{"id":9193,"date":"2024-04-27T21:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T04:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=9193"},"modified":"2024-04-27T21:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T04:39:52","slug":"shorthanded-timbers-again-fall-to-lafc-this-time-by-a-3-2-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2024\/04\/27\/shorthanded-timbers-again-fall-to-lafc-this-time-by-a-3-2-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Shorthanded Timbers (again) fall to LAFC this time, by a 3-2 score"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Timbers played LAFC for the second time in two weeks, and just like two weeks ago they’d have to attempt to maintain a draw while down a player.  But this time they’d fail and would end up on the short end of a 3-2 score.  Denis Bouanga<\/strong> had two goals for the hosts including the game-winner in stoppage time, while Timothy Tillman<\/strong> also scored.  Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> and Santiago Moreno<\/strong> would score for the Timbers.<\/p>\n

In the 7th minute, Los Angeles had two great chances, the first on a shot from close-in by Denis Bouanga<\/strong> that was stopped by a nice save by Maxime Cr\u00e9peau<\/strong>.  Then off the ensuring corner kick, Ilie S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> had a header go off the left crossbar.  But the Timbers had survived both great chances without giving up a goal.  In the 18th minute the hosts had another great chance when Bouanga had a momentary look at an open net on a rebound, but the shot was wide left. <\/p>\n

But in the 25th minute the pressure would pay off for LAFC, when Bouanga broke through again and chipped the shot past Cr\u00e9peau, but the goal was overruled after a VAR review because the LAFC attack began with a handball.<\/p>\n

The 32nd minute saw the Timbers get their first two good chances in quick succession, the first a chance by Santiago Moreno<\/strong> that was blocked, and a chance on the rebound by Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> that was wide.  In the 42nd minute the Timbers had another great chance when a nice chip into the box by Juan David Mosquera<\/strong> was met by a header by Rodr\u00edguez, but the shot was saved.<\/p>\n

But in the 44th minute,LAFC would be on the board but it was the Timbers that would score for them, when Kamal Miller<\/strong>‘s sliding defensive effort on a pass into the Timbers box redirected the ball into the net, and the score was 1-0 LAFC.<\/p>\n

On the last touch of the first half, LAFC doubled their lead when Timothy Tillman<\/strong> hit a perfect shot from the top of the box, that was off the left post and in, and LAFC had a 2-0 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

In the 65th minute, the Timbers would pull back a goal when Rodr\u00edguez trapped a failed clearance at the top of the box, then hit a perfect shot just inside the left post, and the score was now 2-1 for LAFC.<\/p>\n

Then amazingly, in the 73rd minute, the Timbers would tie it up when Moreno’s shot from 25 yards out was deflected off Eduard Atuesta<\/strong>, and rebounded into the LAFC goal off the left post, and the score was now level at 2-2.<\/p>\n

But a few minutes later the job would become much more difficult for the Timbers, when Diego Char\u00e1<\/strong> was ejected for his second yellow, and the Timbers would have to once again (like two weeks ago in Portland) finish the match vs. LAFC while down a man.<\/p>\n

Cr\u00e9peau would make a few very good diving saves in the next few minutes for the Timbers to keep the score level. <\/p>\n

But in stoppage time the Timbers luck would run out, when after a failed clearance on a corner kick, Bouanga blasted a shot in off the right post, and LAFC had a late 3-2 lead.  That would be the final score as LAFC would hold on for the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Timbers played LAFC for the second time in two weeks, and just like two weeks ago they’d have to attempt to maintain a draw while down a player.  But this time they’d fail and would end up on the short end of a 3-2 score.  Denis Bouanga had two goals for the hosts including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9193","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\/05\/tascarf.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193","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=9193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9194,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193\/revisions\/9194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}