Biggest tifo in club history, exclusive giveaway, over 60 alumni in attendance and more: Get all the details for July 19
Saturday night, the Portland Timbers will celebrate their 50th Anniversary, presented by Toyota, with a regular-season match against Minnesota United FC at Providence Park (7:30pm PT, TICKETS, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV).
Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:15pm PT to ensure viewing of our 50-Year Celebration pregame programming and the Timbers Army tifo, which will be the largest painted tifo in MLS history.
Read on for details.
Celebrating 50 years of the Timbers
Celebrating 50 years as a club, the Timbers honor the fan-vote, All-Time XI, Ring of Honor members and alumni from all eras. The match features a crossbody bag giveaway.
The largest painted tifo in MLS history
We’re breaking the first rule of tifo – talking about tifo – because once every 50 years, it’s worth it. This Saturday, the Timbers Army will unveil the largest painted tifo in MLS history before kickoff. It’s going to be massive, encompassing much of the stadium.
Here’s what you need to know: Be in your seats by 7:15 PM. The tifo will go up earlier than usual, so get in a little early.
It'll be down before the match starts, but some guide ropes may still be in place at kickoff. Timbers Army members will be working as quickly as possible to clear them safely – thanks in advance for your patience!
First 10,000 fans receive exclusive crossbody bag, courtesy of Toyota
Need another good reason to get to the park early? Snag one of these great crossbody bags!
Timeline
- 6:10pm PT : Mini Match involving over-70 coed soccer club, Mojos FC
- 7:20pm PT : Presentation of axes to Ring of Honor members John Bain, Clive Charles, Jimmy Conway and Timber Jim
- 7:30pm PT : Largest painted tifo in MLS history
- Halftime : All-alumni recognition and Timbers All-Time XI presentation
* - All times approximate. Exact start times subject to change.
Special Mini Match
At approximately 6:10pm PT, there will be a special mini match at the north end of the pitch involving an over-70, coed soccer team, Mojos FC. Mojos FC is a collective of adults whose soccer origins date back to 1977, inspired by the NASL Portland Timbers. When Portland Parks and Recreation hosted its first recreational summer soccer league for local adults just two years into the Timbers’ existence, many adults in the Portland area were introduced to the beautiful game for the first time, including several of Mojos FC’s founders. Over the years, Mojos and other iterations of its club have grown widely and traveled internationally to share their joy for the game and inspire their community.
50th Anniversary Halftime Celebration
At halftime of the match, over 60 Timbers player alumni from all eras of the club's 50-year history will gather on the field for a special ceremony and recognition. Additionally, the club will present the full Timbers All-Time XI. See all who's schedule to be in attendance:
* = Timbers All-Time XI member
^ = Timbers Ring of Honor member
- Fanendo Adi - MLS*
- Hugo Alcarez-Cuellar - USL
- Kalif Alhassan - USL, MLS
- Willie Anderson - NASL
- Vytas Andriuskevicius - MLS
- Dairon Asprilla - MLS*
- Jeff Attinella - MLS
- Chris Bagley - USL
- John Bain - NASL^
- Sebastián Blanco - MLS*
- Nat Borchers - MLS*
- Ray Burse - USL
- Mike Chabala - USL, MLS
- Clarena Charles - NASL (wife of Clive Charles^)
- Noeleen Conway - NASL (wife of Jimmy Conway^)
- Erik Cronkite - USL
- Bright Dike - USL, MLS
- Steven Evans - MLS
- Brian Farber - USL
- Andrés Flores - MLS
- George Fochive - MLS
- Brian Gant - NASL
- Jacobi Goodfellow - USL
- Paul Gouldsbrough - WSL
- Ned Grabavoy - MLS
- Miguel Guante - USL
- Jeremy Hall - MLS
- Aaron Henzein - USL
- Shaun Higgins - USL
- Bill Irwin - NASL
- Jack Jewsbury - MLS*
- Ryan Johnson - MLS
- Cameron Knowles - USL
- Adam Kwarasey - MLS
- Peter Lowry - MLS
- Larrys Mabiala - MLS
- Sean McAuley - USL
- Tony McManus - USL
- Scott Meiggs - NASL
- Dale Mitchell - NASL
- Lee Morrison - USL
- Danny Mwanga - MLS
- Taylor Peay - MLS
- Jorge Perlaza - MLS
- Mike Randolph - USL
- Troy Ready - USL
- Steve Reese - USL
- Brent Richards - MLS
- Liam Ridgewell - MLS*
- Timber Jim Serrill - NASL, USL^
- Ross Smith - USL
- Zarek Valentin - MLS
- Diego Valeri - MLS* ^
- Jorge Villafaña - MLS
- Rodney Wallace - MLS
- Andrew Weber - MLS
- Brian Winters - USL
- Ryan Youngblood - USL
- Ben Zemanski - MLS
(List subject to change.)
Limited Edition Scarf
Celebrating the night is a limited edition 50-Year Celebration Scarf available exclusively at PTFC Authentic locations at the stadium.
