Portland Timbers goalkeeper Jeff Attinella introduced his retirement from the game on Friday.
The 33-year-vintage enjoyed a 9-season career in MLS - 5 of which had been in Portland - making seventy nine ordinary-season appearances and maintaining 20 smooth sheets.
Despite regularly serving as lower back-as much as Steve Clark - who departed for the Houston Dynamo this iciness - Attinella have become a fan preferred at Providence Park and played a element inside the Timbers' Western Conference Championship and MLS is Back Tournament wins of 2018 and 2020.
“Playing for the Portland Timbers and representing the employer and the fanatics, was the privilege of a lifetime. To take the sector carrying the crest over my heart became something that I in no way took as a right, and on the way to retire a Portland Timber is without a doubt an honor,” Attinella stated in a membership declaration.
“I want to thank Merritt, Gavin, Ned and the coaches for allowing me to be part of this club for the final 5 years, and for assisting me in my choice to step faraway from the game to be back home with my circle of relatives and begin the subsequent chapter of my existence. Portland will always be a home to me, and I stay up for cheering at the club’s persevered success.”
Attinella's very last professional in shape became at domestic to the Seattle Sounders on May 9, 2021, where he picked up a season-finishing thigh harm. He changed into compelled to watch on from the sides as his teammates went all of the way to the MLS Cup very last, wherein they misplaced on consequences to NYCFC.
“We want to thank Jeff for the exquisite effect he’s had in our crew and club. We are extraordinarily lucky to have had him with us for the past five years and he'll all the time be part of the Timbers family,” stated fashionable supervisor and president of soccer for the Timbers, Gavin Wilkinson. “He is an tremendous man or woman on and rancid the field, and we desire him all the satisfactory in his future endeavors.”
Timbers head train Giovanni Savarese delivered: “Throughout his expert career, Jeff has proved to be a high-quality professional on and off the field. We are glad to were part of his professional improvement.
“We need to thank him for all his tough paintings and the position he performed with the Timbers. We want him all the pleasant.”
Aside from his time in Portland, Attinella additionally made ninety five combined appearances for Real Salt Lake and the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
