Sunderland and U.S. national team striker Jozy Altidore is unlikely to rejoin former club New York Red Bulls if he returns to Major League Soccer during this transfer window, multiple sources told ESPNFC.com on Thursday.

On Wednesday, ESPN FC analyst Taylor Twellman reported that Altidore and MLS were in discussions about signing with the league he left as an 18-year-old in 2008, with the Red Bulls, Portland Timbers and Toronto FC all vying for the now 25-year-old's services.

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The Portland Timbers shored up their defense with the acquisition of veteran center back Nat Borchers and now wait to see the outcome of Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft.

The trade for Borchers was one of several player moves the Timbers made on Monday during the league's half-day trade window. Portland also signed Ghanaian goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey from the Norwegian Premier League, Colombian winger/forward Dairon Asprilla, and Brazilian defender Jeanderson Salvador Pereira.

The Timbers sent...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Timbers have acquired veteran defender Nat Borchers from Real Salt Lake, one of a flurry of moves Monday for Portland's Major League Soccer team.

Portland sent allocation money to Salt Lake in exchange for the 33-year-old Borchers, who has started for RSL for the past seven seasons and was a key contributor to the 2009 MLS Cup-winning team.

The Timbers traded defender...

Landon Donovan and Thierry Henry were named to Major League Soccer's annual Best XI squad on Tuesday, ranking them once again among the league's elite even as they prepare to leave MLS.

MLS players, club leaders and media members voted one goalkeeper, three defenders, four midfielders and three forwards to the Best XI (the second straight season voting has resulted in a 3-4-3 formation), with only two newcomers to the team this year.

This is the seventh time in his career that Donovan has been named...