Alaska Timbers

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Alaska Timbers
Alaska Timbers Logo.png
Founded2020;4 years ago (2020)
StadiumConocoPhillips Stadium
Anchorage, Alaska,
United States
Capacity2,000 [1]
Coordinates 61°13′N149°54′W / 61.217°N 149.900°W / 61.217; -149.900
General ManagerDanny Reynolds
Head CoachJeremy Johnson
League UPSL
20201st, Last Frontier Division
Website Club website

Alaska Timbers is a semi-professional soccer club based in Anchorage, Alaska. The club's senior team began playing in the Last Frontier Division of the United Premier Soccer League in 2020. The team is an official affiliate of the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns of the NWSL.

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History

An official youth affiliation between the Portland Timbers and the Anchorage Youth Soccer Club was announced in November 2019. AYSC became one of ten affiliate clubs across Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. The agreement was the first of its kind between a professional soccer club and an Alaskan team. [2] On April 30, 2020 it was announced that the club would field a pro-development team in the United Premier Soccer League, the fifth tier of the United States soccer league system, beginning with the 2020 season. [3]

The team played its first league match on June 21, 2020 against Arctic Rush. It earned a 4–1 victory with Timbers player Cole Fox scoring the opening goal of the entire 2020 UPSL season and the first in Alaska Timbers history. [4] The team finished its first season undefeated with a 5–1–0 record and won the Last Frontier Division title. [5] [6]

Current roster

No.PositionPlayerNation

Record

Key

  Champion  Runners-up  3rd Place

YearDivisionLeaguePld.WLDGFGA+/-Regular SeasonOther
20205 UPSL 6501308221st, Last Frontier Division
20218017826−185th

Club management

As of June 23, 2020 [7] [8]

PositionStaff
Technical DirectorJo Reid
General ManagerDanny Reynolds
Head CoachJeremy Johnson
Assistant CoachWill Lucero

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References

  1. ↑ Carr, Terry. "Assembly approves naming Kincaid stadium after oil giant". adn.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Professional Soccer Teams Bring Alliance to Alaska". Alaska Business Magazine. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "UPSL Announces Last Frontier Division Expansion with Alaska Timbers". UPSL. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "UPSL Opener". Alaska Timbers. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Alaska Timbers Are the Alaska Division Champions". Non-Pro Soccer. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Bragg, Beth. "In the Last Frontier men's soccer division, Alaska's best players get a league of their own". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "UPSL – AK Timbers Senior Team". Anchorage Youth Soccer Club. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Alaska Timbers Team Staff". Alaska Timbers. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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