When you heard 'the Portland Timbers signed a homegrown player' today your first thought might not have been Marco Farfan.
Farfan was heavily involved in the first half of the season, but went quiet once school started up at the end of August just as fellow academy prospect Blake Bodily started to grab the attention of Timbers fans. Nonetheless, Farfan made quite the impression with his time on T2 in 2016. As such, the front office have now signed him as a homegrown player.
This isn't the Timbers' first homegrown player signing: both Brent Richards and Steven Evans came first.