BEAVERTON, Ore. – It’s not every day that Gavin Wilkinson offers to placate his local media’s curiosity, but as the current version of his 2019 MLS team finished its season’s first training, the Portland Timbers’ president of soccer was indoors, answering questions about the coming year, and implicitly satiating eager minds about a relatively quiet offseason.
“We are definitely looking to sign a right back, and we’re definitely looking to sign a forward,” Wilkinson said, igniting fuses as the start of his session, openly confirming speculation that’s surrounded the team’s, until then, clandestine plans.
“I would go one step further and say we’ve targeted young forwards…,” he explained.