Whitecaps’ eight-game unbeaten streak ends with loss to Timbers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evander scored twice and the Portland Timbers defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in a Cascadia Cup rivalry match on Saturday night time.
The loss snapped Vancouver’s eight-game unbeaten streak. The Whitecaps had three wins and 5 attracts getting into the Major League Soccer match.
Portland (4-5-3), which prolonged its unbeaten streak to a few video games, opened the scoring on Franck Boli’s objective simply 79 seconds into the match, the quickest objective in MLS this season.
Evander scored off a cross from Juan Mosquera to make it 2-0 for the Timbers within the 18th minute. But the Whitecaps (3-3-5) closed the hole on an personal objective off Portland’s Zac McGraw within the twenty fourth.
The Timbers went up 3-1 within the 54th minute when Evander spun round a defender and blasted his shot into the underside left nook, out of the attain of diving Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka.
The Whitecaps beat Portland 1-0 earlier this 12 months in Vancouver. They’ve gained two or extra straight video games within the sequence solely as soon as, once they gained three straight between 2018 and 2019.
The Cascadia Cup was created by supporters of the Timbers, Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders for the crew with the perfect report on factors in head-to-head matches between the three rivals. Portland gained final season’s Cascadia Cup title.
With wins over Vancouver and the Sounders, the Timbers lead the Cascadia Cup standings this season.
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