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Timbers tally late, extend FC Dallas road woes
Field Level Media
18 Jul 2021, 15:05 GMT+10
Jeremy Ebobisse scored in the 84th minute to give the Portland Timbers a 1-0 victory over visiting FC Dallas on Saturday night.
Ebobisse s goal allowed the Timbers (5-6-1, 16 points) to snap a three-game winless streak in which they were 0-2-1.
Yimmi Chara was just inside midfield when he fed Ebobisse for a run toward the net. As Ebobisse closed in, he delivered a left-footed blast over the outreached left hand of FC Dallas goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer.
FC Dallas had a chance to knot the score in the 87th minute but Ricardo Pepi s header missed to the right.
Timbers eager to end layoff, host FC Dallas next
Field Level Media
17 Jul 2021, 11:19 GMT+10
The Portland Timbers will take the field for the first time in 16 days when they host FC Dallas on Saturday night.
The match couldn t arrive fast enough for the Timbers, who were pounded 4-1 by Austin FC on July 1. The last game was very difficult, Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese told reporters. Not a good performance by us or the type we want to see. The game in Austin was not a good show. . We re in a much better position now than we were before.
Portland (4-6-1, 13 points) is 0-2-1 since beating Sporting Kansas City on June 19, and it will attempt to avenge a 4-1 road loss to FC Dallas on May 1.
Shorthanded Galaxy seek more goals against FC Dallas
Field Level Media
07 Jul 2021, 10:40 GMT+10
The short-handed Los Angeles Galaxy will be searching for scoring options as they try to keep pace in the Western Conference with a home matchup against FC Dallas on Wednesday.
In a key conference clash on Sunday, the Galaxy (7-4-0, 21 points) played without forward Javier Chicharito Hernandez, as well as midfielders Jonathan dos Santos and Efrain Alvarez, while falling 2-0 at home to Sporting Kansas City.
Hernandez came away with a calf injury in warmups and was scratched, while dos Santos and Alvarez are with Mexico s national team. LA also was without defender Derrick Williams, who has one more game remaining on a suspension for a dangerous tackle, while defender Sega Coulibaly left in the 40th minute Sunday with a groin injury.
Whitecaps’ own goal lifts FC Dallas to draw
The Vancouver Whitecaps’ Ranko Veselinovic scored an own goal in the 94th minute to give FC Dallas a 2-2 draw Sunday night.
The Canadian Press
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) The Vancouver Whitecaps’ Ranko Veselinovic scored an own goal in the 94th minute to give FC Dallas a 2-2 draw Sunday night.
Veselinovic and teammate Andy Rose collided as they went up in the air to clear Paxton Pomykal’s diagonal cross and, Veselinovic, affected by the contact, inadvertently knocked it past Vancouver goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. We had a very difficult second half, said Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos. We were a lot under pressure, it was hard for us. And then in injury time, again, it’s very hard to explain.