1982 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
1982 season
Owner	Louisiana-Pacific
Head coach	Vic Crowe
Stadium	Civic Stadium
NASL	Division: 4th; Playoffs: Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Ron Futcher (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	15,233; vs. NYC (May 19)
Lowest home attendance	5,888; vs. FTL (Jun 2)
Average home league attendance	8,786
	← 1981 1985 →

The 1982 Portland Timbers season was the eighth and final season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

Squad

The 1982 squad^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	ENG	Willie Anderson
14	DF	CAN	Bruce Gant
15	MF	ENG	John Pratt
16	MF	CAN	Brian Gant
17	MF	CAN	Greg Ion
18	DF	ENG	Bernie Fagan
21	FW	NIR	Jimmy Kelly
22	GK	NIR	Bill Irwin
23	DF	KOR	Young-Jeung Cho
24	MF	USA	Chris Hellenkamp
25	MF	SCO	Pat McMahon

North American Soccer League

Western Division standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Seattle Sounders	32	18	14	72	48	+24	166
2	San Diego Sockers	32	19	13	71	54	+17	162
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	32	20	12	58	48	+10	160
4	Portland Timbers	32	14	18	49	44	+5	122
5	San Jose Earthquakes	32	13	19	47	62	−15	114
6	Edmonton Drillers	32	11	21	38	65	−27	93

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source:^[2]

Exhibition results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
March 28, 1982	Edmonton Drillers	Victoria, BC^[3]	1–0	~1,500
April 4, 1982	Edmonton Drillers	Autzen Stadium^[4]	2-2	~1,200	Bain, Mitchell

League results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
April 9, 1982	Seattle Sounders	A	1–0	14,286	Bain
April 17, 1982	Chicago Sting	A	2*–1 (OT)	13,243	Mitchell
April 24, 1982	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	1–2	18,346	Futcher
May 2, 1982	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	5–0	14,144	Anderson, Mitchell, Futcher (3)
May 8, 1982	Montreal Manic	H	0–1	11,786
May 15, 1982	Tampa Bay Rowdies	A	2*–1 (OT)	18,237	Futcher
May 19, 1982	New York Cosmos	H	2–3	15,233	Bain (2)
May 26, 1982	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	8,286
May 29, 1982	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	0–1	17,721
June 2, 1982	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	H	3–0	5,888	Bain, Mitchell, Futcher
June 5, 1982	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	A	0–1	10,276
June 8, 1982	Jacksonville Tea Men	A	0–1	7,667
June 12, 1982	San Diego Sockers	H	1–2* (OT)	7,768	Donovan
June 16, 1982	Toronto Blizzard	A	0–1	4,366
June 20, 1982	Jacksonville Tea Men	H	2–0	6,688	Futcher (2)
June 23, 1982	Chicago Sting	H	1–2 (OT)	8,455	Futcher
June 26, 1982	Toronto Blizzard	H	2–1	6,206	Bri. Gant, Futcher
June 30, 1982	Edmonton Drillers	A	0–1	2,876
July 4, 1982	San Diego Sockers	H	3–1	10,542	Bain, Mitchell (2)
July 6, 1982	Tulsa Roughnecks	A	0–4	14,090
July 10, 1982	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–0	12,780	Mitchell (2)
July 14, 1982	Edmonton Drillers	H	3–0	7,658	o.g., Anderson, Futcher
July 18, 1982	New York Cosmos	A	2–6	24,387	Bain, Bri. Gant
July 21, 1982	Montreal Manic	A	0–1	15,401
July 24, 1982	Seattle Sounders	H	1–4	8,488	Mitchell
July 28, 1982	Tulsa Roughnecks	H	2–0	6,058	Bain, Mitchell
July 31, 1982	Seattle Sounders	A	0–3	13,380
August 4, 1982	San Diego Sockers	A	3–5	8,019	Bain (2), Bru. Gant
August 8, 1982	Tampa Bay Rowdies	H	5–0	6,620	Bain, Mitchell, Cho, Lee, Bennett
August 14, 1982	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–0	13,101	Futcher, Bennett
August 18, 1982	Edmonton Drillers	H	4–0	7,246	Bain (2), Futcher, Bennett
August 22, 1982	Seattle Sounders	H	0–1	9,517

* = Shootout win
Source:^[5]

References

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