The team, often referred to as "T2", serves as the reserve squad for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS).

[1][2][3] The team was a member of the USL Championship from 2015 to 2019, and was in the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid beginning in 2016.

[10] In T2's first season, the team finished in 8th place in the Western Conference of the league table with 11 wins, 15 losses, and 2 ties.

Midway towards the end of the season, T2 had attempted to make a comeback to clinch the final spot for the USL playoffs which increased from the top six to eight teams in each conference.

The typeface used in the team's logo is the same font used in the 1975 Portland Timbers North American Soccer League kits.