2010 Portland Timbers season
| 2010 season | |||
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| President |
 Merritt Paulson
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| Head Coach |
 Gavin Wilkinson
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| Stadia |
PGE Park Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 15,418) Merlo Field (1 game) Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 4,892) |
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| D-2 Pro League |
Conference: 3rd Overall: 4th (3rd in points) Playoffs: Quarterfinals |
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| U.S. Open Cup | Third round | ||
| Cascadia Cup | 1st | ||
| Top goalscorer |
Ryan Pore (15 goals)
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| Highest home attendance | League: 15,418 vs. Rochester (April 17) vs. Minnesota (August 11) vs. Baltimore (August 29) vs. Puerto Rico (September 2) All: 15,422 vs. Seattle (June 30) |
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| Lowest home attendance | League: 5,808 vs. Vancouver (April 29) All: 2,107 vs. Sonoma County (June 15) |
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| Average home league attendance | League: 10,727 All: 10,183 |
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The 2010 Portland Timbers season was the tenth and final season for the club in the USL Conference of the USSF Division-2 Professional League (D-2 Pro League), the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid. The D-2 Pro League was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in 2010 to last just one season, as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL). An expansion club retaining the Timbers name began play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011.
The first competitive game of the 2010 season was played on April 17 at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon against the Rochester Rhinos. The Timbers won 1–0 on a Ryan Pore penalty in the 85th minute in front of a sold out crowd of 15,418.
The Portland Timbers started shaping the squad for the 2010 season on December 7, 2009 when they announced the signing of Quavas Kirk from the Minnesota Thunder while also naming nine players from the 2009 squad who would not be returning.
On January 15, head coach Gavin Wilkinson was named the 2009 FieldTurf USL Division 1 Coach of the Year for the second time. Three days later, the Timbers appointed Wilkinson Technical Director of the Portland Timbers MLS club which was scheduled to begin play in 2011.
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