quiñones  84'	Report	68' Afash	Stadium: Dudley Field Attendance: 1,430

June 6, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	3–2	Calgary Storm	Portland, Oregon USA
	Afash  25', 36' Somoza  66'	Report	41' Zuñiga  57' Napuri	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,663

June 8, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	3–1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland, Oregon USA
	Afash  10' Howes  57', 60'	Report	46' Kindel	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,914 Referee: Dean Ajir (USA)

June 9, 2002 A-L	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
	Jordan  100'	Report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,037

June 11, 2002 A-L	Calgary Storm	0–1	Portland Timbers	Calgary, Alberta Canada
		Report	88' Afash	Stadium: Foothills Stadium Attendance: 1,450

June 19, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	0–0 (a.e.t.)	El Paso Patriots	Portland, Oregon USA
		Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,212 Referee: David Simon (USA)

June 21, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hampton Roads Mariners	Portland, Oregon USA
	Afash  34', 48'	Report	16' Callahan  32' Knott  92' Glasgow	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,293

June 23, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	1–0	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon USA
	Afash  24'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Arnold Baldeaux (USA)

June 28, 2002 A-L	Hampton Roads Mariners	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Portland Timbers	Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
	Hansen  86'	Report	16' Howes	Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex Attendance: 1,070

June 29, 2002 A-L	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Portland Timbers	Richmond, Virginia USA
	Dotsenko  50' Henderson  88'	Report		Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium Attendance: 2,693

July

July 4, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	4–1	Indiana Blast	Portland, Oregon USA
	Tennyson  10', 14' Afash  55' (pen.), 68'	Report	63' Costa	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,865

July 11, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	2–1	Calgary Storm	Portland, Oregon USA
	Tennyson  31', 39'	Report	19' Chala	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,289 Referee: Robert Sabella (USA)

July 19, 2002 A-L	Seattle Sounders	2–1	Portland Timbers	Seattle USA
	Ching  61' Gregor  71'	Report	31' Afash	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Richard Heron (USA)

July 20, 2002 A-L	Calgary Storm	1–3	Portland Timbers	Calgary, Alberta Canada
	Bosch  41' Lemire  87'	Report	1', 8' Tennyson  31' Afash  87' Howes	Stadium: Foothills Stadium Attendance: 1,412 Referee: Gary Dororty (Canada)

July 25, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	2–0	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Portland, Oregon USA
	Tennyson  9', 15'	Report	13' Matis	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 7,612 Referee: Mac Pinski (USA)

August

August 3, 2002 A-L	El Paso Patriots	4–3	Portland Timbers	El Paso, Texas USA
	Mora  20' Silva  30' (pen.) Frías  71', 81'	Report	14', 40' Tennyson  54' Afash	Stadium: Dudley Field Attendance: 2,986 Referee: Kevin Terry (USA)

August 10, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	3–2	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland, Oregon USA
	Tennyson  31', 90' Howes  35'	Report	44', 78' Jordan	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,860 Referee: Jason Transtrun (USA)

August 13, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	6–1	El Paso Patriots	Portland, Oregon USA
	Tennyson  13', 19', 32', 72' Afash  45' Tolstolutsky  90'	Report	27' Frías	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,671 Referee: Mohammad Zarrabi (USA)

August 16, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Minnesota Thunder	Portland, Oregon USA
	Afash  28' Adair  90'	Report	5' Schmidt  58' Torres  98' Prendergast	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 10,109 Referee: Brian Hall (USA)

August 21, 2002 A-L	Milwaukee Rampage	0–2	Portland Timbers	Milwaukee USA
		Report	15' Howes  27' Afash	Stadium: Uihlein Soccer Park Attendance: 1,368 Referee: Michael Kennedy (USA)

August 25, 2002 A-L	Minnesota Thunder	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Portland Timbers	Blaine, Minnesota USA
	Menyongar  68'	Report	87' Benedetti  97' Tennyson	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,812 Referee: Rich Grady (USA)

August 29, 2002 A-L	Portland Timbers	3–0	Montreal Impact	Portland, Oregon USA
	Afash  23', 66' Tennyson  62' Ritchie  64'	Report	86' Zé Roberto	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 9,141 Referee: Cory Dean (USA)

September

September 1, 2002 A-L	Vancouver Whitecaps	3–1	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
	Clarke  35', 63' Dailly  37'	Report	22' Adair	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Postseason

September 5, 2002 1st Rd L1	Portland Timbers	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland, Oregon USA
		Report	62' Dailly	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,071

September 7, 2002 1st Rd L2	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
	Kindel  52'	Report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,060

Competitions

A-League

Western Conference, Pacific Division standings

  Bye to conference semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Seattle Sounders	107	28	23	4	1	71	27	+44
2	Portland Timbers	63	28	13	12	3	47	39	+8
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	54	28	11	12	5	41	39	+2
4	El Paso Patriots	54	28	10	11	7	38	48	−10
5	Calgary Storm	22	28	4	21	3	26	66	−40

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	L	T	W	W	L	W	T	L	W	T	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L

Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Playoff bracket

	First Round						Conference Semifinals						Conference Finals						Final
	Portland Timbers	0	0	0
	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	1	2
							Seattle Sounders	0	2	2
							Vancouver Whitecaps	2	6	8
													Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	0	2	2
	Western Conference
													Vancouver Whitecaps	0	1	1
	Minnesota Thunder	2	1	3
	El Paso Patriots	1	1	2
							Milwaukee Rampage	0	2	2
							Minnesota Thunder	0	1	1
																			Milwaukee Rampage (aet)	2
																			Richmond Kickers	1
	Richmond Kickers	1	2	3
	Atlanta Silverbacks	1	1	2
							Charleston Battery	2	1	3
							Richmond Kickers	1	3	4
													Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	0	1 (8)
	Eastern Conference
													Richmond Kickers (aet) (p)	1	0	1 (9)
	Montreal Impact (aet) (p)	0	1	1 (6)
	Charlotte Eagles	1	0	1 (5)
							Rochester Raging Rhinos	0	1	1
							Montreal Impact	0	0	0

First round

September 5, 2002

Leg 1

Portland Timbers	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps
	Report	62' Dailly

PGE Park

Attendance: 4,071

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September 7, 2002

Leg 2

Vancouver Whitecaps	1–0	Portland Timbers
Kindel  52'	Report

Swangard Stadium

Attendance: 4,060

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Bobby Howe
Assistant Coach	Jimmy Conway
Goalkeeper Coach	Jim Brazeau
Athletic Trainer	Brock Rutherford
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Carl Davison

Source: [2]

Management

Owner	Portland Family Entertainment
President	Mark Schuster (from February 14)
General Manager	Jim Taylor
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	PGE Park ( / )

Source: [3]

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  USA Chris Smith 2 DF  USA Bryn Ritchie 3 DF  IRL Keith Costigan 5 DF  NZL Gavin Wilkinson 6 MF  USA Ben Somoza 7 MF  MEX Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 8 MF  USA Erik Ozimek 9 FW  USA McKinley Tennyson 10 FW  SYR Fadi Afash 11 MF  USA Brian Winters

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  USA Greg Howes 14 DF  USA Scott Benedetti 15 MF  KGZ Vadim Tolstolutsky 16 FW  USA Chugger Adair 17 MF  MEX Jesús Ochoa (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy) 18 GK  USA Matt Napoleon 20 MF  USA Jake Sagare 24 MF  USA Chris Roner (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes) 26 DF  TRI Brent Sancho

Recognition

A-League Scoring Champion[4]

Player	G	A	Pts
McKinley Tennyson	18	6	42

A-League Goal Scoring Co-Champions[4]

Player	GP	G
Fadi Afash	22	18
McKinley Tennyson	24	18

A-League Young Offensive Player of the Year[4]

Pos	Player	GP
FW	McKinley Tennyson	24

A-League All-League First Team[4]

Pos	Player	GP
FW	McKinley Tennyson	24

A-League All-League Second Team[4]

Pos	Player	GP
FW	Fadi Afash	22

A-League Player of the Week[4]

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
8	Fadi Afash	Calgary Storm, Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)
18	McKinley Tennyson	El Paso Patriots, Minnesota Thunder

A-League Team of the Week[4]

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
8	Fadi Afash	Calgary Storm, Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)
	Greg Howes
9	Brent Sancho	Calgary Storm
10	Matt Napoleon	El Paso Patriots, Hampton Roads Mariners, Seattle Sounders
	Brent Sancho
11	Greg Howes	Hampton Roads Mariners, Richmond Kickers
12	Fadi Afash	Indiana Blast
	Sean McAuley
13	McKinley Tennyson	Calgary Storm
14	McKinley Tennyson	Seattle Sounders, Calgary Storm
15	McKinley Tennyson	Cincinnati Riverhawks
17	McKinley Tennyson	Vancouver Whitecaps
18	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	El Paso Patriots, Minnesota Thunder
	McKinley Tennyson
19	Brent Sancho	Milwaukee Rampage, Minnesota Thunder
20	Fadi Afash	Montreal Impact

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.[5][6]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Chris Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Bryn Ritchie	14	1	9+5	1	0+0	0
3	DF		Keith Costigan	30	0	28+0	0	2+0	0
(4)	DF		Sean McAuley (released)	16	0	15+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Gavin Wilkinson	28	0	26+0	0	2+0	0
6	MF		Ben Somoza	22	1	12+9	1	0+1	0
7	MF		Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	29	0	26+1	0	2+0	0
8	MF		Erik Ozimek	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		McKinley Tennyson	26	18	20+4	18	2+0	0
10	FW		Fadi Afash	23	18	22+0	18	1+0	0
11	MF		Brian Winters	28	0	26+0	0	2+0	0
12	FW		Greg Howes	21	5	15+4	5	2+0	0
(13)	FW		Rees Bettinger (released)	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Scott Benedetti	15	1	8+5	1	2+0	0
15	MF		Vadim Tolstolutsky	13	1	6+6	1	0+1	0
16	FW		Chugger Adair	20	2	6+13	2	1+0	0
17	MF		Jesús Ochoa	6	0	5+0	0	1+0	0
18	GK		Matt Napoleon	30	0	28+0	0	2+0	0
20	MF		Jake Sagare	28	0	20+7	0	0+1	0
(21)	MF		Noah Delgado (released)	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
(22)	MF		Scott Bower (2 short-term loans from San Jose Earthquakes)	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Chris Roner	4	0	2+1	0	1+0	0
26	DF		Brent Sancho	29	0	27+0	0	2+0	0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.[5][6]

Rk.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total	A-League	Playoffs
1		FW	Fadi Afash	18	18	0
		FW	McKinley Tennyson	18	18	0
3		FW	Greg Howes	5	5	0
4		FW	Chugger Adair	2	2	0
5		DF	Scott Benedetti	1	1	0
		DF	Bryn Ritchie	1	1	0
		MF	Ben Somoza	1	1	0
		MF	Vadim Tolstolutsky	1	1	0
			TOTALS	47	47	0

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.[5][7]

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		A-League		Playoffs^[A]
2		DF	Bryn Ritchie	1	0	1	0	0	0
3		DF	Keith Costigan	6	0	5	0	1	0
(4)		DF	Sean McAuley	2	0	2	0	0	0
5		DF	Gavin Wilkinson	5	0	5	0	0	0
6		MF	Ben Somoza	1	0	1	0	0	0
7		MF	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	3	0	3	0	0	0
9		FW	McKinley Tennyson	2	1	2	1	0	0
10		FW	Fadi Afash	5	0	4	0	1	0
11		MF	Brian Winters	7	0	7	0	0	0
12		FW	Greg Howes	0	1	0	1	0	0
15		MF	Vadim Tolstolutsky	1	0	1	0	0	0
17		MF	Jesús Ochoa	1	0	1	0	0	0
18		GK	Matt Napoleon	1	0	1	0	0	0
20		MF	Jake Sagare	5	0	5	0	0	0
(22)		MF	Scott Bower	1	0	1	0	0	0
24		MF	Chris Roner	1	0	1	0	0	0
26		DF	Brent Sancho	8	0	7	0	1	0
			TOTALS	50	2	47	2	3	0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.[5][6]

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				A-League				Playoffs
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
1		Chris Smith	11	0	0.00	0	11	0	0.00	0	0	0	—	0
18		Matt Napoleon	2776	41	1.33	113	2596	39	1.35	107	180	2	1.00	6
		TOTALS	2787	41	1.32	113	2607	39	1.35	107	180	2	1.00	6

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
January 7, 2002	Fadi Afash	FW	Sacramento Knights	Free	[8]
January 17, 2002	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar	MF	San Diego F.C.	Free	[9]
March 4, 2002	Sean McAuley	DF	Rochdale	Free	[10]
March 4, 2002	Erik Ozimek (R)	MF	Davidson Wildcats	Free	[10]
March 21, 2002	Ben Somoza (R)	MF	Washington Huskies	A-League College Player Draft, 2nd round	[11]
March 21, 2002	Jake Sagare (R)	MF	Washington Huskies	A-League College Player Draft, 3rd round	[11]
March 26, 2002	McKinley Tennyson	FW	GIF Sundsvall	Free	[12]
March 29, 2002	Rees Bettinger	FW	Seattle Sounders	Free	[13]
April 2002	Chris Smith	GK	St. Louis Steamers	Free
May 3, 2002	Noah Delgado (R)	MF	Fresno State Bulldogs	Free	[14]
May 9, 2002	Bryn Ritchie (R)	DF	Washington Huskies	A-League College Player Draft, 1st round	[15]
May 28, 2002	Greg Howes	FW	Milwaukee Wave	Free	[16]

Loans in

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
July 19, 2002	Jesús Ochoa	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Short-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after two games	[17]
July 25, 2002	Scott Bower	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Short-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after one game	[18]
July 25, 2002	Chris Roner	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Short-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after one game	[18]
August 2, 2002	Jesús Ochoa	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Short-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after one game	[19]
August 9, 2002	Scott Bower	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Short-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after three games	[20]
August 9, 2002	Chris Roner	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Short-term loan; returned to San Jose Earthquakes after three games	[20]
August 20, 2002	Jesús Ochoa	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Short-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after two games
September 4, 2002	Jesús Ochoa	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Short-term loan to end the season	[21]
September 4, 2002	Chris Roner	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Short-term loan to end the season	[21]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
End of 2001 season	Darin Lewis	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2001 season	Dan Moss	GK	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
October 4, 2001	Michael O'Neill	MF	Unattached	Released	[22]
November 27, 2001	Mark Baena	FW	Unattached	Released	[23]
November 27, 2001	Tony McPeak	FW	Unattached	Released	[23]
November 27, 2001	Neil Ryan	DF	Unattached	Released	[23]
December 5, 2001	Matt Chulis	DF	Unattached	Released	[24]
December 20, 2001	Darren Sawatzky	FW	Unattached	Released	[25]
March 4, 2002	Jeff Clarke	MF	Unattached	Released	[10]
March 4, 2002	Greg Howes	FW	Unattached	Released	[10]
March 21, 2002	Jesús Ochoa	MF	Unattached	Released	[11]
June 25, 2002	Rees Bettinger	FW	Unattached	Released	[26]
June 25, 2002	Noah Delgado	MF	Unattached	Released	[26]
August 6, 2002	Sean McAuley	DF	Unattached	Released	[27]

Loans out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
July 12, 2002	Matt Napoleon	GK	Dallas Burn	Short-term loan; returned to Portland after one game	[28]
August 5, 2002	Matt Napoleon	GK	Colorado Rapids	Short-term loan; returned to Portland after one game	[19]
August 26, 2002	Matt Napoleon	GK	Colorado Rapids	Short-term loan; returned to Portland after one game	[29]

Notes

• ^{^} Disciplinary record not available for September 7 playoff game vs. Vancouver Whitecaps.

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