The Portland City Council is scheduled to declare Wednesday, Jan. 20 as "2015 MLS Champion Portland Timbers Soccer City USA" day.

The City Council will make the proclamation at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday during their meeting. The resolution was introduced by Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Dan Saltzman.

The resolution includes a summary of significant events in the Timbers' MLS history, including the date that the City Council voted to support the Timbers' bid to become an MLS team, the date of the club's first MLS home game and the dates and descriptions of the major games in Portland's historic 2015 MLS Cup playoff run.

The Timbers won their first MLS Cup on December 6 after beating the Columbus Crew 2-1 at MAPFRE Stadium.

The Timbers are scheduled to open preseason training camp for the 2016 season on Saturday, Jan. 23.

-- Jamie Goldberg | jgoldberg@oregonian.com

503-853-3761 | @jamiebgoldberg