Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell has a right quad injury and will miss at least the next two games.

Ridgewell was forced to leave Saturday's match against LAFC after injuring his quad six minutes into the game. He was replaced by defender Julio Cascante as the Timbers went on to win 2-1.

Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said Tuesday that Ridgewell will definitely miss the next two games due to the injury and the club will have to evaluate the veteran center back after that to determine when he will be ready to return to the field.

"Right now, for sure, we know that these next two weeks he's not going to participate," Savarese said. "Then, we'll continue to evaluate him. What I can say is today he was feeling a lot better than before. Hopefully, he's going to continue to feel better and better."

Cascante and center back Bill Tuiloma will likely be in competition to replace Ridgewell on the field during his absence.

-- Jamie Goldberg | jgoldberg@oregonian.com

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