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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Timbers defender Nat Borchers needs surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season.Borchers was hurt on Saturday during the Timbers 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy.It did not appear that the veteran defender was injured by contact when he collapsed to the turf late in the first half. Borchers could not stand after he was treated on the field and left on a stretcher.Borchers, 35, is a fan favorite and was a key last season when the Timbers won the MLS Cup. The injury comes at a time when another starting defender, Liam Ridgewell, is dealing with a calf injury.Borchers posted a message to Twitter thanking fans for their thoughts and prayers.The Timbers said Monday that the surgery had not yet been scheduled. Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Kenley Jansen Dodgers Jersey . A big centre with all the tools to be an elite player, Johansen paced the Blue Jackets with a standout game Saturday night. He had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points as Columbus beat the New York Islanders 5-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. http://www.dodgerssale.com/dodgers-rich-hill-jersey/ .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. David Freese Dodgers Jersey . LOUIS -- St. A. J. Pollock Jersey . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. Romain Grosjean says he was left hugely frustrated to only finish 11th at the Japanese Grand Prix following one of the best drives of his Formula One career.Having started seventh, Grosjean -- on a two-stop strategy -- dropped to ninth on the first lap and narrowly missed out on recording Haas first points finish since the Austrian Grand Prix in July, after he finished just behind the one-stopping Williams duo of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas at Suzuka.I think Im never been as frustrated as today in another race because I think we deserved much more, Grosjean said. The pace of the car was much faster than the Williams, we just got the life on the hard tyre wrong and we could have pitted earlier on the last stint but the pace was amazing.We struggled in the first stint with the green track and the softs, there was a lot of graining. But then the car was flying. It was really good, I had some great overtaking. Thats a lot of promise for the future, its just so bloody annoying being that close and we couldnt do anything. Honestly that is one of the best driives of my career, which is for no point.ddddddddddddAfter both Grosjean and teammate Estaban Gutierrez made it through to Q3 for the first time in Haas debut F1 season, Frenchman believes the team deserved better on Sunday, but insists there are plenty of positives to take forward heading into the American outfits home grand prix at Austin in two weeks time.I lost a bit of ground into Turn 1 with Hulkenberg just coming in front of me, I almost crashed into him, so that was very close. Just too much graining in the first stint so we need to work on that but there is a lot of optimism and positives from the way the car worked.We didnt deserve that -- it is was so frustrating. The car was so fast on the hard tyre, I was feeling confident, I was pushing, I was overtaking, I was having fun and just couldnt get the Williams. Such a great battle, so many positives from the race but its so frustrating being that close. They were there. ' ' '