The Portland Timbers open the 2025 MLS season on Sunday, Feb. 23 against Cascadia Cup rival Vancouver Whitecaps. Sunday also marks the 50th season for the Timbers, a club that’s engrained in the fabric of Soccer City, USA.

When the Portland Timbers open their 50th season, one of the club’s most impactful players will celebrate his own milestone.

Other new players for 2025 include Colombian defender Jimer Fory, Venezuelan forward Kevin Kelsy, Costa Rican winger Ariel Lassiter, Ecuadoran midfielder Joao Ortiz and defender Ian Smith, a 2025 SuperDraft pick. The Timbers this week also signed defender Zac McGraw to a contract extension through 2026, with a team option for 2027.

MLS 2025 kicks off with a game that's worth more than three points. Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps face off at Providence Park, opening the first chapter in this year's Cascadia Cup. The rivalry between the two has spanned decades, and all signs point to this encounter being a combustible affair, both on and off the field.

MLS action returned for the first-ever edition of 'Sunday Night Soccer' after a brilliant start to the new 2025 season across all the fun yesterday, including Lionel Messi hitting the ground running

Club HistoryThis current iteration of the Portland Timbers entered the MLS in 2011, but existed as an USL franchise from 2001 through 2010. After two uneventful seasons, the Timbers exploded behind

Evander, Luciano Acosta and David da Costa are joining new MLS sides less than two weeks ahead of the 2025 season.

MLS is back. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are set to begin their 2025 MLS regular season this Sunday, February 23 against a familiar foe in Cascadia rivals Portland Timbers. Kickoff from Providence Park in Portland,