{"id":4129,"date":"2018-07-29T23:31:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T06:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2018-07-30T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T18:07:56","slug":"fanendo-adi-scores-game-winner-in-final-timbers-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2018\/07\/29\/fanendo-adi-scores-game-winner-in-final-timbers-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanendo Adi scores game winner in final Timbers appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fanendo Adi<\/strong> got the game winner as a late substitute in his last-ever Timbers performance, a 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo at Providence Park on a muggy evening.<\/p>\n

The Timbers did not take long to seize the lead, when in the seventh minute, with Alvas Powell<\/strong> making a run down the right side<\/a> and deep into the Houston box, and his cross being struck with a full volley by a charging Sebasti\u00e1n Blanco<\/strong>, whose one-timer beat Joe Willis<\/strong><\/a> and gave the Timbers a 1-0 lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lead would not last long however, when in the 12th minute, Houston’s Alberth Ellis<\/strong> swiped the ball from Julio Cascante<\/strong> deep in Timbers territory, then slotted a clean pass across the goal to Romell Quioto<\/strong>, who easily finished from a few feet out into an empty net to tie the match at 1-1.<\/p>\n

In the 20th minute the Timbers nearly retook the lead when a give and go with Blanco had Dairon Asprilla<\/strong> in alone against Willis, but the Houston keeper did well to get a finger on the shot and keep the score level. Two minutes later Asprilla had another great chance to put the Timbers into the lead with a bicycle kick attempt after a Diego Valeri<\/strong> free kick, but Willis once again did well on the save.<\/p>\n

The the 33rd minute, the visitors would have a great chance to take the lead as Quioto had an open chance on a header near the far post, but his shot was just wide left and the score would be level at the half.<\/p>\n

Just seconds into the second half, Ellis would have a great run into the Timbers box but this shot was parried wide by Portland’s Jeff Attinella<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Before the match, it had already been announced that Fanendo Adi was leaving the Timbers after Saturday night’s game<\/a>.  The Timbers did not start any forwards with Samuel Armenteros<\/strong> out hurt. Adi would come into the match in the 75th minute to a loud and welcome greeting from the fans.  And it wouldn’t take long for his presence to pay off.<\/p>\n

In the 80th minute, Portland’s Blanco would make a very deep run down the left side to the end line<\/a>, then his cross into the six yard box would bounce around off several players before falling to the foot of Adi, who one-timed the soft shot into the Houston net<\/a>, and would end up being the game-winner<\/a><\/span> in the 2-1 victory for the Timbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeff Attinella<\/strong> had one save for the Timbers, while Joe Willis<\/strong> recorded four for the Dynamo.<\/p>\n

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Fanendo Adi got the game winner as a late substitute in his last-ever Timbers performance, a 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo at Providence Park on a muggy evening. The Timbers did not take long to seize the lead, when in the seventh minute, with Alvas Powell making a run down the right side and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-match-reports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/hou072818-350.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4134,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions\/4134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}