After missing the postseason in 2016, Caleb Porter's side will look a few key additions to right the ship in 2017.
Following a MLS Cup win in 2015, last season was a step back for the Portland Timbers.
Caleb Porter's club missed the playoffs and watched arch rival Seattle lift the cup in its absence. The main culprit for the Timbers' regression was their poor road form. Portland became just the eighth MLS team in history to fail to win a single road match for an entire season, posting an 0-11-6 mark away from Providence Park.
Porter has insisted that depth was the culprit behind the club's road woes, and Portland has brought in a number of key additions ahead of the 2017 campaign to address that concern.