{"id":8172,"date":"2023-04-29T20:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T03:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=8172"},"modified":"2023-04-29T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T03:37:40","slug":"timbers-get-road-win-2-1-over-st-louis-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2023\/04\/29\/timbers-get-road-win-2-1-over-st-louis-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers get road win, 2-1 over St. Louis City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland Timbers are starting to get some of their injured players back, and starting to find their form, and got another strong result today with a 2-1 win over St. Louis City.&nbsp; <strong>Evander<\/strong> and <strong>Yimmi Char\u00e1<\/strong> had the Timbers goals, while <strong>C\u00e9lio Pompeu<\/strong> scored for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless first half, the Timbers had a great chance in the 50th minute when <strong>Franck Boli<\/strong> had a great look from the top of the box, but curled his shot just inches wide to the right.&nbsp; St. Louis had a great chance of their own a few minutes later, with <strong>Eduard L\u00f6wen<\/strong> also sliding his shot just wide right.<\/p>\n<p>In the 54th minute the Timbers really had a great chance when <strong>Cristhian Paredes<\/strong> slid a soft pass across to <strong>Santiago Moreno<\/strong> just in front of the goal, but his shot was blocked by a nice sliding save by St. Louis goalkeeper <strong>Roman B\u00fcrki<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then in the 61st minute, Boli had a breakaway for the Timbers, and though his shot was blocked, <strong>John Nelson<\/strong> handled the ball while attempting to clear the rebound and the referee pointed to the spot.&nbsp; <strong>Evander<\/strong> would take the penalty and converted it successfully, and the Timbers had a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>But in the 79th minute, the hosts would find the equalizer when <strong>Tom\u00e1\u0161 Ostr\u00e1k<\/strong> slipped a nice pass to <strong>C\u00e9lio Pompeu<\/strong> whose one-timer into the roof of the net beat Timbers goalkeeper <strong>Alja\u017e Iva\u010di\u010d<\/strong>, and the score was now 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>But not for long.&nbsp; In the 82nd minute, Moreno fought hard to free the ball from the St. Louis defense, and then as he entered the St. Louis box he slid a pass to<strong> Yimmi Char\u00e1<\/strong>, who one-timed a shot that left B\u00fcrki flat-footed as it slipped into the far side of the net, and the Timbers had regained the lead at 2-1, which would be the final score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roman B\u00fcrki<\/strong> had five recorded saves for the hosts, while <strong>Alja\u017e Iva\u010di\u010d<\/strong> did not record any official saves for the Timbers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland Timbers are starting to get some of their injured players back, and starting to find their form, and got another strong result today with a 2-1 win over St. Louis City.&nbsp; Evander and Yimmi Char\u00e1 had the Timbers goals, while C\u00e9lio Pompeu scored for the hosts. 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