MATCH RECAP: Sounders FC Drops 1-0 Road Result to Portland Timbers

PORTLAND, ORE. – Sounders FC (11-9-7, 40 points) fell 1-0 to Cascadia rival Portland Timbers (11-9-7, 40 points) on Saturday evening at Providence Park. Juan Mosquera scored the game’s lone goal, as Portland emerged victorious in the second of three regular-season meetings this year between the two sides. The Rave Green host the Timbers in the third and final regular-season matchup of 2024 on Saturday, October 19 in a Decision Day clash on the Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field. Brian Schmetzer’s side now travels to face defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Saturday, September 7 at Lower.com Field (4:30 p.m. PT / Apple TV, iHeartMedia Seattle, El Rey 1360 AM).

MATCH NOTES

• Sounders FC falls to eighth in the Western Conference with 40 points (11-9-7), while the Timbers jump to sixth, also with 40 points (11-9-7). Portland (sixth), Houston (seventh) and Seattle (eighth) are all level on 40 points apiece, but are separated by the goal-differential tiebreaker.

• Saturday marked the 121^st all-time meeting between the Sounders and Timbers dating back to 1975. Seattle leads the all-time series 57-47-17.

• Since the Timbers entered MLS in 2011, the regular-season series is even at 15-15-9.

• Seattle falls to third place in the Cascadia Cup standings with four points (1-1-1), while Portland jumps to second with six points (2-2-0). Vancouver currently leads the 2024 standings with seven points (2-1-1). Sounders FC has one more match each against Vancouver and Portland remaining on its Cascadia Cup schedule.

• After starting goalkeeper Stefan Frei suffered an injury in the opening minutes, Andrew Thomas came on and played the remainder of the match.

• Georgi Minoungou, signed to a First Team contract on Wednesday, came on as a substitute in the second half. The appearance marked his first in MLS regular-season action as a contracted First Team player.

MATCH SUMMARY

Seattle Sounders FC 0 – Portland Timbers 1

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Venue: Providence Park

Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Assistants: Chris Elliott, Cameron Blanchard

Fourth Official: Malik Badawi

VAR: Carol Anne Chenard

Attendance: 25,218

Weather: 85 degrees and clear

SCORING SUMMARY

POR – Juan Mosquera (Evander) 55’

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

None

LINEUPS & STATS

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei (Andrew Thomas 8’); Alex Roldan, Yeimar, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou (Reed Baker-Whiting 80’); Cristian Roldan, Josh Atencio (Obed Vargas 74’), Pedro de la Vega (Raúl Ruidíaz 56’), Albert Rusnák (Danny Leyva 80’), Paul Rothrock (Georgi Minoungou 56’); Jordan Morris

Substitutes not used: Andrew Thomas, Jonathan Bell, João Paulo, Danny Musovski

Total shots: 13

Shots on goal: 4

Fouls: 16

Offside: 1

Corner-Kicks: 13

Saves: 4

Portland Timbers – Maxime Crepeau; Kamal Miller, Claudio Bravo, Dario Zuparic, Juan Mosquera; Evander (Cristhian Paredes 90’+4’), Diego Chara, David Ayala, Santiago Moreno; Antony (Eric Miller 89’), Mason Toye (Eryk Williamson 84’)

Substitutes not used: James Pantemis, Miguel Araujo, Ega Ikoba, Finn Surman

Total shots: 12

Shots on goal: 5

Fouls: 9

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 5

Saves: 4

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