Portland Timbers defender Nat Borchers will miss the rest of the 2016 season with a ruptured left Achilles tendon that will require surgery. Borchers, who won MLS Cup titles in 2009 with RealSalt Lake and in 2015 in his first season with the Timbers, was injured in Saturday’s game against the LA Galaxy when he landed awkwardly after an aerial challenge.

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