The 2004 Portland Timbers season was the 4th 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
May
June
July
August
Postseason
Competitions
A-League
Western Conference standings
Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD1Portland Timbers572818735830+282Vancouver Whitecaps472814953829+93Minnesota Thunder452813963323+104Seattle Sounders4328131144034+65Milwaukee Wave United4028121244448−46Calgary Mustangs182841863051−217Edmonton F.C.182841861956−37
Results summary
Results by round
A-League Playoffs
Playoff bracket
Western Conference semifinals
U.S. Open Cup
Cup bracket
Third round
Fourth round
Cascadia Cup
+2004TeamPtsPldWLDGFGAGDVancouver Whitecaps13843176+1Portland Timbers1284401011-1Seattle Sounders108341990
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Coaching staff PositionStaffHead coach Bobby HoweAssistant coach Jimmy ConwayGoalkeeper coach Jim BrazeauAthletic Trainer Tony GuyetteStrength and conditioning Coach Carl Davison</div> Management
Staff recognition A-League Coach of the Year CoachWLTLeaguePlayoffs Bobby Howe18731stConference Semifinals
A-League Co-Executive of the Year ExecutiveAvg. Att.Club honors Jim Taylor5,281Commissioner's Cup
Squad
Kits
Final roster
Player recognition A-League Rookie of the Year PosPlayerFW Alan Gordon
A-League Goal Scoring Co-Champion PlayerGPG Alan Gordon2717
A-League Assist Leader PlayerGPA Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar2610
A-League All-League First Team PosPlayerGPFW Byron Alvarez25FW Alan Gordon27
A-League All-League Second Team PosPlayerGPMF Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar26
A-League Player of the Week WeekPlayerOpponent(s)6 Alan GordonVancouver Whitecaps7 Alan GordonMilwaukee Wave United9 Byron AlvarezEdmonton Aviators, Vancouver Whitecaps13 Alan GordonEdmonton Aviators
A-League Team of the Week WeekPlayerOpponent(s)Ref3 Alan GordonSeattle Sounders Gavin Wilkinson5 Jake SagareCalgary Mustangs, Seattle Sounders Josh Saunders6 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarVancouver Whitecaps Alan Gordon7 Alan GordonMilwaukee Wave United Aaron Heinzen9 Byron AlvarezEdmonton Aviators, Vancouver Whitecaps13 Alan GordonEdmonton Aviators14 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarVancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders Lee Morrison16 Edwin MirandaCalgary Mustangs, Milwaukee Wave United17 Byron AlvarezMinnesota Thunder, Edmonton F.C., Calgary Mustangs Andrew Gregor18 Hugo Alcaraz-CuellarCalgary Mustangs, Minnesota Thunder19 Scott BenedettiPuerto Rico Islanders20 Scot ThompsonMinnesota Thunder, Milwaukee Wave United
Statistics
Appearances and goals All players contracted to the club during the season included.
Top scorers Players with 1 goal or more included only. Rk.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalA-LeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open Cup1FWByron Alvarez1816112FWAlan Gordon1717003MFAlex Bengard65014FWFadi Afash5500MFHugo Alcaraz-Cuellar55006FWDan Antoniuk3300MFAndrew Gregor32108MFScott Benedetti1100DFEdwin Miranda1100DFLee Morrison1100MFJake Sagare1100GOALS BY FORFEIT1100TOTALS625822
Disciplinary record Players with 1 card or more included only. No.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalA-LeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open Cup 1GKBayard Elfvin202000004DFDavid Henning101000005DFGavin Wilkinson727100017MFHugo Alcaraz-Cuellar303000008MFAlex Bengard2020000011MFBrian Winters4030100012MFAndrew Gregor3030000013DFEdwin Miranda2020000014MFScott Benedetti1010000015FWByron Alvarez5141100020MFJake Sagare4040000021FWAlan Gordon3030000022FWDan Antoniuk1010000023DFAaron Heinzen1010000024DFLee Morrison3232000031DFShawn Saunders50500000 TOTALS4754542001
Goalkeeper stats All goalkeepers included. No.Nat.PlayerTotalA-LeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open CupMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASVMINGAGAASV1Bayard Elfvin32030.841632030.841600—000—030Josh Saunders2566341.191192196271.1110419031.42718042.008 TOTALS2886371.151352516301.0712019031.42718042.008
Player movement
Transfers in DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef March 11, 2004 Josh Saunders GK San Jose Earthquakes Free March 31, 2004 Bayard Elfvin (R) GK Ashland Eagles Free April 8, 2004 Alex Bengard MF Seattle Sounders Free April 8, 2004 Alan Gordon (R) FW Oregon State Beavers A-League College Player Draft, 1st round April 12, 2004 Jake Sagare MF Halifax Town Free April 30, 2004 Memo Arzate (R) MF UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Free April 30, 2004 David Henning DF Des Moines Menace Free April 30, 2004 Erik Cronkrite (R) MF Portland Pilots Free April 30, 2004 Edwin Miranda (R) DF Cal State Northridge Matadors Free April 30, 2004 Shawn Saunders DF Orange County Blue Star Free May 2004 Jarrod Weis (R) MF Portland Pilots Free May 2004 Garrett Marcum (R) MF Portland Pilots Free June 10, 2004 Andrew Gregor MF Vancouver Whitecaps Free July 27, 2004 Fadi Afash FW Utah Blitzz Free
Loans in DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef July 8, 2004 Scot Thompson DF Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan with option to recall; recalled by Los Angeles Galaxy for September 4 game vs. Columbus Crew; returned to Portland following the game
Transfers out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef End of 2003 season Fadi Afash FW N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2003 season Manuel Brasil MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2003 season Cole Burgman GK N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2003 season Jason Melendez MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2003 season Bryn Ritchie DF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed End of 2003 season Jake Sagare MF N/A Contract expired and not re-signed April 14, 2004 Adam Wilson MF Unattached Released April 14, 2004 Ryan Youngblood MF Unattached Released May 25, 2004 McKinley Tennyson FW Unattached Released
Loans out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef September 11, 2004 Alan Gordon FW Los Angeles Galaxy Season-long loan; sold to Los Angeles Galaxy on November 30
Unsigned draft picks DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubNotesRef December 17, 2003 Leonard Griffin DF UCLA Bruins Orange County Blue Star A-League College Player Draft, 2nd round
Notes ^ The Commissioner's Cup was first created in 1991 to honor the American Professional Soccer League regular season champion and was awarded through the 1996 season. It was revived in 2005 to honor the USL First Division regular season champion and was awarded retroactively to the teams which had amassed the most points in previous A-League seasons from 1997 to 2004. The Commissioner's Cup is currently given to the USL Pro regular season champion. ^ The United Soccer Leagues took over operations of the Edmonton Aviators following financial troubles by the ownership group and the team finished the season as Edmonton Football Club.
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