{"id":9553,"date":"2024-08-01T21:35:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T04:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2024-08-01T22:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T05:19:06","slug":"timbers-rout-colorado-to-advance-in-leagues-cup-win-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2024\/08\/01\/timbers-rout-colorado-to-advance-in-leagues-cup-win-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Timbers rout Colorado to advance in Leagues Cup, win 4-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Timbers needed a good follow up to their win over Club Le\u00f3n last weekend, and they truly delivered with a 4-0 win over the Colorado Rapids to advance to the next round of the Leagues Cup. &nbsp; <strong>Antony<\/strong>, <strong>David Ayala<\/strong>, <strong>Mason Toye<\/strong>,&nbsp; and <strong>Santiago Moreno<\/strong> scoring for the Timbers.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few minutes into the match, <strong>Maxime Cr\u00e9peau<\/strong> would make two good saves for the Timbers, first when Jonathan Lewis played a pass into the box that <strong>Omir Fernandez<\/strong> would get on the end of from close in that the Timbers keeper got a hand to, and shortly afterwards, a nice Rapids ball into the Timbers box was redirected by<strong> Rafael Navarro<\/strong> but Cr\u00e9peau made another really nice save.&nbsp; <strong>Felipe Mora<\/strong> would have equally good chance for the Timbers in the 8th minute, but his chance was deflected wide by a Colorado defender.<\/p>\n<p>Then in the 30th minute, the Timbers would be on the board when a ball into the box by <strong>Juan David Mosquera<\/strong> was headed down by Mora, and <strong>Antony<\/strong> one-timed a shot that snuck through the legs of Colorado goalkeeper<strong> Zack Steffen<\/strong>, and Timbers had a 1-0 lead.&nbsp; The Timbers would hold that lead into the break.<\/p>\n<p>In the 52nd minute the Timbers would score again, once again on an <strong>Evander<\/strong> corner kick (like last match).&nbsp; The kick was deflected towards the far post by <strong>Cristhian Paredes<\/strong>, and then headed home by <strong>David Ayala<\/strong>, scoring his first goal for the Timbers, which gave the Timbers a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>And then in the 69th minute, the Timbers were on the board again, when new acquisition <strong>Mason Toye<\/strong> stayed just onside as he got a pass from Mosquera, and finished nicely into the upper right corner of the net, also netting his first goal as a Timber, and the Timbers had stretched the lead to 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Just two minutes later, the Timbers added a fourth goal on a breakaway where the Timbers had a 4 on 3 break, with <strong>Santiago Moreno<\/strong> finishing nicely to stretch the lead out to 4-0.&nbsp; This would be the final as the Timbers would advance in the Leagues Cup, and also earn their second four goal win over the Rapids this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Timbers needed a good follow up to their win over Club Le\u00f3n last weekend, and they truly delivered with a 4-0 win over the Colorado Rapids to advance to the next round of the Leagues Cup. &nbsp; Antony, David Ayala, Mason Toye,&nbsp; and Santiago Moreno scoring for the Timbers. 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