{"id":2791,"date":"2017-03-19T22:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T05:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2017-03-19T22:58:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T05:58:11","slug":"timbers-rally-past-dynamo-for-4-2-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2017\/03\/19\/timbers-rally-past-dynamo-for-4-2-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers rally past Dynamo for 4-2 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Clicking underlined text takes you to a photo of the corresponding event)<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Timbers rallied from a 2-1 halftime deficit for a 4-2 victory at Providence Park on Saturday night on second half goals from <strong>Diego Valeri<\/strong> (who also scored on a PK in the first half), <strong>David Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, and <strong>Fanendo Adi<\/strong>. <strong>Erick Torres<\/strong> and <strong>Romell Quioto<\/strong> had the goals for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The Timbers went up 1-0 in the 11th minute after Houston Dynamo defender <strong>DaMarcus Beasley<\/strong> had been ruled to have committed a handball on a shot from&nbsp;<strong>Sebasti\u00e1n Blanco<\/strong>, though it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-12.jpg\">appeared to have been inadvertent<\/a>. &nbsp;<strong>Diego Valeri<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-13.jpg\">put the PK high and right down the middle<\/a> to put the Timbers up 1-0. &nbsp;In the 21st minute the visitors came very close to leveling the score when a low shot from Houston midfielder <strong>Alex<\/strong> deflected twice and appeared headed inside the right post but Timbers goalkeeper <strong>Jake Gleeson<\/strong> tipped the shot just wide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;In the 38th minute the Dynamo would level the score when a free kick from just outside the Timbers box by <strong>Erick Torres<\/strong> was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-23.jpg\">ruled to have been deflected by a handball<\/a> by Timbers midfielder <strong>Diego Chara<\/strong>, though it appeared he was just protecting his face. &nbsp;Torres would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-24.jpg\">power the&nbsp;penalty inside the left post<\/a> and leveled the score at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the half Houston would take the lead when <strong>Alberth Elis<\/strong> led a 3-on-6 break and found <strong>Romell Quioto<\/strong> wide open with a perfect pass, and the Dynamo forward would slip a quick shot behind Gleeson and give the visitors a 2-1 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>It would take until the 58th minute for the Timbers to level the score, when <strong>Zarek Valentin<\/strong>, who had been finding space up the left side all night, placed a perfect cross to the head of Valeri, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-29.jpg\">diving header beat <strong>Tyler Deric<\/strong><\/a> and leveled the score at 2-2. &nbsp;Just eight minutes later the Timbers would re-take the lead when after a failed attempt to clear by the Dynamo,&nbsp;<strong>David Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong> started a give-and-go&nbsp;with a pass off his thigh to <strong>Darlington Nagbe<\/strong>, who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-34.jpg\">went to the ground to scissor a pass<\/a> back to&nbsp;Guzm\u00e1n. &nbsp;The Timbers midfielder would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-35.jpg\">fake Deric to the ground<\/a> before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-36.jpg\">slotting the shot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-37.jpg\">just inside the right post<\/a> giving the Timbers a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Timbers would seal the win in the 88th minute when&nbsp;Guzm\u00e1n found <strong>Fanendo Adi<\/strong> on the counter attack, and Adi was able to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-39.jpg\">get past a charging Deric<\/a> before regaining control of the ball then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-40.jpg\">slipping a shot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-41.jpg\">off the left post<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/gallery\/hou031817\/hou031717-42.jpg\">and into the net<\/a> for the final goal in a 4-2 Timbers win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Gleeson<\/strong> recorded four saves in the winning effort while 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