Portland Bangers FC

Portland Bangers
Full namePortland Bangers Football Club
FoundedJanuary 21, 2025; 16 months ago (2025-01-21)
StadiumLents Park
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
OwnerCOLLiDE Sport
Head coachJorge Villafaña
LeagueUSL League Two
20254th of Northwest Division (no playoffs)
Websiteportlandbangers.com

Portland Bangers Football Club is an American soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. They were founded in 2025 and plan to field a semi-professional men's team in the Northwest Division of USL League Two. The team's ownership group COLLiDE Sport also owns the women's team Portland Cherry Bombs FC, as well as the Portland Pickles, a local summer baseball team. The team is named after the British nickname for sausages.

History

On January 21, 2025, the owners of the Portland Pickles baseball team announced that they would form a new soccer team that would play in USL League Two's Northwest Division. It was one of 20 expansion teams planned for the 2025 season and would join three other teams in Oregon.[1] Former Portland Timbers player Jorge Villafaña was named as head coach.[2] The team would use college players in a manner similar to the Pickles, who run during the summer offseason.[3]

The team's name, Portland Bangers FC, and crest were announced on February 5, 2025. The "bangers" name refers to both the British nickname for sausages as well as a term in soccer for a long-distance goal.[4] Former Timbers captain Diego Valeri was also announced as assistant coach and team advisor.[3] The Bangers plan to play at Hilken Community Stadium in the Concordia neighborhood,[2] with capacity expected to be lower than Walker Stadium, a 1,566-spectator ballpark used by the Pickles.[3] The team plans to have several theme nights similar to the Pickles.[4]

The crest is a green roundel with a white shield that is inspired by the arches of St. Johns Bridge that features the team's mascot, Saucy T. Sausage, a pink sausage.[5] The logo features Saucy T. Sausage kicking a soccer ball with a pattern of stars similar to the city flag through the team's wordmark, rendered in a comic book-like font to reference Portland's indie comics industry.[6]

Mascot

Portland Bangers FC banners at Walker Stadium, Lents Park, 2026

The team's mascot, a large sausage named Saucy T. Sausage, was unveiled in May 2025. According to his origin story, he was created by Portland Pickles mascot Dillon T. Pickle as a science experiment and was dipped in "some sort of radioactive fluid".[7] In a segment on The Late Show, comedian Stephen Colbert called Saucy T. Sausage "horrifying" and compared him to a "porno version of the Grinch".[8]

Staff

Coaching staff
Head coach Jorge Villafaña
Assistant coach Diego Valeri
Technical director Luke Babson
Goalkeeper coach Austin Rogers

Last updated: February 2025
Source: Portland Bangers FC[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Odom, Joel (January 21, 2025). "Portland Pickles adding USL2 soccer team". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Saslow, Rachel (January 21, 2025). "Portland Pickles Are Bringing a New Soccer Team to Town This Summer". Willamette Week. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Streeter, Isaac (February 5, 2025). "'A new way of doing things:' Introducing the Bangers, Portland's newest soccer team". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Saslow, Rachel (February 5, 2025). "Portland's New Soccer Team Will Be the Bangers". Willamette Week. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  5. ^ Jensen, Alex (February 5, 2025). "Meet Rose City's newest pre-pro soccer team, Portland Bangers FC". KGW. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "About". Portland Bangers FC. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. ^ Fernandez, Ryan (May 14, 2025). "Portland Bangers' new mascot gets an unhinged origin story". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  8. ^ Turnquist, Kristi (May 21, 2025). "Stephen Colbert roasts Portland soccer sausage mascot as 'horrifying'". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  9. ^ "Portland Bangers FC 2025 Technical Staff". Portland Bangers FC. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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