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Future is now for Timbers' Alvas Powell
Alvas Powell's eyes probably widened a bit when he was selected as a starter for the Portland Timbers against Vancouver in a MLS regular season game.
"Who me?" Powell recalled saying.
The surprise was justified. Powell is just 19-years-old, but the right back has started two MLS games and seems to be rapidly gaining the favor and confidence of coach Caleb Porter. Porter has inserted the teenager into games that have an impact on the Timbers playoff hopes in the final games of the regular season.
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Alvas Powell's eyes probably widened a bit when he was selected as a starter for the Portland Timbers against Vancouver in a MLS regular season game.
"Who me?" Powell recalled saying.
The surprise was justified. Powell is just 19-years-old, but the right back has started two MLS games and seems to be rapidly gaining the favor and confidence of coach Caleb Porter. Porter has inserted the teenager into games that have an impact on the Timbers playoff hopes in the final games of the regular season.
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