Midfielder Neco Brett, selected by the Portland Timbers with the 40th overall pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Brett moved to the United States for the first time in 2012 when he began his collegiate soccer career at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa. In four seasons at Robert Morris, Brett scored 42 goals and tallied 16 assists in 67 games. In 2013, Brett led all of NCAA Division I players in regular season scoring with 36 points and, the following season, led all of NCAA Division I soccer in goals scored with 15.