It’s been seven years, and rarely in the Portland Timbers voyage through MLS has the club been blessed with two truly, first XI-worthy forward talents. Today, however, the Timbers took a huge step toward replicating the depth it had in 2015, when a striking tandem of Fanendo Adi and Maxi Urruti helped deliver the team’s first MLS Cup.
Samuel Armenteros, a 27-year-old Sweden international, arrived today as the club’s latest Targeted Allocation Money signing, joining Peruvian Andy Polo as TAM acquisitions designed to bolster the attacking corps.