The Portland Timbers already made a splash this season by spending a club-record transfer fee to sign Argentine striker Brian Fernandez in May, but the club isn’t done making roster moves.

Timbers General Manager and President of Soccer Gavin Wilkinson told MLSsoccer.com that the Timbers are planning to bring in at least one player during the Secondary Transfer Window that will be capable of competing for a starting spot.

The Secondary Transfer Window opened Tuesday and runs through August 7.

“We will look to bring in at least one player," Wilkinson told MLSsoccer.com. "Obviously, at this stage of the season, it needs to be a player who can impact the results and the performance of the group. But we need to manage the performance of the group. Too many changes is not healthy.”

The Timbers (7-8-2, 23 points) currently sit four points below the red line in ninth place in the Western Conference standings, but the club has steadily been making up ground in the table after starting the season with an MLS-record 12 straight games on the road. Portland has won three of its last four games in MLS play and holds a 7-3-1 record since April 20.

Fernandez, who joined the club from Liga MX side Necaxa in May, set an MLS record by scoring in each of his first five MLS regular season games as a Timber, notching six goals during that time.

-- Jamie Goldberg | jgoldberg@oregonian.com

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