The Portland Timbers head to Colorado to take on the Rapids in an MLS match on Saturday looking to reverse recent road woes as coach Caleb Porter manages a banged-up roster in a packed window of games.

"We're going to throw everything at this game," Porter said.

The Timbers (7-5-3, 24 points) are riding a two-game win streak -- both at home -- but to extend the streak to three in a row, they need to bounce back on the road, where they've struggled recently.

Portland, No. 2 in the Western Conference standings, opened 2017 going 2-1-0 in away games. Since then, the Timbers are 0-3-1.

Meantime, the Rapids (4-8-1, 13 points) have won their last three in a row at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, and are on a trajectory that belies their spot at the bottom of the Western Conference standings.

Regarding injuries, Porter confirmed on Thursday that defender and team captain Liam Ridgewell (quad strain) will be out for the Colorado game. Center back Roy Miller (foot sprain), he said, was back in training, but Porter didn't say definitely if he would be available.

Midfielder David Guzman is suspended for the match due to yellow card accumulation and three other players, defender Chance Myers (hamstring), winger Darren Mattocks (adductor) and winger Jack Barmby (ankle) also are in various stages of recovery.

But midfielder Darlington Nagbe is back from a stint with the U.S. Men's National Team.

"Darlington was back yesterday," Porter said. "He's back in and could be available. Obviously, he's done a lot in the last several weeks. I could be coy, but he'll be fine."

That's a boost to a Portland roster that's been so depleted that the Timbers left nearly every first-team player at home on Tuesday for their U.S. Open Cup match against the Seattle Sounders in Tukwila.

The Timbers' roster was stocked primarily with T2 players signed to short-term agreements for that game. Portland lost 2-1 to a Sounders side that similarly used their USL players.

So the healthy guys got some rest heading into the Rapids match, where a victory could go a long way as the Timbers are trying get back to their road-winning ways.

"The whole priority was to come back into this game and make sure we were fresh and rested and get three points in this game," Porter said.