2009 Portland Timbers season
Date Pos Name To Fee
End of 2008 season FW Byron Alvarez N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season FW Chris Bagley N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season MF Neil Dombrowski N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season GK Chase Harrison N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season GK Jordan James N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season DF Tim Karalexis N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season MF Arsène Oka N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season MF Troy Ready N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season GK Steve Reese N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season DF Justin Thompson N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season FW Benjamin Totori N/A Contract expired
End of 2008 season FW Jamil Walker N/A Contract expired
January 2 , 2009 FW Chris Brown N/A Retired
February 20 , 2009 MF Bryan Little Unattached Released
March 4 , 2009 MF Lawrence Olum Minnesota Thunder Undisclosed
March 2009 MF Kiki Lara Unattached Undisclosed release
March 27 , 2009 MF Miguel Guante Unattached Released
April 21 , 2009 DF Dieumerci Vua Unattached Released
Squad -- Player movement
Permanent
The 2009 Portland Timbers season was the ninth season for the club in the United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid. The first competitive game of the 2009 season was played on April 25 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC versus Vancouver Whitecaps FC which the Timbers lost 1-0. Following that loss the Timbers went on a 24-game unbeaten streak in the league on their way to securing the Commissioner's Cup for finishing the regular season atop the table. In a hard-fought, two-legged series, Vancouver Whitecaps FC knocked Portland out of the playoffs in the semifinals by an aggregate score of 5-4. In the U.S. Open Cup the Timbers hosted Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer in the third round but were eliminated by their bitter rivals 2-1 in front of 16,382 spectators at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon.