2008 Portland Timbers season

The 2008 Portland Timbers season was the 8th season for the Portland Timbers—the third incarnation of a club to bear the Portland Timbers name—of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.

Portland Timbers

2008 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head coach	Gavin Wilkinson
Stadium	PGE Park Portland, Oregon
USL-1	League: 11th Playoffs: Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	First round
Cascadia Cup	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Brown (8 goals) All: Chris Brown (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	13,050 vs. CHA (Sep 11)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,921 vs. MIN (Apr 24) All: 3,089 vs. HWU (Jun 10)
Average home league attendance	League: 8,567 All: 8,225
Primary colors Secondary colors Third colors

Preseason

March 28, 2008	Portland Timbers	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)	Portland, Oregon USA
19:30 (PDT)	Karalexis  71'	Report	8' Kamara  13' Salinas	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,168

March 30, 2008	Portland Timbers	1–0	Gonzaga Bulldogs (NCAA)	Forest Grove, Oregon USA
14:00 (PDT)	Dombrowski  65'	Report		Stadium: Lincoln Park Stadium Attendance: 913

April 11, 2008	Portland Pilots (NCAA)	1–1	Portland Timbers	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Emory  88'	Report	49' Knowles	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 553

Regular season

April

April 8, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	1–0	Puerto Rico Islanders	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Brown  71'	Report	40' Atieno	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 10,977 Referee: Fotis Bazakos (USA)

April 24, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	2–1	Minnesota Thunder	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Brown  9' Higgins  65'	Report	41' Paye	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 4,921 Referee: Yader Reyes (USA)

April 26, 2008 USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	2–0	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Suzuki  6' Guante  76'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 9,894 Referee: Colin Tait (USA)

May

May 8, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–0	Rochester Rhinos	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)				Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 7,519 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal (USA)

May 10, 2008 USL-1 / CC	Seattle Sounders	0–0	Portland Timbers	Seattle USA
19:00 (PDT)		Report		Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 10,184 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

May 16, 2008 USL-1	Puerto Rico Islanders	2–2	Portland Timbers	Bayamón PUR
17:00 (PDT)	Gbandi  20' Krause  25'	Report	26' Olum  83' Brown	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 6,922 Referee: Fernando Iturriaga (USA)

May 18, 2008 USL-1	Miami FC	0–0	Portland Timbers	Olympia Heights, Florida USA
19:00 (PDT)		Report		Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Joe Caraccio (USA)

May 24, 2008 USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)		Report	60' Arze	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,688 Referee: Yader Reyes (USA)

May 26, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–2	Miami FC	Portland, Oregon USA
14:00 (PDT)	Suzuki  45'	Report	43' (pen.), 68' Afonso	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,921 Referee: Tyler Ploeger (USA)

May 30, 2008 USL-1	Montreal Impact	0–1	Portland Timbers	Montreal Canada
16:30 (PDT)		Report	45' Brown	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 13,034 (SO) Referee: Domenic Scali (Canada)

June

June 1, 2008 USL-1	Rochester Rhinos	2–1	Portland Timbers	Rochester, New York USA
15:00 (PDT)	Delicâte  14' Menyongar  80'	Report	78' J. Thompson	Stadium: PAETEC Park Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Tony Russo (USA)

June 5, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–0	Minnesota Thunder	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)		Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 5,651 Referee: Andrew Gage (USA)

June 7, 2008 USL-1 / CC	Vancouver Whitecaps	3–1	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
19:00 (PDT)	Sebrango  54' Nash  66' Valente  90'	Report	9' S. Thompson	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 (SO) Referee: Jonathan Lavergne (Canada)

June 10, 2008 USOC 1st Rd	Portland Timbers	2–3	Hollywood United (USASA)	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Brown  32' Oka  51'	Report	45' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Taylor  90' Alexander	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 3,089 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn (USA)

June 12, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	2–2	Atlanta Silverbacks	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Bagley  14' Poltl  17' J. Thompson  39' S. Thompson  68'	Report	29' (o.g.) Guante  88' Knox	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 7,862 Referee: Jasen Anno (USA)

June 14, 2008 Friendly	Portland Timbers	1–0	Juventus Primavera	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Brown  24'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

June 27, 2008 USL-1	Carolina RailHawks	1–0	Portland Timbers	Cary, North Carolina USA
17:00 (PDT)	Nuñez  4'	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,617 Referee: Tony Crush (USA)

June 28, 2008 USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks	0–2	Portland Timbers	Atlanta USA
16:55 (PDT)		Report	3' Brown  69' Bagley	Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Attendance: 2,417 Referee: Mark Kadlecik (USA)

July

July 3, 2008 Friendly	Portland Timbers	0–2	Monarcas Morelia	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)		Report	16' Landín  27' Durán  64' Romero	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 11,932 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

July 6, 2008 Friendly	Portland Timbers	1–3	Monarcas Morelia	Seattle USA
18:00 (PDT)	Nyassi  63'	Report	22' (pen.) Landín  57' Guzmán  64' Hernández	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

July 10, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–2	Puerto Rico Islanders	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)		Report	38' Noël  45' Hansen	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 10,042 Referee: Jeremy Vehar (USA)

July 15, 2008 Friendly	Portland Timbers	2–0	Tigres UANL	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	J. Thompson  52' Alvarez  54'	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,375

July 18, 2008 USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks	1–1	Portland Timbers	Atlanta USA
16:55 (PDT)	Buete  90'	Report	90' Olum	Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Attendance: 2,412 Referee: Hido Tica (USA)

July 19, 2008 USL-1	Charleston Battery	2–0	Portland Timbers	Charleston, South Carolina USA
16:30 (PDT)	Spicer  27' Armstrong  32'	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,742 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (USA)

July 24, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	0–0	Carolina RailHawks	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Brown  42'	Report	78' Stokes	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,257 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn (USA)

August

August 2, 2008 USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	2–2	Portland Timbers	Blaine, Minnesota USA
17:05 (PDT)	Sánchez  18' (pen.) Gonzalez  65'	Report	70' Guante  75' (pen.) Jordan	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,318 Referee: Landis Wiley (USA)

August 7, 2008 USL-1 / CC	Portland Timbers	0–1	Seattle Sounders	Portland, Oregon USA
20:00 (PDT)	S. Thompson  33'	Report	20' Le Toux	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 12,332 Referee: Jasen Anno (USA)

August 9, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	1–1	Charleston Battery	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Jordan  12'	Report	69' Alavanja	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 6,283 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal (USA)

August 16, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	2–1	Montreal Impact	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Jordan  50' Brown  69'	Report	86' Donatelli	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 7,893 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

August 22, 2008 USL-1 / CC	Vancouver Whitecaps	2–1	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
20:00 (PDT)	Addlery  3', 43'	Report	12' Olum	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,761 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

September

September 4, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	4–0	Miami FC	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Alvarez  3' Dunn  41' Brown  48', 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,219 Referee: Richard Heron (USA)

September 6, 2008 USL-1	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	Portland Timbers	Rochester, New York USA
16:35 (PDT)	Delicâte  40' Heins  87'	Report		Stadium: PAETEC Park Attendance: 6,570 Referee: Javier Santos (PUR)

September 8, 2008 USL-1	Montreal Impact	2–0	Portland Timbers	Montreal Canada
16:30 (PDT)	Di Lorenzo  13' Byers  45'	Report		Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,246 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

September 11, 2008 USL-1	Portland Timbers	1–2	Charleston Battery	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 (PDT)	Higgins  14' Dunn  39'	Report	73' Alavanja  89' King	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 13,050 Referee: Yader Reyes (USA)

September 20, 2008 USL-1	Carolina RailHawks	1–0	Portland Timbers	Cary, North Carolina USA
16:30 (PDT)	Nuñez  90'	Report	70' Griffin	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,878 Referee: Saeed Mohamed (USA)

Competitions

USL First Division

Standings

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	H2H Pts
1	Puerto Rico Islanders	54	30	15	6	9	43	23	+20
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	53	30	15	7	8	34	28	+6
3	Montreal Impact	42	30	12	12	6	33	28	+5
4	Rochester Rhinos	41^†	30	11	10	9	35	32	+3
5	Charleston Battery	40	30	11	12	7	34	36	−2	CHA: 4 pts SEA: 4 pts
6	Seattle Sounders	40	30	10	10	10	37	36	+1
7	Minnesota Thunder	39	30	10	11	9	40	38	+2
8	Carolina RailHawks	37	30	9	11	10	34	43	−9
9	Miami FC	34	30	8	12	10	28	34	−6	MIA: 7 pts ATL: 1 pt
10	Atlanta Silverbacks	34	30	8	12	10	37	50	−13
11	Portland Timbers	31	30	7	13	10	26	33	−7

Tie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery
^† Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	31	7	13	10	26	33	−7	5	5	5	15	13	+2	2	8	5	11	20	−9

Source: [2]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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	29	30
Ground	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	T	T	T	T	L	L	W	L	T	L	T	L	W	L	T	L	T	T	L	T	W	L	W	L	L	L	L

Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

U.S. Open Cup

Cup bracket

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

NPSL

Arizona Sahuaros

0

USL-1

Seattle Sounders (aet)

1

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

2

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

6

MLS

Chivas USA

0

USASA

Hollywood United

0

USL-1

Portland Timbers

2

USASA

Hollywood United

3

First round

June 10, 2008

19:00 (PDT)

Portland Timbers	2–3	Hollywood United (USASA)
Brown  32' Oka  51'	Report	45' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Taylor  90' Alexander

PGE Park

Attendance: 3,089

Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

Cascadia Cup

2008

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
Vancouver Whitecaps	13	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3
Seattle Sounders	8	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Portland Timbers	4	6	1	4	1	4	7	-3

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Gavin Wilkinson
Assistant Coach	Rod Underwood
Assistant Coach	Jim Rilatt
Goalkeeper Coach	Jim Brazeau

Updated to match played June 9, 2011
Source: 

Management

Majority Owner & President	Merritt Paulson
General Manager	Gavin Wilkinson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	PGE Park ( / )

Source:

Squad

Kits

The Timbers wore a green home kit, bearing white accents on the collar and sleeves, with green shorts and green socks. The away kit was white with white shorts and white socks. The third kit was a deep maroon color, called "Rose City Red", with maroon shorts and maroon socks.[3]

Primary

Secondary

Third

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 Jordan James 2 MF  USA Miguel Guante 4 DF  USA Tim Karalexis 5 DF  CAN Justin Thompson 6 DF  NZL Cameron Knowles 7 MF  USA Shaun Higgins 8 MF  USA Tom Poltl 9 MF  USA Drue Harris 10 MF  CIV Arsène Oka 11 FW  USA Chris Brown 12 DF  USA Leonard Griffin 13 FW  USA Jamil Walker

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  USA Neil Dombrowski 15 MF  KEN Lawrence Olum 16 MF  SCO Bryan Little 17 DF  USA Scot Thompson 18 GK  USA Steve Reese 19 MF  USA Troy Ready 20 FW  SOL Benjamin Totori 21 DF  USA Cameron Dunn 23 FW  MEX Byron Alvarez 30 DF  JPN Takayuki Suzuki 32 GK  USA Chase Harrison 33 FW  USA Chris Bagley

Recognition

USL-1 All-League Second Team[4]

Pos	Player	GP
DF	Cameron Knowles	29

USL-1 Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
2	Takayuki Suzuki	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders	[5]

USL-1 Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
2	Takayuki Suzuki	Seattle Sounders	[6]
21	Byron Alvarez	Miami FC	[7]

USL-1 Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
1	Chris Brown	Puerto Rico Islanders	[8]
2	Ray Burse	Minnesota Thunder, Seattle Sounders	[5]
	Shaun Higgins
	Scot Thompson
	Takayuki Suzuki
4	Cameron Knowles	Rochester Rhinos, Seattle Sounders	[9]
5	Cameron Knowles	Puerto Rico Islanders, Miami FC	[10]
	Bryan Little
7	Miguel Guante	Montreal Impact	[11]
8	Leonard Griffin	Minnesota Thunder, Vancouver Whitecaps	[12]
9	Justin Thompson	Atlanta Silverbacks	[13]
11	Chris Brown	Carolina RailHawks, Atlanta Silverbacks	[14]
14	Lawrence Olum	Atlanta Silverbacks, Charleston Battery	[15]
15	Brad Knighton	Carolina RailHawks	[16]
	Cameron Knowles
16	Bryan Jordan	Minnesota Thunder	[17]
17	Bryan Jordan	Seattle Sounders, Charleston Battery	[18]
18	Bryan Jordan	Montreal Impact	[19]
	Scot Thompson
21	Chris Brown	Miami FC, Rochester Rhinos, Montreal Impact	[20]

Appearances and goals

All players contracted or loaned to the club during the season included.[21][22]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL-1		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jordan James	4	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
2	MF		Miguel Guante	29	2	20+8	2	0+1	0
4	DF		Tim Karalexis	11	0	3+7	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Justin Thompson	25	2	22+2	2	1+0	0
6	DF		Cameron Knowles	29	0	29+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Shaun Higgins	28	2	26+2	2	0+0	0
8	MF		Tom Poltl	25	0	22+3	0	0+0	0
9	MF		Kiki Lara	7	0	1+5	0	1+0	0
10	MF		Arsène Oka	8	1	2+5	0	1+0	1
11	FW		Chris Brown	28	9	27+0	8	1+0	1
12	DF		Leonard Griffin	30	0	28+1	0	1+0	0
13	FW		Jamil Walker	12	0	1+11	0	0+0	0
(13)	MF		Andrew Gregor (traded to Rochester Rhinos)	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Neil Dombrowski	14	0	8+5	0	1+0	0
15	MF		Lawrence Olum	24	3	14+10	3	0+0	0
16	MF		Bryan Little	18	0	5+12	0	1+0	0
17	DF		Scot Thompson	27	1	27+0	1	0+0	0
18	GK		Steve Reese	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Troy Ready	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW		Benjamin Totori	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
21	DF		Cameron Dunn	7	1	6+1	1	0+0	0
(22)	GK		Brad Knighton (2 month loan from New England Revolution)	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
(22)	MF		Tom Taylor (released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Byron Alvarez	9	1	7+2	1	0+0	0
(23)	GK		Ray Burse (3 month loan from FC Dallas)	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0
(24)	DF		Vardan Adzemian (4 month loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
(25)	DF		Scott Bolkan (4 month loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
(26)	FW		Bryan Jordan (3 short-term loans from Los Angeles Galaxy)	9	3	8+1	3	0+0	0
30	FW		Takayuki Suzuki	27	1	21+5	1	0+1	0
32	GK		Chase Harrison	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW		Chris Bagley	27	2	11+15	2	1+0	0

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.[21][22]

Rk.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total	USL-1	U.S. Open Cup
1		FW	Chris Brown	9	8	1
2		FW	Bryan Jordan	3	3	0
		MF	Lawrence Olum	3	3	0
4		FW	Chris Bagley	2	2	0
		MF	Miguel Guante	2	2	0
		MF	Shaun Higgins	2	2	0
		DF	Justin Thompson	2	2	0
8		FW	Byron Alvarez	1	1	0
		DF	Cameron Dunn	1	1	0
		FW	Takayuki Suzuki	1	1	0
		DF	Scot Thompson	1	1	0
		MF	Arsène Oka	1	0	1
			TOTALS	28	26	2

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.[2]

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		USL-1		U.S. Open Cup
2		MF	Miguel Guante	3	0	2	0	1	0
5		DF	Justin Thompson	7	0	6	0	1	0
6		DF	Cameron Knowles	6	0	6	0	0	0
7		MF	Shaun Higgins	7	0	7	0	0	0
8		MF	Tom Poltl	4	1	4	1	0	0
10		MF	Arsène Oka	1	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Chris Brown	2	1	1	1	1	0
12		DF	Leonard Griffin	5	1	5	1	0	0
13		FW	Jamil Walker	1	0	1	0	0	0
(13)		MF	Andrew Gregor	4	0	4	0	0	0
14		MF	Neil Dombrowski	1	0	1	0	0	0
15		MF	Lawrence Olum	2	0	2	0	0	0
16		MF	Bryan Little	2	0	1	0	1	0
17		DF	Scot Thompson	4	2	4	2	0	0
21		DF	Cameron Dunn	0	1	0	1	0	0
23		FW	Byron Alvarez	2	0	2	0	0	0
(23)		GK	Ray Burse	1	0	1	0	0	0
(26)		FW	Bryan Jordan	2	0	2	0	0	0
30		FW	Takayuki Suzuki	8	1	8	1	0	0
33		FW	Chris Bagley	2	0	2	0	0	0
			TOTALS	64	7	59	7	5	0

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.[21][22]

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				USL-1				U.S. Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
1		Jordan James	360	8	2.00	15	270	5	1.67	11	90	3	3.00	4
18		Steve Reese	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
(22)		Brad Knighton	720	10	1.25	27	720	10	1.25	27	0	0	—	0
(23)		Ray Burse	1170	9	0.69	50	1170	9	0.69	50	0	0	—	0
32		Chase Harrison	540	9	1.76	13	540	9	1.76	13	0	0	—	0
		TOTALS	2790	36	1.16	105	2700	33	1.10	101	90	3	3.00	4

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 5, 2007	Tim Karalexis	DF	Charleston Battery	Acquired in exchange for Luke Kreamalmeyer	[23]
December 18, 2007	Miguel Guante	MF	Miami FC	Free	[24]
January 18, 2008	Chris Brown	FW	Real Salt Lake	Free	[25]
February 28, 2008	Jordan James	GK	Houston Dynamo	Free	[26]
March 7, 2008	Arsène Oka	MF	New England Revolution	Free	[27]
March 28, 2008	Takayuki Suzuki	FW	Yokohama F. Marinos	Free	[28]
April 15, 2008	Leonard Griffin	DF	Columbus Crew	Free	[29]
April 16, 2008	Bryan Little	MF	Auckland City	Free	[30]
April 17, 2008	Benjamin Totori	FW	Waitakere United	Free	[31]
May 6, 2008	Steve Reese	GK	Portland Timbers	Free	[32]
May 6, 2008	Tom Taylor	MF	Portland Timbers	Free	[32]
July 9, 2008	Chase Harrison	GK	Rochester Rhinos	Acquired with Jamil Walker in exchange for Andrew Gregor	[33]
July 9, 2008	Jamil Walker	FW	Carolina RailHawks	Acquired with Chase Harrison in exchange for Andrew Gregor	[33]
July 22, 2008	Byron Alvarez	FW	Charleston Battery	Free	[34]
August 1, 2008	Cameron Dunn	DF	Hollywood United	Free	[35]

Loans in

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Fee/Notes	Ref
April 7, 2008	Ray Burse	GK	FC Dallas	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by FC Dallas on July 2, 2008	[36][37]
April 14, 2008	Vardan Adzemian	DF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Los Angeles Galaxy on August 1, 2011	[35][38]
April 14, 2008	Scott Bolkan	DF	Los Angeles Galaxy	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Los Angeles Galaxy on August 1, 2011	[35][38]
June 4, 2008	Bryan Jordan	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Short-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after 2 games	[39]
June 27, 2008	Bryan Jordan	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Short-term loan; returned to Los Angeles Galaxy after 2 games	[40]
July 2, 2008	Brad Knighton	GK	New England Revolution	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by New England Revolution on August 22, 2011	[37][41]
July 30, 2008	Bryan Jordan	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Los Angeles Galaxy on September 3, 2011	[42]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
End of 2007 season	Jaime Ambriz	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2007 season	Bayard Elfvin	GK	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2007 season	David Hague	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2007 season	Luc Harrington	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2007 season	Garrett Marcum	DF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2007 season	Lee Morrison	DF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2007 season	Matt Taylor	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
December 5, 2007	Luke Kreamalmeyer	MF	Charleston Battery	Traded for Tim Karalexis	[23]
December 5, 2007	Kevin Meissner	DF	Unattached	Released	[23]
January 17, 2008	Tom Taylor	MF	Unattached	Released	[43]
March 25, 2008	Josh Wicks	GK	Los Angeles Galaxy	Undisclosed	[44]
March 25, 2008	Bryan Jordan	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	Undisclosed	[44]
June 25, 2008	Tom Taylor	MF	Unattached	Released	[45]
July 9, 2008	Andrew Gregor	MF	Rochester Rhinos	Traded for Chase Harrison and Jamil Walker	[33]

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