Colorado Rapids Get Michael Harrington From Portland In Trade

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP/CBS4) — The Portland Timbers traded defender Michael Harrington to the Colorado Rapids for allocation money.

An eight-year MLS veteran, Harrington appeared in 25 matches last season with two assists.

The Timbers also acquired veteran defender Nat Borchers from Real Salt Lake, one of a flurry of moves Monday for Portland's Major League Soccer team.

Portland sent allocation money to Salt Lake in exchange for the 33-year-old Borchers, who has started for RSL for the past seven seasons and was a key contributor to the 2009 MLS Cup-winning team.

Portland signed several players including Ghanaian goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey from the Norwegian Premier League, Colombian winger/forward Dairon Asprilla, and Brazilian defender Jeanderson Salvador Pereira.

The team also exercised the purchase option on defender Alvas Powell from his Jamaican club and signed him to a long-term deal.

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