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Portland Timbers wing player Rodney Wallace (left) may be sent out on loan to get him game action, Timbers coach Caleb Porter said Friday.

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Rodney Wallace may be sent out on loan to another team soon.

Portland coach Caleb Porter said the winger, who was on the bench for the first time this season against Chivas, needs to play in games to get him ready to eventually play 90 minutes if needed.

Not knowing if the MLS regular season games will provide the opportunity, Porter said the coaching staff is strongly considering sending Wallace out on loan for two games to get him game action.

"The only way you can get him ready for a game is to get him minutes in a game," Porter said. "We're a little worried by just relying on the (MLS) game playing out in the way that we want it to to get him minutes."

Porter said there was a plan in place for Wallace to play some minutes against Chivas, but that plan was abandoned after center back Norberto Paparatto had to come out after a head-to-head collision.

Wallace hasn't played this season after injuring his knee in November. Porter said that Wallace is ready to play, but finding minutes for Wallace during MLS games is hit or miss. If and when Wallace does go out on loan, Porter said he wants Wallace to play 45 minutes in the first game and then increase the minutes to 60 minutes in the second game.

"That means we get him back and he's 100 percent to start a game, play 90 and be available for selection," Porter said.

Porter said the goal is to have Wallace available to start in the Timbers U.S. Open Cup game against the Orlando U-23s June 17 or play against Dallas June 11.

-- Geoffrey C. Arnold