{"id":7437,"date":"2022-07-30T23:03:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2022-07-31T03:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T10:35:46","slug":"timbers-draw-minnesota-4-4-in-back-and-forth-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2022\/07\/30\/timbers-draw-minnesota-4-4-in-back-and-forth-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers draw Minnesota 4-4 in back-and-forth match"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers rallied from two goals down, then saw a lead disappear and ended up with a 4-4 draw at Minnesota.  Sebasti\u00e1n Blanco<\/strong> scored twice and Jaros\u0142aw Niezgoda<\/strong> also scored, and the Timbers also benefitted from a Minnesota own goal.  Luis Amarilla <\/strong>scored twice for Minnesota, while Franco Fragapane<\/strong> and Bongokuhle Hlongwane<\/strong> also scored for United.<\/p>\n

The Timbers got off to a dream start as a series of wonderful passes between Santiago Moreno<\/strong>, Jaros\u0142aw Niezgoda<\/strong>, and Sebasti\u00e1n Blanco<\/strong> resulted in Blanco having a golden chance and chipped goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair<\/strong> and scored just 13 seconds into the match, the fourth-fastest goal in MLS history, and the Timbers had a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for the hosts to level the score, when in the 9th minute, a corner kick from Emanuel Reynoso<\/strong> was headed on by Luis Amarilla<\/strong> at the near post, to a diving Franco Fragapane who headed home, and the score was tied at 1-1.<\/p>\n

In the 21st minute Minnesota would take the lead when Fragapane’s shot rebounded off the left post, but Bongokuhle Hlongwane<\/strong> was there to finish, and the hosts had a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Then just before halftime, Minnesota would add another goal to their lead when Luis Amarilla<\/strong> stole the ball near midfield and attacked down the left side, then cut back and curled a shot past a diving Alja\u017e Iva\u010di\u010d<\/strong>, and Minnesota had a 3-1 lead which would be the score at the break.<\/p>\n

But only four minutes into the second half, the Timbers would pull a goal closer when a cross from Moreno found Blanco open near the penalty spot, and his one-time shot beat the Minnesota goalkeeper, and the score was now 3-2 Minnesota.<\/p>\n

And only four minutes later, the Timbers would level the score as Claudio Bravo<\/strong>‘s free kick was headed just inside the left post by Niezgoda, and just like that, the score was now 3-3.<\/p>\n

Then in the 65th minute, the match took another odd turn when Blanco’s attempted cross was deflected by defender Kemar Lawrence<\/strong> and past St. Clair, and the Timbers now had a 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n

But in the 69th minute, Minnesota would get the leveler as a cross from Reynoso was headed across the goal mouth by Hlongwane, and then headed home by Amarilla to level the score at 4-4, which would be the final.<\/p>\n

Alja\u017e Iva\u010di\u010d<\/strong> would record two saves for the Timbers, while Dayne St. Clair<\/strong> had four for the hosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers rallied from two goals down, then saw a lead disappear and ended up with a 4-4 draw at Minnesota.  Sebasti\u00e1n Blanco scored twice and Jaros\u0142aw Niezgoda also scored, and the Timbers also benefitted from a Minnesota own goal.  Luis Amarilla scored twice for Minnesota, while Franco Fragapane and Bongokuhle Hlongwane also scored for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7437","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\/2021\/04\/flag1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437","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=7437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7438,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437\/revisions\/7438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}