{"id":689,"date":"2012-09-15T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T03:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soccercityusa.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2012-09-15T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T03:08:08","slug":"timbers-rally-on-wallace-goal-in-physical-1-1-draw-with-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2012\/09\/15\/timbers-rally-on-wallace-goal-in-physical-1-1-draw-with-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers rally on Wallace goal in physical 1-1 draw with Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rodney Wallace's header cannot be cleared by the Seattle defense and this goal would earn the Timbers the 1-1 draw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Portland Timbers hostedSeattlein an early afternoon match at JELD-WEN Field, with a chance at clinching the Cascadia Cup with a win.\u00a0 In a very physical match that saw three Timbers knocked out with injuries, orcing the Timbers to finish the match down a man, the Timbers would rally from a 1-0 deficit for a 1-1 draw on a goal by Rodney Wallace<\/strong>, and only the woodwork kept a late Timbers shot from stealing the win in front of another sold out crowd of 20,438 in Portland.<\/p>\n

It was apparent from the start that Seattle brought a very physical strategy down I-5 for this match, which would result in a tight early contest, with few chances until the tenth minute when Seattle\u2019s Oswaldo Alonso<\/strong> had a good look after the Timbers failed to clear, hitting a shot just wide left from 15 yards out.\u00a0 Four minutes later, a Seattle free kick was not well cleared by the Timbers, with Alonso getting an open look from 30 yards out but blasted it well over the crossbar.<\/p>\n

In the 17th<\/sup> minute it was Seattle\u2019s Steve Zakuani<\/strong> producing a great chance with a cross from the left side, with Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts<\/strong> just getting enough to foil a header by Brad Evans<\/strong>, with Evans getting a chance to turn on the rebound from a tight angle but blasted it wide right.<\/p>\n

The physical play had eased up through the middle of the first half, with a more free-flowing style but few scoring chances, until the 35th<\/sup> minute when Portland\u2019s Franck Songo\u2019o<\/strong> made a nice curling cross from near the corner of the box that just eluded the lunge of midfielder Diego Chara<\/strong>.\u00a0 Songo\u2019o would produce another great chance three minutes later as his strike from 25 yards out was only kept out by a nice dive save from Seattle goalkeeper Michael Gspurning<\/strong>.\u00a0 On the ensuing corner kick, defender Hanyer Mosquera<\/strong> got his head to the ball but it bounced off the turf and harmlessly up and over the crossbar.<\/p>\n

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In the 41st<\/sup> minute, Seattle\u2019s Fredy Montero<\/strong> had a breakaway chance but Timbers defender David Horst<\/strong> did well with the last second sliding tackle to end the scoring opportunity.\u00a0 Two minutes later, it was Timbers midefielder Sal Zizzo<\/strong> making a nice run down the right side, cutting back before having his shot blocked by the Seattle defense, and a rebound chance from Portland\u2019s Jack Jewsbury<\/strong> would slide just wide left, and the half would end as a scoreless one.<\/p>\n

One minute into the second half, the visitors had a great chance when Andy Rose<\/strong> made a curling pass to the far post that Evans had a chance at on a tight angle, but put it into the side netting instead.<\/p>\n

In the 52nd<\/sup> minute would be the first injury that would change the course of the match, when Seattle\u2019s Eddie Johnson<\/strong> collided with Ricketts as the Timbers keeper attempted to control a cross, with Johnson\u2019s shoulder colliding with Ricketts left shoulder.\u00a0 Though Rickett\u2019s attempted to continue, a minute later he signaled to come off, to be replaced by Joe Bendik<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Seattle did not take long to take advantage of the replacement Timbers keeper, as within seconds Seattle\u2019s Montero would turn on a shot inside the Timbers box and put the ball over Bendik\u2019s outstretched hands and into the net, and Seattle had a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

The Timbers nearly leveled the score two minutes later when Songo\u2019o found Horst open near the top of the box, but his low shot would slide just a yard wide left.\u00a0 In the 66th<\/sup> minute, Portland\u2019s Chara would make a nice touch pass to Bright Dike<\/strong> who briefly had an open look, but Seattle\u2019s defense closed down and blocked the shot before it could be put on net.<\/p>\n

In the 78th<\/sup> minute, the Timbers would finally level the score off a Jewsbury corner kick, with Rodney Wallace\u2019s header being partially blocked, with Seattle\u2019s Leo Gonzalez<\/strong> attempting to clear the ball off the line put was only able to put it into the left side netting inside the goal and the Timbers had leveled the score at 1-1.<\/p>\n

Jewsbury would have two good chances himself in the 83rd<\/sup> minute, with the first shot from 20 yards out being blocked, and the rebound going wide right.\u00a0 Two minutes later, it was Danny Mwanga<\/strong> being played through into the Seattle box, but his shot was blocked off his foot.<\/p>\n

In the 87th<\/sup> minute, the Timbers would suffer their third injury of the match, with Chara going down, after Songo\u2019o had left injured 15 minutes earlier.\u00a0 As the Timbers had also subbed Zizzo out, the Timbers would play the last three minutes plus six minutes of stoppage time with just 10 men.<\/p>\n

The six minutes of stoppage time would produce great chances for each team to steal the win, with the Timbers only being kept from the win by the woodwork one minute in, when a corner kick fell to the toe of Dike inside the box, with the Timbers striker\u2019s low blast rattling off the right post, rebounding across in from of the goal and beind the Seattle goalkeeper before finally being cleared from near the opposite post.<\/p>\n

Seattle also had a good chance to steal the win five minutes into stoppage when a Timbers clearance fell right to Alonso, but his low blast was smothered well by Bendik, and the whistle would blow seconds later for the 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n

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