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SPORTS
iê drums beat, the trum pe
blare and the stadium roarsas
the Timbers’ Army start's to warm
up. T h e Portland^irffbers faced LA
Galdkydh.ee again after a 2-1 loss back
in March.
| The Timber;? had a rough start
to the season b egin n in g w ith five
away matches due to construction in
Providence Park. They lost three and
tied two of the tdtal five games. Though
clearly struggling as a team, external
infldenceS affected their gameplay as
well.
Last year,; Head Coach Caleb Porter
announced that he would be departing
from the Tim bers. Porter lead the
Timbers to win the 2015 MLS cup where
they beat Columbus Crew 2-1 givingthe
Timbers their first major trophy. Soon
after their victory, Giovanni Savarese
took over as the Tim bers’ new head
coach. Being on the road took a toll
on the team and it w asn’t until they
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ame back to the Rose City where tney
_ ettled back in.
Saturday’ s match against LA Galaxy
Ih e Timbers had many opportunities game for the club.
to score but Bingham was able to’block
- " Ith in k overall in the first half we
fell thelshots. It wasn’ t until the 55th got a little stretched out too m uch,’’said
was a big one. Currently on their way ' minute where the ref called a p^palty., defender Zalek Valentine. “ When we
to win the m ost consecutive w ins, bn defender lorgen Skjelvik for the picked our moments great, we got to
the current record is held by Sporting Timbers givingT hem a chance to tie move our team up the field and were
Kansas C ity w ith seven consecutive
up the heated game. Midfielder Diego - in a better spot to win the ball back and
wins. The record hasn ’t been broken Valeri came up front to kick the penalty when we didn’ t, we were stretched out
since 201% Timbers are currently at sh o t-'
and we got really open and that’ s how
six consecutive wins tied with Orlando
" I was very secure of where I wanted they scored their first goal.”
City SC.
to, kick it. Tsawthe keeper until the last
M It didn’t have the fluidity that we
•Fans eagerly awaited the team’s win.
moment and I tried to put the ball in wanted. Credit to them as w ell,” said
Both teams started strong: The Timbers the n e t,” said Valeri, reflecting on his Tim b ers’ Head Coach Gio Savares,
had an early chance when midfielder penalty shoTthat tied the game 1-1.
reflecting on the match, "it just became
Andres Flores seemed to be going all in
By the second h a lf, it was clear a very difficult match. For me, the most
bu t was easily saved by Galaxy’ s goalie that both team s were strugglin g to important part was that we were able
David Bingham.
com m unicate afid keep up w ith the
to come back and get a point. ”
LA G alaxy w as quick to respond, bail due to the heat. .
Although they lost their six-gam e
p u ttin g pressure on the Tim bers.
“ To be honest, the time of the game is win streak, they ate still standing with
Midfielder Chris Pontius received a pass not the best. It has to be a little bit later seven games unbeaten (6-3-3.)
from m idfielder Em m anuel Boateng on these kind of hot days or even sooner
The Tim bers are set to face San
and was able to.put it in the goal giving like in the m orning,” Valeri said.
. Jose today at 730 p .m . at Providence
LA Galaxy an early 1-0 lead in the 19th
The fin al score was 1-1 ending the P ark fo r th e fo u rth ro u n d -o f the
minute
Timbers six game streak in a difficult U .S . O p en C u p.
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