Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and Montreal acquired the extra slots in trades with Chivas USA, Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Timbers. The 2014 Portland Timbers season was the 4th season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Replacing the MLS Cup runner-up, the top team in the non-Supporter Shield conference would get the spot in Champions League. Due to internal tensions within the team and the opposing players fouling him at every opportunity, Maradona couldn’t assert his dominance.