The Portland Timbers have announced their preseason schedule for 2016 today, including the opposition lined up for the Simple invitational, the first matches of the year in Portland.
The Timbers will start their preseason with a week of training in Portland from January 23rd to 27th before heading to Tucson, AZ for fifteen days where they will play friendlies against FC Tucson, the Houston Dynamo, the Seattle Sounders, and Real Salt Lake. Finally, the Timbers will return to Portland and close out the preseason with the Simple Invitational, facing off against the Vancouver Whitecaps, Chicago Fire and Minnesota United.