Brandon Bye

Brandon Bye joins Portland ahead of his ninth season in MLS. Since being drafted eighth overall by the New England Revolution in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, the defender has made 192 regular season appearances (161 starts), recording 10 goals and 18 assists across eight seasons for the Revs. Most recently, Bye logged 26 appearances (12 starts) in the 2025 campaign for New England.

A native of Kalamazoo, Mich., Bye played four seasons of college soccer for the Western Michigan University Broncos prior to his 2018 MLS SuperDraft selection. Collegiately, he amassed 22 goals and 19 assists in 67 appearances (62 starts) and over 5,000 minutes played. Notably, he became the first MLS SuperDraft selection in Western Michigan’s history.