The 2012 Portland Timbers season was the 2nd season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.

On July 9, Portland Timbers parted company with John Spencer.

Last updated: January 26, 2012Source: Portland Timbers Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster slots.

[31] The Timbers then traded one of their 2012 slots to the Montreal Impact in exchange for not selecting any Timbers players in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft[32] and a 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft 4th Round pick.

In July 2012, Portland traded a slot to Colorado Rapids as part of the Kosuke Kimura deal.