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Timbers midfielder Jack Jewsbury shows off his championship ring in a Twitter post.

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The Portland Timbers had a personalized 2015 MLS Cup championship ring made for the Timbers Army, the official supporters group of the club.

The Timbers organization had planned to surprise the TA with the ring at a later date, but Timbers owner Merritt Paulson made the decision to tweet out a picture of the individualized ring Monday after members of the Timbers Army set up a GoFundMe page in hopes of buying their own championship ring.

The Timbers announced last week that they would be auctioning off one final championship ring through their Stand Together program and members of the Timbers Army decided to set up a GoFundMe Page to buy a "Ring for the People" to give to the 107ist, the organizational arm of the Timbers Army.

As of Monday, they were just under halfway to their goal of raising $5,000 to buy the ring.

That's when Paulson decided it was time to unveil the surprise.

Timbers owner Merritt Paulson tweeted out a picture of the ring that the club had made for the supporters.

After Paulson's announcement the GoFundMe Page organizers decided it would be best to refund the money that they had raised to buy the other ring.

The auction closes Wednesday and the proceeds from the auction with benefit the Timbers' Stand Together program, which supports philanthropic efforts in the Portland community.

-- Jamie Goldberg | jgoldberg@oregonian.com

503-853-3761 | @jamiebgoldberg