BEAVERTON, Ore. — Steven Taylor is itching to begin the next phase of his career.
Signed this week to bolster the Portland Timbers back line, the former Newcastle United center back said he is excited about the chance to play in Major League Soccer and to compete for championships.
“It’s a new challenge for me, a new chapter in my career,” Taylor said after the Timbers Tuesday training session. “And I want to win something. I think back in England, the chance to win something was very little.”
Taylor, 30, compared the move to Portland with the feeling he had when he signed with his hometown Newcastle United as a 16-year-old.