1989 Portland Timbers season

The 1989 Portland Timbers season was the ninth season for a club bearing the Portland Timbers name. The club, previously known as F.C. Portland, changed its name to the Portland Timbers prior to the beginning of the 1989 Western Soccer League season.

Portland Timbers
1989 season
Head coachScotland John Bain
StadiumCivic Stadium
WSLDivision: 2nd
Playoffs: Semifinals
U.S. Open CupDid not enter
Top goalscorerUnited States Scott Benedetti (8 goals)
← 1988
1990 →

Squad

edit

The 1989 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   USA Kasey Keller
00 GK   USA Greg Maas
GK   USA Glenn Rogers
DF   USA Steve Ancheta
DF   USA Mike DePinna
DF   USA Trent Schultz
DF   USA Sam Singer
DF   USA Garrett Smith
DF   USA Wade Webber
MF   MEX Ignacio Baez
6 MF   SCO John Bain
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   USA Dick McCormick
MF   USA Souk Ngongethong
MF   USA Doug van de Brake
MF   USA Jim Webber
FW   CAN Rob Baarts
FW   USA Scott Benedetti
FW   USA Jeff Enquist
FW   ENG Paul Gouldsbrough
12 FW   USA Mark Miller
FW   USA Eric Phillippi

Western Soccer League

edit

Regular season

edit

North Division standings

edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 16 11 5 37 26 +11 27 98 Playoffs
2 Portland Timbers 16 11 5 32 25 +7 21 92
3 Seattle Storm 16 10 6 32 23 +9 21 87
4 Sacramento Senators 16 3 13 20 43 −23 9 40
Source: [1]

League results

edit
April 28, 1989 Portland Timbers 1–0 California Kickers Portland, Oregon
Baarts   64'
May 27, 1989 Arizona Condors 2–1 Portland Timbers Mesa, Arizona
Kerlin   39'
Veatch   79' (pen.)
  90' J. Webber
June 3, 1989 Seattle Storm 2–3 (a.e.t.) Portland Timbers Seattle
James   3'
Carnell   90'
  34' (o.g.)
  62' Schultz
  108' J. Webber
June 16, 1989 Real Santa Barbara 1–2 Portland Timbers Santa Barbara, California
John   57'   59' Gouldsbrough
  90' Baarts
June 18, 1989 Sacramento Senators 3–6 Portland Timbers Sacramento, California
Smith   7'
Lang   39'
Bilotta   89'
  42', 58' Gouldsbrough
  52', 86' J. Webber
  79', 82' Enquist
June 28, 1989 Portland Timbers 4–0 San Diego Nomads Portland, Oregon
Benedetti   12', 34', 44'
J. Webber   88'
July 1, 1989 Portland Timbers 5–1 Real Santa Barbara Portland, Oregon
Baarts   5', 32'
Benedetti   13', 46'
Enquist   85'
  59' DePaco

Source:[2]

Postseason

edit

Playoff bracket

edit
Semifinals Final
      
San Diego Nomads 2
Portland Timbers 1
San Diego Nomads 1
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 0
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (aet) (p) 1 (4)
Los Angeles Heat 1 (2)

Source:[2]

Playoff results

edit

Source:[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1989". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Western Soccer League 1989 Season". The A-League Archives. Retrieved May 6, 2011.