Timbers Lose Zarek Valentin (Subsequently Traded To Houston) To Nashville In Expansion Draft; Ex-Timber Alvas Powell Headed To Miami;

Defenseman Zarek Valentin was selected from the Portland Timbers by Nashville SC in Tuesday's Major League Soccer Expansion Draft---he would eventually be traded to the Houston Dynamo for goalkeeper Joe Wills.

Meanwhile, a former Timber, Alvas Powell, a fellow defender, was chosen in the same draft by fellow expanionists Inter Milan CF.