1981 Portland Timbers season

Portland Timbers
1981 season
Owner	Louisiana-Pacific
Head coach	Vic Crowe
Stadium	Civic Stadium
NASL	Division: 3rd; Playoffs: First round
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	League: ; John Bain; Dale Mitchell; (11 goals); All: ; John Bain (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	17,318; vs. VAN (Jul 4)
Lowest home attendance	4,669; vs. SJE (May 6)
Average home league attendance	League: 10,516; All: 10,834
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OwnerLouisiana-Pacific

Head coach

Vic Crowe

StadiumCivic Stadium

NASLDivision: 3rd
Playoffs: First round

The 1981 Portland Timbers season was the seventh season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	32	21	11	74	43	+31	186
2	Calgary Boomers	32	17	15	59	54	+5	151
3	Portland Timbers	32	17	15	52	49	+3	141
4	Seattle Sounders	32	15	17	60	62	−2	137
5	Edmonton Drillers	32	12	20	60	79	−19	123

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
March 28, 1981	California Surf	A	2–0	7,663	Lee, Mitchell
April 4, 1981	Seattle Sounders	A	1–2* (OT)	24,065	Pratt
April 11, 1981	Calgary Boomers	H	3–1	8,524	Mitchell (2), Anderson
April 18, 1981	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	1–2 (OT)	13,153	Lee
April 26, 1981	Calgary Boomers	A	2–1	10,114	Mitchell (2)
May 2, 1981	Tulsa Roughnecks	H	1–3	7,766	Bain
May 6, 1981	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	4,669	Bain (2), Lee
May 10, 1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	A	3–1	3,306	Bain, Mitchell, Lee
May 16, 1981	Calgary Boomers	H	2–0	10,510	Mitchell, Bain
May 24, 1981	Edmonton Drillers	A	1–2	12,812	Lee
May 27, 1981	Vancouver Whitecaps	A	0–2	23,541
June 3, 1981	Minnesota Kicks	H	1–0	8,318	Bri. Gant
June 9, 1981	Atlanta Chiefs	A	1–2	3,117	Brown
June 13, 1981	Seattle Sounders	H	2–1	15,316	o.g., Bain
June 17, 1981	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers	H	0–3	11,093
June 20, 1981	Chicago Sting	H	2–4	12,510	Mitchell, Brown
June 23, 1981	Chicago Sting	A	1–0	9,568	Bri. Gant
June 27, 1981	Tulsa Roughnecks	A	1*–0 (OT)	19,232
June 30, 1981	Edmonton Drillers	A	1–2	7,892	Mitchell
July 4, 1981	Vancouver Whitecaps	H	2–3 (OT)	17,318	Mitchell, Donachie
July 8, 1981	Washington Diplomats	H	2–1	8,155	Brown, Lee
July 11, 1981	Minnesota Kicks	A	3*–2 (OT)	15,302	Bain, Brown
July 15, 1981	Dallas Tornado	A	0–1	2,905
July 18, 1981	California Surf	H	2–3 (OT)	9,134	Powell, Anderson
July 22, 1981	San Diego Sockers	A	1–3	10,268	Bain
July 25, 1981	San Diego Sockers	H	0–2	8,493
July 29, 1981	New York Cosmos	A	0–2	28,640
August 1, 1981	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2*–1 (OT)	11,166	Brown
August 5, 1981	Edmonton Drillers	H	3–1	8,423	Cho, Bain, Brown
August 8, 1981	Dallas Tornado	H	5–2	8,954	Bain, Brown (2), Cho, Mitchell
August 15, 1981	Seattle Sounders	A	2–1 (OT)	16,747	o.g., Powell
August 19, 1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	H	2–1	15,923	Brown, Bain

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	Portland Timbers	2	1	0

	San Diego Sockers	1	5	2
						San Diego Sockers	1	2	3

						Jacksonville Tea Men	2	1	1
	Jacksonville Tea Men	3	2	—

	Atlanta Chiefs	2	1	—
											San Diego Sockers	2	1	0

											Chicago Sting	1	2	1
	Seattle Sounders	2	2	2

	Chicago Sting	3	0	3
						Chicago Sting	2	4	4

						Montreal Manic	3	2	2
	Montreal Manic	5	2	2

	Los Angeles Aztecs	3	3	1

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
August 22, 1981	San Diego Sockers	H	2–1	15,923	Brown, Bain
August 26, 1981	San Diego Sockers	A	1–5	12,039	Day
August 30, 1981	San Diego Sockers	A	0–2	15,244

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1981 Portland Timbers season

North American Soccer League

Regular season

Northwest Division standings

League results

Postseason

Playoff bracket

Playoff results

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