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Last off season the Portland Timbers were one of the busiest teams in the league and they needed to be after the season they had. This season it was less about rebuilding and more about retooling, which fits the mantra "If it aint broke don't fix it!"
Here is what the roster currently looks like:
| # | POS | Player Name | Age | HT | WT | Birthplace |
| 11 | M | Kalif Alhassan | 23 | 5' 10" | 160 | Ghana |
| 21 | M | Diego Chara | 27 | 5' 8" | 150 | Colombia |
| 98 | D | Mamadou "Futty" Danso | 30 | 6' 3" | 185 | The Gambia |
| 15 | M | Steven Evans | 22 | 6' 1" | 180 | United States |
| F | Gastón Fernández | 30 | 5' 7" | Argentina | ||
| D | Bryan Gallego | 20 | 5' 10" | 165 | United States | |
| 90 | GK | Jake Gleeson | 23 | 6' 3" | 200 | New Zealand |
| 5 | D | Michael Harrington | 27 | 6' | 170 | United States |
| 13 | M | Jack Jewsbury | 32 | 6' | 185 | United States |
| 4 | M | Will Johnson | 26 | 5' 10" | 160 | Canada |
| 44 | D | Pa Modou Kah | 33 | 6' 1" | 175 | The Gambia |
| 31 | D | Rauwshan McKenzie | 27 | 6' 1" | 185 | United States |
| 6 | F/M | Darlington Nagbe | 23 | 5' 9" | 165 | Liberia |
| 17 | M | Michael Nanchoff | 25 | 5' 8" | 150 | United States |
| D | Norberto Paparatto | 30 | 6' 3" | 180 | Argentina | |
| 10 | F | Frederic Piquionne | 35 | 6' 2" | 170 | New Caledonia |
| 23 | D | Alvas Powell | 19 | 6' | 165 | Jamaica |
| 1 | GK | Donovan Ricketts | 36 | 6' 4" | 210 | Jamaica |
| 27 | D | Mikael Silvestre | 36 | 6' | 190 | France |
| 37 | F | Maximiliano Urruti | 22 | 6' | 165 | Argentina |
| 8 | M | Diego Valeri | 27 | 5' 10" | 165 | Argentina |
| M | Jorge Villafaña | 24 | 5' 9" | 150 | United States | |
| 22 | D/M | Rodney Wallace | 25 | 6' | 165 | Costa Rica |
| GK | Andrew Weber | 30 | 6' 2" | 190 | United States | |
| M | Steve Zakuani | 25 | 6' | 160 | Republic of Congo | |
| 14 | M | Ben Zemanski | 25 | 5' 11" | 150 | United States |
Draft Picks
| F | Schillo Tshuma | 21 | 5' 10" | 162 | Zimbabwe | |
| D | Taylor Peay | 22 | 6' 2" | 180 | United States | |
| M | Aaron Long | 21 | 6' 1" | 173 | United States |
On Loan
| 20 | F | Jose Valencia | 22 | 6' 1" | 180 | Colombia |
Hold the Rights to
| 9 | F | Ryan Johnson | 29 | 6' 1" | 180 | Jamaica |
| 30 | GK | Milos Kocic | 28 | 6' 4" | 200 | Serbia |
| 18 | M/D | Brad Ring | 26 | 5' 10" | 165 | United States |
If all three draft picks make the roster this would put the Portland Timbers at 29 roster spots. MLS rosters cap at 30 and this means there is one roster spot open (remember loaned players do not count as a roster spot) for a possible new signing. However, if Portland does not fill that roster spot they can use the $35,000 in allocation money they get by living that spot open. It also means that Brad, RJ and Milos would not be on the roster even but Portland would retain their rights if anyone else would like to sign them.
Here are the current numbers in each position:
Goalkeepers: 3
Defenders: 10
Midfield: 12
Forwards: 4
International Roster Spots
Currently the Portland Timbers have 8 international spots and as of last year they were using all 8. However with the loss of Kocic and the loan of Valencia opened up 2 roster spots which was filled by the signing of the two Argentines. This leaves 6 other players on the list and they are Alhassan, Piquionne Valeri, Kah, Urruti, Silvestre. There have been hints that due to the length of time spent in the US Alhassan will be receiving or already has received his green card. Thus opening up one more spot for the signing of Tshuma which would then put Portland back up to 8 international signings.