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What happened?!?

Drafted some guys, and traded some guys. Acquired a couple draft picks in those trades. The Timbers picked up 5-6 young inexpensive players with upside. Drafted the "rights" of two players (Bornstein, Findley) who played on the US's most recent World Cup team. These two guys won't play for the Timbers next season, but will have value down the road when they return from overseas. They will either have to play for the Timbers or the Timbers will get compensation for their rights. Robbie Findley is a small possibility for next season, but it's likely he'll be in Europe the next few years.
 
Drafted some guys, and traded some guys. Acquired a couple draft picks in those trades. The Timbers picked up 5-6 young inexpensive players with upside. Drafted the "rights" of two players (Bornstein, Findley) who played on the US's most recent World Cup team. These two guys won't play for the Timbers next season, but will have value down the road when they return from overseas. They will either have to play for the Timbers or the Timbers will get compensation for their rights. Robbie Findley is a small possibility for next season, but it's likely he'll be in Europe the next few years.

Findley was somewhat disappointing during the World Cup, but I imagine he'd be good for the Timbers.
 
Any stars? Who are going to be our best players?
 
Any stars? Who are going to be our best players?

They thought Findley was going to be a star for the US team, but he didn't quite live up to it. Maybe he'll come through for the Timbers.
 
Any stars? Who are going to be our best players?

I'd say our best players aren't on the roster yet. The Timbers drafted two players (Anthony Wallace, Dax McCarty) who started in the recent MLS championship game, but traded them both for draft picks, a younger cheaper player, and "allocation money". Allocation money in MLS allows teams to buy down their salary cap number.

Word is that a few new attacking players are on the way, but no one on the Timbers current roster is a star.

Position Name
Defender Eric Brunner
Goalkeeper Steve Cronin
Forward Bright Dike
Defender Jordan Graye
D/MF Jeremy Hall
Defender David Horst
Forward Eddie Johnson
MF/FW Peter Lowry
Midfielder Adam Moffatt
Midfielder Ryan Pore
Defender Rodney Wallace
 
Rodney Wallace
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Height: 5-11
Weight: 160
Born: Jan. 26, 1989, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Last Club: Colorado Rapids
College: University of South Florida
Citizenship: United States

A four-year veteran, Wallace, 21, joins the Timbers after playing the second half of the 2010 season with the Colorado Rapids following a July trade from FC Dallas. The having played his entire MLS career in Dallas since being acquired by the club in the 1st round, 9th overall pick, in the 2007 SuperDraft as a Generation adidas player. Wallace has appeared in 15 games, with 11 starts, with Dallas playing in 842 minutes. He played in two games in 2010 for FCD totaling 16 minutes. On the international level, Wallace played for the United States U-17 and U-18 teams and was a member of the U.S. U-20 squad that participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

Adam Moffatt
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Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Born: May 15, 1986, in Glasgow, Scotland
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Last Club: Columbus Crew
College: None
Citizenship: Scotland

Moffat was selected by the Timbers from the Columbus Crew with the club's third selection in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. The midfielder enters his seventh professional season and fifth in MLS, having begun his career in his native Scotland before signing stateside with Cleveland City Stars of the USL. He then signed with the Crew in 2007, for whom he has scored five goals and added one assist in 44 career matches (36 starts).
Stats & Facts:

2010: Set career highs by playing 1,951 minutes in 24 matches (23 starts) … scored two goals and contributed one assist … Scored Columbus’s first goal in a 2-2 draw at FC Dallas on April 10… Scored the opening goal of a 2-1 win vs. Chicago on July 3 … Also saw action in four CONCACAF Champions League matches, tallying an assist in a 4-1 win at Jamaica’s Joe Public FC on Oct. 21 …Named to the 18-man gameday roster for both legs of the Crew’s first-round playoff defeat to Colorado but did not enter either match.

2009: Appeared in 12 matches (6 starts), scoring one goal ... Named the Crew OhioHealth Comeback Player of the Year at the end of the season ... Missed 10 matches with a left hamstring strain from May 2-July 11 ... Started in the Round of 16 U.S. Open Cup match at Rochester … Appeared in all six 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League matches, with three starts.

2008: Appeared in seven games (6 starts) ... Missed two games in May with a sprained right knee, then missed the final 20 of the season after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee and being placed on season-ending injured reserve on June 16 ... Had two goals, March 29 vs. Toronto FC and May 3 at Kansas City ... Goal on March 29 was the game-winner on Opening Day and was both the first of his MLS career and the first of the Crew's championship season ... Was a member of the Crew's 2008 MLS Cup-championship squad, but was on injured reserve and did not see any playoff action ... 2008 U.S. Open Cup: Started and went the full 90 minutes in the U.S. Open Cup qualifier vs. Real Salt Lake on May 27.

2007: Made his MLS and Crew debut, and earned first MLS start, in the Crew's regular-season finale at D.C. United on Oct. 20 ... Started and went the first 77 minutes in the friendly vs. Mexico’s Tecos UAG on Nov. 13 and scored the Crew's first goal in a 2-0 victory ... Signed by the Crew via discovery on Sept. 19 ... Started two games in the Reserve Division.

2007: Led the Cleveland City Stars of the USL Second Division to a 10-1-9 record (39 pts.) and a second-place finish in the regular season ... Was named to the USL-2 All-League First Team ... Led the team and finished second in the league in scoring, knocking in eight goals and two assists in 19 appearances.

2006-07: Appeared in 29 matches and scored seven goals in all competitions for Elgin City FC of the Scottish Third Division.

2005-06: Started his pro career with Ross County FC of the Scottish Second Division.

Personal: Full name is Adam John William Moffat ... Married to the former Jennifer Lenhart, sister of former teammate Steven, in Dec. 2009 … His favorite player is Ryan Giggs, who plays for his favorite team, Manchester United... Enjoys playing video games, as well as reading.
 
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Something must be wrong with my new iPhone screen.........the top guy looks black!
 

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