Portland Timbers Midfielder Evander Named MLS Player of the Month for August and September 2024

Evander becomes the second player in Timbers history to win MLS Player of the Month honors

NEW YORK (Tuesday, October 1, 2024) – Portland Timbers midfielder Evander was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Month for August and September 2024.

Evander led MLS with nine goal contributions (four goals, five assists) across the months of August and September for a Timbers team that lost only one of their six matches over the span. The dynamic Brazilian midfielder had a goal or an assist in all six of Portland’s matches as part of his active 11-game goal contribution streak heading into October. The streak of 11 consecutive games with a goal contribution is tied for the third-longest in MLS history and is the longest in the league this season. Evander also came up clutch during the months, providing the game-winning assist against Seattle Sounders FC on August 31 and the game-winning goal vs. the LA Galaxy on September 18.

In 2024, Evander has produced an MLS-high 33 goal contributions, accumulating 15 goals and 18 assists in 25 appearances. The Brazilian is the ninth player in MLS history with at least 33 goal contributions in a season and the first to do so since Nashville SC’s Hany Mukhtar (34) in 2022 – a year in which he won Landon Donovan MLS MVP. Evander has already set single-season club records in goal contributions (33), assists (18), and assists per game (0.72) for a Timbers side that is nearing an Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs appearance with a 12-10-9 record and plus-10 goal differential. Portland’s 64 goals scored this season are currently the second most in MLS, trailing only Inter Miami FC (69).

Evander is the second player in Portland Timbers history to be named MLS Player of the Month, joining Fanendo Adi who earned the honor in April 2016. Evander and former FC Cincinnati forward Brenner (September/October 2022) are the only Brazilian players to win the award in the last decade.

Evander and the Timbers return to action as they look to clinch an Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs berth against Austin FC at Providence Park on Wednesday, October 2 (10:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV).

MLS Player of the Month is voted upon by a panel of select national media members in a process conducted by MLS Communications.