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 121st 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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