Portland, Oregon, USA, is home to three major league sports teams - the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, and Portland Thorns FC from the National Women's Soccer League. The city also hosts various sporting and sporting events.
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Current renowned team
Basketball
The Portland Trail Blazers have been playing at the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1970 season. Trail Blazers has played in three NBA Finals (1977, 1990, 1992) and has won one NBA Championship (1977). Some former Trail Blazers players are at the Basketball Hall of Fame, including Dra? En Petrovi ?, Bill Walton, Lenny Wilkens, Clyde Drexler, and Arvydas Sabonis. Subsequently, the team has retired several numbers including Terry Porter (# 30), Maurice Lucas (# 20), Larry Steele (# 15).
Portland Chinooks is playing in the International Basketball League at The Courts in Eastmoreland.
Hockey
Portland Winterhawks of the West Hockey League have played in this city since 1976. They split their home game between the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Fashion Center. They have won three league titles (1982, 1998, 2013).
Football
The Portland Timbers joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011 after an incarnation in the past from 1975-82, 1985-90 and 2001-10. They play at Providence Park, where they average over 20,000 fans and routinely sell matches. In November 2013, the Portland Timbers have sold out in the last 50 games in a row, and more than 10,000 fans are on the waiting list for season tickets. They won their first MLS Cup in 2015.
The Portland Timbers 2 has been playing in United Soccer League since 2014. Portland Timbers 2 (often referred to as "T2") is the club's reserve squad (MLS), Portland Timbers. The Portland Timbers 2 previously played at Merlo Field but now plays at Providence Park.
The Portland Timbers U23s have played in the Premier Development League since 2010 and shared Providence Park with MLS Timbers.
In 2012, Portland Thorns FC and National Women's Soccer League are officially formed, with both teams and leagues beginning to play in 2013. The Thorns won the championship in its inaugural NWSL season and again in 2017, and have led the league present in each his first five seasons.
Baseball
Professional baseball was played almost continuously in Portland from 1901 to 2010, absent only during the 1994 season. The original Portland Beavers were the longest-lived team, playing each season from 1901 to 1972, albeit sometimes under a different name. Small league baseball teams played in Portland afterwards, including the Beavers team which was revived between 1978 and 1993 and again between 2001 and 2010. Since 2010, no professional baseball was played within the Portland city limits.
Founded in 2015, Portland Pickles is an active team in GWL (Great West League). The Pickles plays at Walker Stadium located inside Lents Park in SE Portland. Starting in 2013, Hillsboro Hops has been playing at Ron Tonkin Field on the outskirts of Hillsboro, Oregon, about 15 miles west of Portland. An agriculture team for the Arizona Diamondbacks, they play in the Northwest League, minor league baseball Class A Short Season.
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Current team list
College sports
The Portland Beavers is a Triple-A baseball team from the Pacific Coast League affiliated with San Diego Padres. The latest franchise, remaining after the 2010 season to Tucson Padres and now known as El Paso Chihuahua, was founded in 2001, although the beaver's date name for the early Portland baseball team was founded in 1903.
The baseball team called Beaver was in Portland from 1903-1917 and again from 1919-1972 and 1978-1993, and finally from 2001-2010. In 1973, after the Beaver moved to Spokane, Washington, the Portland Mavericks came to town in the form of an independent Single-A team in the Northwest League. From 1973 to 1977 they played in what became known as the Civic Stadium. The Mavericks are owned by former minor league players and television actor Bing Russell. When Russell sold the team back to the Beaver in 1978, it was $ 116,000, at that time the record amount for a minor league franchise. The latest Beavers franchise also plays at Civic Stadium. The original Beavers Stadium is Vaughn Street Park located in northwest Portland. The Beavers won the Pacific Coast League Pennant in the following years: 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1932, 1936, 1945 and 1983. When the beaver moved to Salt Lake City in 1993, another Northwest League team, Portland Rockies, moved for the 1995 season, playing until 2000. When the Beaver returned for the 2001 season, the Rockies moved to Pasco, Washington to become Datan City's Demon Tri. The latest version of Beavers is also played at Civic Stadium, renamed PGE Park on their arrival. After the city announced plans to renovate PGE Park to a special football stadium for the Timbers, and the proposed park for the beaver failed to materialize, the team moved to Tucson and then to El Paso.
Football
In 2013, it was announced that Arena Football League (AFL) flourished to Portland and Portland Thunder was originally owned by Terry Emmert. The Thunder's first match took place on March 17, 2014, against San Jose SaberCats at the Moda Center in Portland. Prior to the 2016 season, the AFL took over the Thunder operation while seeking new local ownership. The team then changed its name to Portland Steel for the 2016 AFL season. The team folded after the 2016 season.
Before Portland Thunder/Steel, Portland had the Arena Football League team, the Portland Forest Dragons. In 1997, 1998, and 1999, The Forest Dragon collected records 2-12, 4-10, and 7-7, never making a temporary playoff round in Portland. During the 1998 season the team featured Oronde Gadsden recipients, who won the Rookie of the Year league award, and went on to sign with the NFL Miami Dolphins.
Other non-functioning teams
The Portland Pride was founded in 1992 as a founding member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL), which began playing in 1993. The team played its home game at the Portland's Memorial Coliseum. In 1997, the team and the league played its last season. CISL is folded and Pride ownership moves the team to the Premier Soccer Alliance, where the team plays with the name of Portland Pythons.
- The Portland Power competed in the American Basketball League from 1996 to 1998.
- The Portland Breakers competed in the United States Football League during the USFL 1985 season.
- Portland has a team (Portland LumberJax) in the National Lacrosse League.
- The Portland Storm and the Portland Thunder competed in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975.
- The Portland Fire competed in the WNBA from 2000 to 2002.
- The Portland Buckaroos competed in (PCHL/NWHL) from 1928 to 1941, in (WHL) from 1960 to 1975, and in (WIHL) in 1975.
- The Portland Rosebuds were the first two professional hockey teams, one of which in 1916 was the first Stanley Cup final participant from the United States.
Places, events and other activities
- Car racing. Portland was on the Champ Car World Series circuit, hosting the Grand Prix of Portland race at the Portland International Raceway from 1984-2007. PIR also organizes races at the American Le Mans Series and various SCCA, historic, and annual races like the Rose Cup during the city's Rose Festival.
- Skiing and snowboarding is very popular among the inhabitants of Portland. The area is serviced by a number of resorts located in nearby Mt Hood, including Timberline, which allows skiing throughout the year. The only other resort in North America with summer skiing is Whistler in British Columbia.
- Rock climbing is becoming more popular as an outdoor hobby. In the many small cliffs around the city, one can see mountain climbers-in-training with their ropes, alpenstocks, and hard-soled boots that practice their technical moves on rocks to prepare for difficult alpine climbing.
- Running is a major important sport in metropolitan areas, Nike homes, and Adidas operations in America. The Portland Marathon has been held annually in this city since 1971. The Hood to Coast Relay is the largest running race in the world, with around 17,000 racers per year running from Timberline Lodge in Mount Hood to the Pacific Ocean at Seaside.
- Horse Racing. The horse has been running at Portland Meadows since 1946.
- Velodrome. Amateur cycling has been done every week at the Alpenrose Velodrome since 1962.
- Cricket. Portland has its own cricket league called Oregon Cricket League (OCL) estb. 2005 which provides 2 cricket game formats throughout the year; The T20, a cricket league of over 20 played in colored outfits, and a longer format than 30 league overs played in whites. Beaverton United Cricket Club is the reigning champions T20 league, winning it 3 times in a row from 2011. Northwest Cricket Club is the current 30-30 cricket league champion.
- Delta Dome, the proposed stadium in 1964
References
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