A lack of depth across the board crippled the Timbers in 2016.
In a season beset by injuries, PTFC struggled mightily to stay afloat when they called upon players down the depth chart to step up and fill in for a missing starter.
Depth wasn’t the only problem the Timbers in 2016, but it was a significant one.
And it’s become clear that a fundamental pillar of the Timbers’ offseason plan is to address that problem, especially in the attack. Along with news of the signing of Dairon Asprilla on Saturday, we also got the clearest view of the Timbers’ plan with respect to their attacking depth chart:
It sounds like the plan (as it was all along) is to be three-deep at each of the attacking positions w/ competition to earn minutes.