The Portland Timbers are known around the MLS for having some of the best fans. The Timbers Army makes sure that Providence Park is rockin’ for every home game and PTFC is well represented for away games. While preseason games have a very different feel compared to regular season games, the Arizona regional arm of the Timbers Army, known as the Desert Corps, help give the games a Portland feel with their raucous cheering.
The Desert Corps were formed after the playoffs in 2013, according to Henrik Nielsen. “I spotted a couple of Timbers fans that I had previously connected with, and got them all together, and said, ‘We should do a Tifo,’” Nielsen said at the Desert Corps tailgate before the Cascadia rivalry match against the Seattle Sounders on February 3rd.