{"id":9201,"date":"2024-05-04T18:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T01:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=9201"},"modified":"2024-05-04T18:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T01:43:46","slug":"timbers-first-match-vs-charlotte-results-in-2-0-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2024\/05\/04\/timbers-first-match-vs-charlotte-results-in-2-0-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers first match vs. Charlotte results in 2-0 loss."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers would play Charlotte FC for the first time ever, and it was not a good first match as the Timbers fell 2-0.  Nikola Petkovic <\/strong>and Enzo Copetti<\/strong> would have the goals for the hosts.<\/p>\n

In the ninth minute, Charlotte would have the first good scoring chance of the match, but Nikola Petkovic<\/strong>‘s attempt from the top of the Timbers box slipped just wide right.  In the 18th minute the hosts looked sure to take the lead when Petkovic had a one-on-one chance against Timbers keeper Maxime Cr\u00e9peau<\/strong>, but the shot was over the crossbar.<\/p>\n

It took until the 24th minute for the Timbers to get their first good scoring opportunity, when a header by Eryk Williamson<\/strong> was just wide left. <\/p>\n

Then in the 30th minute, the hosts had another great chance with Patrick Agyemang<\/strong> fighting through the Timbers defense, but Cr\u00e9peau made a nice save, tipping the shot just past the post.  A few minutes later Agyemang had another great chance attempting to direct a pass from close-in, but Cr\u00e9peau got just enough of his body on the attempt to send it wide.<\/p>\n

In first half stoppage time it appeared Charlotte was going to have a penalty kick chance, but the VAR review showed Juan David Mosquera<\/strong> had not touched the player who went down (Iuri Tavares<\/strong>) at all, who ended up with a yellow card for simulation instead.  Minutes later the Timbers had a great chance when Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> swiped the ball away from Charlotte keeper Kristijan Kahlina<\/strong>, but the keeper recovered quickly and was able to block the shot by Rodr\u00edguez.  The match would be scoreless at the half.<\/p>\n

In the 54th minute, it would be Charlotte that would be on the board first, when Petkovic<\/strong> brilliantly slipped the ball through two Timbers defenders, then beat Cr\u00e9peau put give Charlotte FC a 1-0 lead.  Eight minutes later, Cristhian Paredes<\/strong> had a brilliant chance for the Timbers with a shot from 30 yards out that Kahlina just managed to tip over the bar.  In the 68th minute Cr\u00e9peau made a nice kick save after a Charlotte corner kick rebounded right in front of him.<\/p>\n

In the 84th minute the Timbers had a great chance with a free kick just outside the Charlotte box, but the attempt by Rodr\u00edguez was over the crossbar.<\/p>\n

Once again the Timbers allowed a goal in stoppage time, this time it was Enzo Copetti<\/strong> beating Zac McGraw<\/strong> and having an open run towards the Timbers goal, and beat Cr\u00e9peau with a low shot to make it 2-0 for the home side, which would be the final score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers would play Charlotte FC for the first time ever, and it was not a good first match as the Timbers fell 2-0.  Nikola Petkovic and Enzo Copetti would have the goals for the hosts. In the ninth minute, Charlotte would have the first good scoring chance of the match, but Nikola Petkovic‘s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9201","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\/fans-scarves.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201","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=9201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9202,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9201\/revisions\/9202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}