Providence Park

Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, is the home of the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns and one of American soccer's most authentic atmospheres. The stadium's east-side location, wooden seats, and steep pitch-side stands create a European-style environment that Timbers supporters have cultivated since the USL days. The Timbers Army in the north end generates tifo, chants, and green smoke that make this one of the loudest venues in MLS or NWSL. Match nights feel like a Pacific Northwest soccer festival.

Providence Park opened in 1926 as Multnomah Stadium and has hosted Portland Timbers soccer since 1975, making it one of the oldest continuously used soccer venues in the United States. It was renovated for MLS in 2011 and has hosted MLS Cup Playoffs, Thorns NWSL championships, and U.S. national team matches. The stadium's wooden seats and intimate scale are intentional — a rejection of the cavernous multipurpose model. Providence Health's naming deal tied the venue to a local institution.