{"id":7382,"date":"2022-06-29T23:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T06:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=7382"},"modified":"2022-06-30T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T18:46:37","slug":"morenos-two-goals-enough-for-10-man-timbers-in-2-1-win-over-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2022\/06\/29\/morenos-two-goals-enough-for-10-man-timbers-in-2-1-win-over-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Moreno’s two goals enough for 10-man Timbers in 2-1 win over Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers earned their second straight win, and now have earned 7 of the last 9 points available, as Santiago Moreno<\/strong> would score twice in the first half, the first on a penalty kick, and a follow-up goal just a minute or so later, in a 2-1 win for the Timbers over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday evening.  Darwin Quintero<\/strong> would have the lone goal for Houston.<\/p>\n

The Timbers would have more of the possession early, but did not seriously threaten to score against former Timbers goalkeeper Steve Clark<\/strong>.  The Dynamo would then start to get more of the run of play, and would be inches from taking the lead in the 22nd minute when Adalberto Carrasquilla<\/strong>‘s blast from 25 yards out had beaten Timbers goalkeeper Alja\u017e Iva\u010di\u010d<\/strong>, but rattled off the top left corner of the Timbers goal and rebounded away.<\/p>\n

In the 33rd minute, the Timbers would be awarded a penalty kick for the second straight match, when after a pass from Sebasti\u00e1n Blanco<\/strong> was chested down in the Houston goal box by Yimmi Char\u00e1<\/strong>, but defender Daniel Steres<\/strong> attempted to charge through Yimmi from behind<\/a> and the referee pointed directly to the spot.  Santiago Moreno<\/strong> would step up to take the penalty<\/a>, and left Clark flat-footed as the attempt slid nicely inside the left post<\/a>, and the Timbers had the 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Less than a minute after play had resumed after Moreno’s goal, the Timbers would double their lead as a series of brilliant passes, from Eryk Williamson<\/strong>, to Blanco, to Yimmi Char\u00e1, past a charging Williamson, found the foot of Moreno who one-timed a beautiful shot past Clark, and just that quickly, the Timbers had a 2-0 lead<\/a>, which they would hold at the half.<\/p>\n

The Dynamo would attack much more aggressively in the second half, and their first dangerous chance would be in the 60th minute when a free kick from just outside the box resulted in several good chances on the ensuing scramble in front of goal, the best chance being a shot from just a few yards out by Thorleifur \u00dalfarsson<\/strong> that Iva\u010di\u010d would make a nice reaction save and then smother.<\/p>\n

In the 63rd minute the Timbers nearly widened their lead to three goals when Yimmi Char\u00e1 would recover nicely after being tackled near the top of the Dynamo box<\/a>, and dropped a pass for Moreno who had a good chance at the first-ever Timbers MLS hat-trick, but his low shot was saved nicely by a diving save from Clark.<\/p>\n

But in the 65th minute the Dynamo’s attacking play would pay off when \u00dalfarsson was counter-attacking down the left side and drew three Timbers defenders, but spotted Darwin Quintero<\/strong> wide open across the field and fed a nice cross that Quintero collected quickly, then chipped a beautiful shot from 25 yards out that caught Iva\u010di\u010d off his line and slipped just under the post, and the Dynamo had pulled back a goal and only trailed 2-1.<\/p>\n

Off a corner from Moreno in the 72nd minute, the Timbers came inches away from regaining their two goal lead when Felipe Mora<\/strong>‘s header from outside the near post had Clark beaten but rebounded off the crossbar<\/a>, and Yimmi Char\u00e1 barely missed on an overhead attempt into the open net.<\/p>\n

But just three minutes later the tone of the match would change as Tuiloma would get his second yellow of the night on a foul near midfield, so the Timbers would have to defend their one-goal lead for the final 15 minutes plus stoppage time while down a player.  But the Dynamo would never make their advantage pay off, and in fact the Timbers would be the team that came closest to scoring when in stoppage time, Dairon Asprilla<\/strong> would make a nice run down the left side before his shot was blocked by Clark, and Josecarlos Van Rankin<\/strong>‘s follow-up shot was also saved by Clark.<\/p>\n

But the final whistle would blow not long afterwards, and the Timbers had the 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Alja\u017e Iva\u010di\u010d<\/strong> would have five saves for the Timbers, while Steve Clark<\/strong> had two saves for Houston.<\/p>\n

MATCH RECAP | Moreno brace powers 10-man Portland Timbers in 2-1 victory over Houston Dynamo FC<\/a> | Timbers website<\/p>\n

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS | Portland Timbers defeat Houston Dynamo FC 2-1 behind Moreno brace<\/a> | Timbers website<\/p>\n

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The Portland Timbers earned their second straight win, and now have earned 7 of the last 9 points available, as Santiago Moreno would score twice in the first half, the first on a penalty kick, and a follow-up goal just a minute or so later, in a 2-1 win for the Timbers over the Houston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-timbers-mls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hou062922-1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7382","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=7382"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7394,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7382\/revisions\/7394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}