Alas, Jorge, we barely knew ye (again). Just as sudden as when we saw him return to Portland in 2018, Jorge Villafana is officially gone. With his departure to the Los Angeles Galaxy — along with Marco Farfan’s trade to the other part of LA — the Portland Timbers fullback pool now stands at just two (2) players: Pablo Bonilla and Claudio Bravo.
Bonilla is a Venezuelan sparkplug who just turned the legal drinking age in the United States. He was originally signed as a Timbers 2 project, but got pressed into first team service this summer after the unexpected departure of Jorge Moreira, going through quite the journey with his hairstyles.