The Portland Timbers Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Portland Timbers
Ronald Hernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Cole Bassett
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cole Bassett, and the manager let it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Portland Timbers are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Market26 Oct 2026
The David Da Costa story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until David Da Costa signs something — a contract at Portland Timbers or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Jimer Fory knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jimer Fory trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes Elliot Panicco a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Portland Timbers. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- The dugout Alexander Aravena keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Good reports on Juan Mosquera
- Squad Adam Wright is fit again