MATCH RECAP | LA Galaxy 4, Portland Timbers 1

CARSON, Calif. – Jeremy Ebobisse scored a first-half goal but the Portland Timbers lost 4-1 to the LA Galaxy Friday night at Dignity Health Sports Park.

• MATCHCENTER: Stats and Boxscore

Match Moments

2' - CHANCE (POR) - Timbers forward Jeremy Ebobisse was sprung into space by midfielder Marvin Loría on a give-and-go play. Ebobisse drove towards goal but LA goalkeeper Jonathan Bond came off his line to deny the shot.

11' - CHANCE (POR) - Portland pushed ahead with Diego Valeri passing to Loría in the LA box. Loría went to the endline before cutting a ball back to the onrushing George Fochive but the midfielder's attempt was over the bar.

27' - GOAL (LA) - The Galaxy took a 1-0 lead off a corner kick that found Rayan Raveloson who bicycle kicked his shot into the back of the Timbers goal.

29' - GOAL (POR) - Just over a minute and a half later, the Ebobisse and the Timbers equalized. Yimmi Chara came down the left channel before passing to Ebobisse near the penalty spot. Ebobisse spun his defender before switching the ball back to his left foot to slot it past a diving Bond to make the score 1-1.

30' - CHANCE (POR) - Ebobisse almost doubled the lead with a spectacular shot to the top corner that LA's Bond made a finger-tip save to knock away before a Galaxy defender cleared the line on Yimmi Chara's follow-up attempt.

34' - GOAL (LA) - LA then went ahead 2-1 when defender Julian Araujo's cross to midfielder Victor Vázquez was headed into the goal.

53' - PK GOAL (LA) - Following a foul called against goalkeeper Steve Clark in the box, LA's Sacha Kljestan stepped to the spot and scored to make it 3-1 for the Galaxy.

56' - GOAL (LA) - The Galaxy took a 4-1 lead when Samuel Grandsir headed in a cross from Araujo.

78' - SAVE (POR) - Clark came back across the face of goal to deny LA's Kevin Cabral on the line.

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The Portland Timbers return to Providence Park on August 4 to host the San Jose Earthquakes (7:30pm PT, TICKETS, ROOT SPORTS).

Portland Timbers (6-8-1, 19pts) vs. LA Galaxy (9-6-1, 28pts)
July 30, 2021 – Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, Calif.)

Scoring Summary: 
LAG: Raveloson, 27
POR: Ebobisse (Y. Chara, Valeri), 29
LAG: Vázquez (Araujo), 34
LAG: Kljestan (penalty kick), 53
LAG: Grandsir (Araujo), 56

Misconduct Summary:
LAG: Villafaña (caution), 62
POR: Van Rankin (caution), 74
POR: D. Chara (caution), 83
POR: Mabiala (caution), 90+6

Lineups:
POR: GK Clark, D Bonilla (Bodily, 60), D Mabiala, D Tuiloma, D Van Rankin, M D. Chara ©, M Fochive (Paredes, 59), M Loría (Mora, 59), M Valeri (Blanco, 59), M Y. Chara (Asprilla, 68), F Ebobisse

Substitutes Not Used: GK Ivacic, D McGraw, D Zuparic, M Zambrano 

TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Ebobisse, 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Ebobisse, 3); FOULS: 15 (Van Rankin, 3); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 24

LAG: GK Bond, D Araujo (Coulibaly, 76), D DePuy, D D. Williams, D Villafaña, M Grandsir (Dunbar, 68), M Kljestan (Perez, 90), M Raveloson, M Cabral, F Zubak (A. Williams, 67), F Vázquez (Saldaña, 45)

Substitutes Not Used: GK Klinsmann, D Steres, D Acosta, M Aguirre

TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Raveloson, 6); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Cabral, 2); FOULS: 8 (DePuy, Grandsir, 2); OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 3

Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistant Referees: Ian Anderson, Eduardo Mariscal
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo
VAR: Fabio Tovar
Attendance: 15,644
Weather: Sunny, 80 degrees

All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial

Notes:

• Yimmi Chara recorded his second assist of the season. He is the sixth player to tally multiple assists for Portland this season.
• The assist was Yimmi Chara’s 10th of his career with the Timbers. Eight of his 10 assists with Portland have come against the Galaxy.
• Yimmi Chara has recorded eight assists in six career matches against the Galaxy.
• Diego Valeri tallied his ninth assist against the Galaxy, which ranks as the most in the all-time series by a single player.
• Diego Valeri’s nine assists are tied for the sixth-most all-time in MLS by a player against the LA Galaxy.
• Jeremy Ebobisse scored his fourth goal of the season. He is tied for the team lead in goals scored with Felipe Mora. 
• Jeremy Ebobisse’s goal was his sixth against the Galaxy in seven games.