Bright D ike expected to miss next 6-9 months

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d**e Undergoes Successful Surgery

Bright d**e expected to miss next 6-9 months

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers announced today that forward Bright d**e underwent successful surgery Monday afternoon to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon. The procedure was performed by Dr. Jonathan Greenleaf, the team’s director of medicine, at Sports Medicine Oregon in Tigard, Ore.

d**e, 24, is expected to miss 6-9 months of action. He sustained his injury in the opening 20 minutes of last Friday’s preseason match against the Ventura County Fusion in Ventura, Calif. He returned to Portland on Sunday.

www.portlandmls2011.com/news/2011/02/d**e-undergoes-successful-surgery

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Bright D1ke Joins LA Blues On Loan

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Los Angeles Blues News Release -- www.labluesprosoccer.com

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

FULLERTON, Calif. – The Blues are excited to announce they have added striker Bright D1ke on loan from the Portland Timbers. The 25-year-old, who appeared in 11 matches for the MLS side in 2011, joined Head Coach Charlie Naimo’s squad for yesterday’s training session in Fullerton and is expected to be with the club for the remainder of the current USL PRO campaign, with the Timbers reserving the right to recall him if needed.

"Portland contacted us and asked whether we’d be interested if the opportunity came up,” Naimo said. “It was a no-brainer for us and we feel very fortunate to be adding a classy player like Bright to our roster and hopefully have him here for a while to come.”

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Report:
Portland's D ike has torn ACL, out until August


With his future looking brighter than ever, Portland Timbers forward Bright D ike has reportedly suffered another injury setback.

Almost two years to the day after he ruptured his Achilles’ tendon in a preseason game, d**e was severely injured again, after colliding with Sounders goalkeeper Josh Ford in the second half of Tuesday’s preseason game in Tucson, Ariz.

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/02/08/report-portlands-d**e-has-torn-acl-out-until-august