The Portland Timbers officially announced on Friday that Portland Timbers 2 will forgo the 2021 USL Championship season, going on hiatus until 2022. The Timbers are working closely with MLS on a solution for competition.
“The Timbers have had a longstanding and productive relationship with USL, one that provided us the platform to enter MLS, and for that we are extremely appreciative,” said Gavin Wilkinson, Timbers general manager and president of soccer, in a press release. “With the inability to share players between T2 and the first team due to COVID this season we have been unable to use this platform for player development as we would have hoped and we don’t expect that to change in 2021.