Less about the soccer and more about being a Portland Timbers fan.

Date: November 24, 2025

Cats: NASL | Tags: 70’s, 80’s, Blind Repost

Here’s a photo of Don Megson taken when? Some time between during tenure as the coach of the Timbers from 1978 to 1980. Of the two NASL era groups I follow, neither of them can be bothered to credit the original source of the photo. When pressed the reply has always been “it’s user submitted.”

UPDATE: After posting I was trying to identify the other players in the picture and found the source of the original picture.

From 1970s Soccer USA:

Did You Know? Don Megson was hired to coach the Portland Timbers in 1978 and responded by steering the team to a franchise-best 20 wins, then advanced all the way to the Conference Championship round of the playoffs before losing to the New York Cosmos.

From NASLJerseys.com, an invaluable resource.

Jimmy Conway (8), Paul Toomey (9), Dale Mitchell(18), Coach Megson, Alan Thompson (15)
From https://www.oregonlive.com

This is a blind repost from social media. That basically means I found the content online and the original source wasn’t credited. Whenever I ask the response is always along the lines of “a member submitted it, I don’t know.” If you know the source or additional context of this content, please contact me. 

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