Russell Cicerone’s days in Buffalo are officially over. Of course, he played his last minute for the Bulls some weeks ago, but the coming and going of the MLS SuperDraft iced it: Cicerone is now a part of the 2015 MLS Champion Portland Timbers.
Long projected to go between the late first and mid-second rounds, Russ fell quickly after a middling combine performance that apparently nullified his form in winning the 2015 MAC Player of the Year award and helped carry the PDL Michigan Bucks to a North American Championship in the summer of 2016.
All that said, Russ is now with Portland, his immediate future uncertain.