See last week’s announcement, and you get one impression about the Portland Timbers’ center back depth chart. Liam Ridgewell and the club, mutually parting ways. Julio Cascante, Larrys Mabiala and Bill Tuiloma, still on the roster. Modou Jadama also there, ready to move up after a season with Timbers 2. Ridgewell’s was always going to be a major loss, but in the talent that was left, Portland has both present and potential in its center back corps.
The organization’s latest acquisition, though, tells a different story.