Minnesota United FC announced Wednesday the addition of outside defender Chris Klute on loan from the Portland Timbers.

Klute will join current Loons fullbacks Justin Davis and Kevin Venegas, two players named to the North American Soccer League’s Best XI in 2015. Both Venegas and Davis are presumed to be candidates to make the jump when the club becomes a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in the 2017 season. Related Articles Houston Dynamo scores twice in 2nd half to tie Minnesota United

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The terms of Klute’s deal with United were not disclosed. Klute’s guaranteed compensation in MLS is about $92,000 for 2016, according to the MLS players union.

Timbers coach Caleb Porter viewed Klute as more of a right fullback when they picked him up in a trade with the Columbus Crew in 2015. It is unclear where United coach Carl Craig will play Klute.

Klute, 26, had limited playing time in his two previous MLS stops. With the Timbers this season, he started eight games, and he played in 14 games with the Crew in 2015.

After debuting in MLS in 2012, Klute had seven assists and was the Colorado Rapids’ defensive player of the year in 2013. He played in 57 games for the Rapids through 2014. In January 2014, he was called up to the U.S. men’s national team’s training camp for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but he did not make the team.

United also has Bernardo Anor on loan from Sporting Kansas City and Damion Lowe on loan from the Seattle Sounders.