{"id":9099,"date":"2024-03-30T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T04:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=9099"},"modified":"2024-03-30T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T04:58:08","slug":"timbers-fight-back-to-tie-score-late-but-fall-3-2-to-whitecaps-on-a-late-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2024\/03\/30\/timbers-fight-back-to-tie-score-late-but-fall-3-2-to-whitecaps-on-a-late-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers fight back to tie score late, but fall 3-2 to Whitecaps on a late goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers went down early to the Vancouver Whitecaps, fought back from a two-goal deficit to tie it, but lost on a sloppy late goal by the Whitecaps for a 3-2 final. Evander<\/strong> and Felipe Mora<\/strong> would score for the Timbers, while Ryan Gauld<\/strong>, Faf\u00e0 Picault<\/strong>, and Ryan Raposo<\/strong> would score for the hosts.<\/p>\n

It only took two minutes and the Timbers were down a goal, when Ryan Gauld<\/strong>‘s initial shot was blocked by Zac McGraw<\/strong>, but the rebound fell right back to his feet and he knocked the rebound home, and the Whitecaps led 1-0.<\/p>\n

In the 10th minute the Whitecaps had several good chances, including a rebound off the crossbar that Juan David Mosquera<\/strong> cleared just before it crossed the line.<\/p>\n

In the 29th minute, Vancouver doubled their lead on a counterattack when McGraw failed to clear, and the ball fell right to Faf\u00e0 Picault<\/strong>, who finished by curing a shot into the top right corner past Timbers goalkeeper Maxime Cr\u00e9peau<\/strong>, and the score was now 2-0.<\/p>\n

The Timbers had a few free kick chances from about 25 yards out by Evander<\/strong> but never seriously threatened to score, and the Whitecaps led 2-0 at the break.<\/p>\n

The Timbers came out looking more aggressive in the second half, and it only took until the 52nd minute for that to pay off, as Cristhian Paredes<\/strong> played a nice pass to the top of the box to Evander, who blasted a shot into the upper left corner past Whitecaps goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka<\/strong>, and the Whitecaps lead was now 2-1.<\/p>\n

In the 66th minute Levonte Johnson<\/strong> had a great chance on a very tight angle shot for the Whitecaps, which Dario \u017dupari\u0107<\/strong> cleared off the line.<\/p>\n

In the 78th minute, the Timbers would tie it up when Evander sent in a beautiful curling cross that Felipe Mora<\/strong> met with a fine header, putting it past Takaoka, and the score was now 2-2.<\/p>\n

But in the 87th minute, a fumbled ball by the Timbers goalkeeper would hurt them as a scramble in front of the Timbers goal ended with Ryan Raposo<\/strong> knocking the ball over the goal line from a yard out, and the Whitecaps had regained the lead at 3-2.<\/p>\n

In stoppage time, the Timbers were calling for a last-minute penalty when it appeared Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> was pulled back by the shoulder attempting a late shot, but a quick review decided it was not enough for a penalty. Seconds later the final whistle blew and the Whitecaps had a 3-2 win.<\/p>\n

Maxime Cr\u00e9peau<\/strong> had two saves for the Timbers, while Yohei Takaoka<\/strong> also had two for the hosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers went down early to the Vancouver Whitecaps, fought back from a two-goal deficit to tie it, but lost on a sloppy late goal by the Whitecaps for a 3-2 final. Evander and Felipe Mora would score for the Timbers, while Ryan Gauld, Faf\u00e0 Picault, and Ryan Raposo would score for the hosts. […]<\/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-9099","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\/9099","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=9099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9100,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9099\/revisions\/9100"}],"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=9099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}