For a player who has appeared in close to 150 matches over the course of a six-year MLS career, you'd think anything but a starter's spot wouldn't necessarily sit well.
But in the case of Portland Timbers striker Jack McInerney, who joins an MLS Cup championship club where Fanendo Adi is firmly entrenched as the starting striker, he still believes there will be plenty of minutes to go around as exemplified by the 60 appearances in two seasons for the Timbers forward who McInerney is replacing: Maximiliano Urruti.
“I wouldn’t have signed here if I didn’t think I would have a bigger role than I’ve had in the past,” McInerney told MLSsoccer.