After a successful
home stand-the Portland Timbers were coming with a two match-winning streak as
well an all-around momentum, before tonight’s match against a low flying Colorado
squad.
The Portland Timbers
squad got surprised in the last minutes of this match before it ended of possibly
rescuing a valuable point on the road.
After the start of
the campaign the Rose City Boys posting a much improved record on the road,
recently these have entered a slump in these away games and this is becoming once
again as their Achilles heel.
For Portland coming
to Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado and play their first
match of the campaign versus their conference rivals, tonight’s match looked
like a possible win and a valuable one if it was on the road.
With the return of
Darlington Nagbe to the lineup after his stint with the Stars and Stripes in
World Cup qualifiers, the visiting team had a majority of its staring eleven, despite
missing David Guzman on international duty and Liam Ridgewell on the DL .
The combination of
Olum and Miller has proved successful in the beginning of the campaign for
Manager Porter in defense and these accompanied in the sides by Vytas and
Valentin.
This was one sharp
looking defensive backfield from the get go of this match.
As the back midfielders
in Diego Chara and Darlington Nagbe these latter one playing a defensive position,
instead of his offensive one, but with the possibilities of a much dynamic and spectacular
offensive game combines with Valeri, Blanco, Aspirilla and Adi in the frontal attack.
Made this match look
like an easy endeavor for the Timbers, by playing a modest Rapids squad that in
this campaign has seen its luck getting at times for the worse, but recently at
home they have become an armada.
For sure the squad of
Pablo Mastroeni did not looked as an easy squad to beat as I always state in
some posts, that there is no such thing than an easy foe and once again the Colorado
Boys proved it.
Lately the game and
contribution by Sebastian Blanco are making a world of difference for the
Portland squad as he lately has taken a leading role and in tonight’s match, he
contributed with the first goal.
After his score in
the 18 minute, Blanco scored his second goal of the campaign with Valeri
assisting and the Portland Boys were in total command of the actions and
heading for a win, and making the Colorado keeper work overtime and earn his
pay.
Still this affair was
not over and one thing the locals supported by its followers these started
taking over the match and dominating completely in the second half and they did
it with a furious reaction.
With Colorado Dominique
Badji in the 51 getting an assist via Kevin Doyle, the score was even at one,
as the matches continue its course within minutes of the game almost being in its
final minutes, the unexpected happen.
An opportune Alan
Gordon with a Mohammed Saeid and Caleb Calvert these two made it happen for
Gordon to become the hero and despite the extra time awarded to this match,
little the Portland Timbers could do.
At the end, the match
ended with a loss for the visitors and Colorado once again proved that at home
is no picnic to play against and increasing its winning streak that uplifts them
away from the cellar in the Western Conference.
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