Portland Timbers Designated Player Fanendo Adi is in the running to be named Etihad Player of the Month in the MLS for the month of October after making the shortlist announced on Monday.<br /><br />The Nigerian assisted Portland Timbers secure three victories in a row in their last 3 games of the regular season and was on target in each of those games, scoring 4 goals in total.<br /><br />Mauro Diaz ( FC Dallas), Didier Drogba ( Montreal Impact), Ethan Finlay (Columbus Crew SC ) and Sacha Kljestan (New York Red Bulls) completed the five - man shortlist nominated for the prestigious accolade.<br /><br />The five nominees were selected by the editorial staff of MLSSoccer.com.<br /><br />Photo Credit : timbers.com<br />