In conjunction with Major League Soccer’s announcement of a new professional league, the Portland Timbers announced on Monday that they will field a team that will participate in the new league during the inaugural season.
The Timbers also announced that T2, the former development team for the Timbers that played in the USL, will undergo a rebrand. T2 was halted this past season after being a part of the USL’s first division for six seasons (2015-20).
“We made the difficult decision to halt T2 this year knowing that MLS was likely to start its own league in 2022,” said Timbers owner and CEO Merritt Paulson via the press release.