{"id":9539,"date":"2024-07-20T21:57:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T04:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=9539"},"modified":"2024-07-20T21:57:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T04:57:14","slug":"timbers-fall-short-in-los-angeles-against-the-galaxy-by-a-3-2-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2024\/07\/20\/timbers-fall-short-in-los-angeles-against-the-galaxy-by-a-3-2-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers fall short in Los Angeles against the Galaxy, by a 3-2 score"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers fought back from a few deficits, but never found the late equalizer, and ended up on the short end of a 3-2 result against the Los Angeles Galaxy.  Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> and Santiago Moreno<\/strong> would score for the Timbers, while Gabriel Pec<\/strong>, Riqui Puig<\/strong>, and Joseph Paintsil<\/strong><\/span> would score for the hosts.<\/p>\n

The host Galaxy had some good early chances, but were kept out of the Timbers net by good saves by James Pantemis<\/strong>, probably the best being in the 24th minute when a blast from Gabriel Pec<\/strong> was tipped just past the post.  In the 30th minute Santiago Moreno<\/strong> had a surprising chance for the Timbers but it was just wide left.<\/p>\n

But in the 38th minute, the Timbers defense would have a breakdown when Joseph Paintsil<\/strong> made a perfectly-timed run in behind the Timbers defense, and eluded a charging Pantemis, and then passed to a wide-open Pec who scored easily, and the Galaxy had a 1-0 lead.  In first half stoppage time the Timbers had a wonderful chance to equalize when Morena made a steal deep in Galaxy territory and played the ball to Evander<\/strong>, who slipped his shot just wide left.
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In the 48th minute, the Galaxy would get a second goal seemingly out of nowhere when Riqui Puig<\/strong> was left open outside the top of the Timbers box, and he slid a low shot just inside the left post past Pantemis, and the Galaxy now had a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

But just four minutes later, the Timbers pulled that goal back when Evander played a nice pass to Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> who one-timed a shot past John McCarthy<\/strong>, and the score was now 2-1 Galaxy.<\/p>\n

But just a few minutes later, the Galaxy restored their two goal lead when Paintsil had a 1-on-2 break against the Timbers, but a nice cutback gave him an open shot that he finished well, and the Galaxy lead was now 3-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then in the 73rd minute, the Timbers would pull back a goal yet again, when Moreno made a few nice cuts across the top of the Galaxy box, then blasted a shot just under the crossbar past McCarthy, and the score was now 3-2.  In the 85th minute, Antony did well to produce a chance for Rodr\u00edguez, but his shot was saved nicely by McCarthy.  Seconds later Puig had a great chance for the Galaxy, but Pantemis made an equally good save.<\/p>\n

In second half stoppage time, Miguel Araujo<\/strong> had an open header chance on a Rodr\u00edguez cross, but the effort was over the crossbar.  The Timbers would have a few good late chances, but never found the equalizer, and the Galaxy would hold on for the 3-2 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portland Timbers fought back from a few deficits, but never found the late equalizer, and ended up on the short end of a 3-2 result against the Los Angeles Galaxy.  Jonathan Rodr\u00edguez and Santiago Moreno would score for the Timbers, while Gabriel Pec, Riqui Puig, and Joseph Paintsil would score for the hosts. The […]<\/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-9539","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\/9539","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=9539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9540,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539\/revisions\/9540"}],"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=9539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}