It’s official: After three years of smoke there is finally fire to the Portland Timbers acquiring Darren Mattocks from the Vancouver Whitecaps, as on Monday the Timbers and ‘Caps completed the deal for the Jamaican forward in exchange for targeted allocation money in 2016, general allocation money in 2017, and a 2017 international roster spot.
This comes, of course, as little surprise. Following on a Friday report from RJR News in Jamaica, on Saturday Weber confirmed the Whitecaps and Timbers have completed a deal. As usual we don’t know how much allocation money crossed (and, as it turns out, will cross) the border, but the tea leaves surrounding the deal tell us a lot.