Portland, Oregon, United States, is home to three major league sports teams — the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, and Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League. The city also hosts a wide variety of other sports and sporting events.
Current notable teams Basketball The Portland Trail Blazers have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1970 season. The Trail Blazers have played in three NBA Finals (1977, 1990, 1992) and have won one NBA Championship (1977). Several of the Trail Blazers' former players are in the Basketball Hall of Fame, including Dražen Petrović, Bill Walton, Lenny Wilkens, Clyde Drexler, and Arvydas Sabonis. Furthermore, the team has retired several numbers including Terry Porter (#30), Maurice Lucas (#20), Larry Steele (#15).
The Portland Chinooks played in the International Basketball League at The Courts in Eastmoreland.
Portland will be home to the WNBA's Portland Fire in 2026, which will be Portland's second WNBA team after the original Portland Fire folded in 2002.
Hockey The Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks have played in the city since 1976. They play their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They have won three league championships (1982, 1998, 2013).
Soccer
The Portland Timbers joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011 after having past incarnations from 1975–1982, 1985–1990 and 2001–2010. They play at Providence Park, where they average over 20,000 fans and routinely sell out matches. As of November 2013, the Portland Timbers had sold out the last 50 consecutive matches, and over 10,000 fans were on the wait list for season tickets. In 2015, they became the first team in the Northwest to win the MLS Cup.
The Portland Timbers 2 have been playing in the USL Championship since 2014. Portland Timbers 2 (often referred to as "T2") is the reserve squad of the (MLS) club Portland Timbers. The Portland Timbers 2 formerly played at Merlo Field but now play at Providence Park.
The Portland Timbers U23s have been playing in USL League Two since 2010 and play in Salem, Oregon at McCulloch Stadium.
In 2012, Portland Thorns FC and the National Women's Soccer League were officially formed, with both the team and the league beginning play in 2013. The Thorns won the championship in the inaugural NWSL season, won their second title in 2017, and they followed up in 2022 by winning the NWSL championship so became the first team have won the most titles in league history. And have led the league in attendance in each of its first seven seasons.
Baseball
Professional baseball was played nearly continuously in Portland from 1901 until 2010, absent only during the 1994 season. The original Portland Beavers were the longest lived team, playing every season from 1901 to 1972, though occasionally under a different name. Various minor league baseball teams played in Portland thereafter, including revived Beavers teams between 1978 and 1993 and again between 2001 and 2010. Since 2010, there has been no professional baseball played within Portland city limits.
Established in 2015 the Portland Pickles are an active team in the WCL (West Coast League). The Pickles play at Walker Stadium located inside Lents Park in SE Portland. In the summer of 2020, the WCL took a hiatus and the Portland Pickles formed the WWWL (Wild Wild West League), consisting of four teams: The Portland Pickles, The Portland Gherkins, The Gresham Greywolves, and The West Linn Knights. Beginning in 2013, the Hillsboro Hops have played at Ron Tonkin Field in the nearby suburb of Hillsboro, about 15 miles west of Portland. A farm team for the Arizona Diamondbacks, they play in the Northwest League.
In September 2024, the Portland Diamond Project announced that they had signed a letter of intent to purchase Zidell Yards to build a ballpark in an attempt to attract a Major League Baseball team to Portland.
Major professional sports teams
Club Sport Current league Championships Venue Founded Portland Fire Basketball WNBA 0 Moda Center 2024 Portland Thorns FC Soccer NWSL 4 (2013, 2017, 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2022) Providence Park 2012 Portland Timbers Soccer MLS 1 (2015) Providence Park 2009 Portland Trail Blazers Basketball NBA 1 (1977) Moda Center 1970
Other professional sports teams
Club Sport Current league Championships Venue Founded Hillsboro Hops Baseball Northwest League 3 (2014, 2015, 2019) Hillsboro Hops Ballpark 2013 Oregon Ravens American football WNFC 0 Milwaukie High School 2019 Oregon Soar Ultimate (sport) WUL 0 TBA 2024 Oregon Steel Ultimate (sport) UFA 0 Providence Park 2022 PDX FC Soccer USL 2 0 La Salle Catholic High School Stadium 2017 Portland Bangers FC Soccer USL 2 0Hilken Community Stadium 2025 Portland Cascade Softball AUSL 0 Hillsboro Ballpark 2026 Portland Cherry Bombs FC Soccer USL W League 0Hilken Community Stadium 2025 Portland Paddlers Table tennis MLTT 1 (2026) Oregon Convention Center 2023 Portland Pickles Baseball WCL 1 (2024) Walker Stadium (baseball) 2018 Portland Timbers 2 Soccer MLS Next Pro 0 Providence Park 2014 Portland Shockwave American football WFA 0 Hillsboro Stadium 2002 Portland Winterhawks Hockey WHL 5 (1981–82, 1983 Memorial Cup, 1997–98, 1998 Memorial Cup, 2012–13) Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1976 Rip City Remix Basketball NBA G League 0 Chiles Center 2023 Rose City Rollers Roller derby WFTDA 5 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2024) The Hangar at Oaks Amusement Park 2004 United PDX Soccer USL 2 0 Lincoln High School 2018
College sports Portland is home to two NCAA Division I programs: the Portland Pilots, of the University of Portland, and the Portland State Vikings, from Portland State University. Portland State offers football, basketball, women's volleyball, golf, soccer, track and field, tennis, softball, and cross country. The Vikings sponsor football in the FCS (formerly Division I-AA) level and play their games at Providence Park. Portland State is a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Portland Pilots are members of the non-football West Coast Conference and sponsor baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, and track and field.
+Major D1 NCAA college sports teams Club Sport Founded League Venue (capacity) Championships Oregon State Beavers baseball Baseball 1907 Division I (Pac-12) Goss Stadium (3,587) 3 (last in 2018) Oregon State Beavers men's basketball Men's Basketball 1901 Division I (WCC) Gill Coliseum (9,604) 0 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball Women's Basketball 1971 Division I (WCC) Gill Coliseum (9,604) 0 Oregon State Beavers football Football 1893 Division I (Pac-12) Reser Stadium (35,548) 0 Oregon State Beavers men's soccer Men's Soccer 1988 Division I (WCC) Paul Lorenz Field (1,500) 0 Oregon State Beavers softball Softball 1975 Division I (Pac-12) Kelly Field (750) 0 Portland Pilots baseball Baseball 1955 Division I (WCC) Joe Etzel Field (1,300) 0 Portland Pilots men's basketball Men's Basketball 1922 Division I (WCC) Chiles Center (4,852) 0 Portland Pilots women's basketball Women's Basketball 1977 Division I (WCC) Chiles Center (4,852) 0 Portland Pilots men's soccer Men's Soccer 1988 Division I (WCC) Merlo Field (4,892) 0 Portland Pilots women's soccer Women's Soccer 1980 Division I (WCC) Merlo Field (4,892) 2 (last in 2005)
Other sports teams Australian rules football. Portland is home to the Portland Australian Rules Football Club of the USAFL, one of the oldest in the United States, having formed in 1998. The club includes both a men's team (Portland Steelheads) and a women's team (Portland Sockeyes). The Portland Steelheads and Sockeyes are both two time National Champions (winning in 2015 & 2016). The club also runs a small metro footy league. Portland holds the record attendance for an Australian Rules Football match (14,787), when visiting Australian Football League clubs Melbourne and West Coast Eagles competed at Civic Stadium in 1990 Roller derby. The Rose City Rollers is an all-female Women's Flat Track Derby Association-affiliated league founded in 2004 with over 400 members. It consists of four home teams: the Heartless Heathers, the Break Neck Betties, the High Rollers, and the Guns N Rollers as well as the All-Star traveling team, the Wheels of Justice and the Axles of Annihilation the Travel B-Team, who represent the league in interleague bouts. Portland Men's Roller Derby is an all-male league established in 2009. The men's league plays by the current WFTDA roller derby ruleset Rugby league. Rose City Rugby League were formed in 2010 and are part of the AMNRL's Western Expansion Rugby union. Portland is home to four senior-level men's rugby union football clubs and two women's clubs that are sanctioned members of USA Rugby. In men's rugby, the Portland Rugby Football Club (est. 1961, Pigs), Oregon Sports Union Rugby Club (Jesters), and the Eastside Tsunami compete in Division II of the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union (PNRFU). Additionally, a gay and inclusive team, the Portland Lumberjacks compete in PNRFU men's division III. The ORSU Women's Rugby team competes in Women's Division I while the compete in Women's Division II Underwater hockey, The Portland Rockfish Tennis. Team Portland Tennis is a gay and lesbian tennis group that hosts the GLTA sanctioned The Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance Rose City Open every Labor Day weekend and provides various opportunities to meet and compete within the gay community Touch rugby. The Portland Touch Rugby team is a member of the US Federation of International Touch (USFIT)and has won the national championship several times, most recently in 2007 (Portland, Oregon), 2008 (Houston), and 2009 (Portland, Oregon). The team, the Portland Hunters, is home to a number of key members of the US National Touch team who have competed in the Touch Rugby International World Cup several times. There are also two other Touch Rugby teams in the Portland area, the Tigard, Oregon branch of Tumeke Touch and the Reed College Touch Rugby team Paintball. The Portland Naughty Dogs compete in the National Professional Paintball League in a variety of tournaments around the U.S. Mixed martial arts. Portland is also known as a hub for MMA. It's the site of Team Quest, a training camp founded by MMA legends such as Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, and Matt Lindland. Lindland was also founder and coach of the Portland Wolfpack, Portland's team in the now defunct International Fight League. Portland also is host to the semi-annual Sportfight events which frequently showcase the best up and coming fighters in the Pacific Northwest Electric hockey. Developed in northern Europe, electric hockey is a new sport designed specifically for power chair users. Providing opportunity for those experiencing disabilities, electric hockey utilizes a small and fast wooden cart and has game play similar to hockey. Local nonprofit Incight facilitates game play as part of their programming
Defunct sports teams
Baseball
The Portland Beavers were a Triple-A baseball team from the Pacific Coast League affiliated with the San Diego Padres. The most recent franchise, which left after the 2010 season to become the Tucson Padres and is now known as the El Paso Chihuahuas, was founded in 2001, though the Beavers name dates to an early Portland baseball team established in 1903.