PORTLAND, Ore. – Felipe Mora scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season and the Portland Timbers drew 1-1 with the San Jose Earthquakes Wednesday night in front of a crowd of 22,233 at Providence Park.
- MATCHCENTER: Stats and Boxscore
Match Moments
13' - SAVE (POR) - Following a Timbers corner kick, San Jose sped out on a counter attack. Quakes midfielder Cristian Espinoza played a throughball to midfielder Cade Cowell but Portland goalkeeper Steve Clark made a quick save on Cowell's shot.
18' - CHANCE (POR) - The Timbers kept pressure forward in the attacking third. Midfielder Yimmi Chara found some space outside the San Jose 18-yard box but his rising shot was high over the bar.
24' - GOAL (SJ) - The Earthquakes took a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute when a shot from Espinoza was bobbled by Clark and then tucked into the goal by midfielder Javier "Chofis" Lopez.
27' - CHANCE (POR) - Forward Felipe Mora's hold up play sprung Yimmi Chara into the box but his shot was deflected just wide of the left post. On the ensuing corner, a flicked-on ball found defender Bill Tuiloma to head on target but SJ goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski made the save.
37' - CHANCE (POR) - Timbers midfielder Dairon Asprilla beat two San Jose defenders before sending a cross to the back post for Josecarlos Van Rankin but his strong header flashed across the face of goal and wide.
42' - SAVE (POR) - After coming on due to an injury to Clark, Portland goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic made a sliding save on a close-in shot from Espinoza.
45+1' - CHANCE (POR) - On a Timbers corner kick, Mora headed a ball towards the top corner but Marcinkowski caught it.
45+6' - GOAL (POR) - The Timbers tied it at 1-1 just before the halftime whistle. On a corner kick from the near side, Tuiloma flicked his header down towards the far post where Mora poked the ball into the back of the net.
62' - CHANCE (POR) - Freshly into the match, midfielder Sebastían Blanco received a rolled ball near the endline from Diego Chara. Blanco tapped it towards the middle for Mora but Marcinkowski stretched to swat the ball away.
65' - CHANCE (POR) - Mora again performed some nice hold-up play, got the ball back to Blanco who one-timed his pass ahead to Yimmi Chara in the box. Chara chipped Marcinkowski but it floated just above the crossbar.
67' - SAVE (POR) - Ivacic made a spectacular save on a point blank shot from San Jose's Espinoza.
71' - CHANCE (POR) - Yimmi Chara threaded a pass to Mora at the penalty spot. Mora flicked the ball up to himself, spun and fired but went just wide of the right post.
77' - CHANCE (POR) - Blanco crossed a nice ball into the top of the six-yard box that defender Larrys Mabiala headed wide of the right post.
90+3' - RED CARD (POR) - Midfielder Diego Chara was issued a second yellow card and accompanying red card for a foul just outside the Portland 18-yard box leaving the Timbers with 10 men.
90+6' - SAVE (POR) - Aljaz tipped over the bar a San Jose shot on a corner kick to keep the score level.
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The Portland Timbers continue their three-game homestand Saturday when they face Real Salt Lake at Providence Park (7:30pm PT, TICKETS, ROOT SPORTS).
Portland Timbers (6-8-2, 20pts) vs. SJ Earthquakes (4-7-6, 18pts)
August 4, 2021 – Providence Park (Portland, Ore.)
Scoring Summary:
SJ: López, 24
POR: Felipe Mora (Tuiloma, Y. Chara), 45+6
Misconduct Summary:
POR: Van Rankin (caution), 29
POR: Williamson (caution), 86
POR: D. Chara (caution), 90+2
POR: D. Chara (ejection), 90+3
SJ: Salinas (caution), 90+6
POR: Blanco (caution), 90+6
SJ: Nathan (caution), 90+8
SJ: López (caution), 90+9
POR: Mabiala (caution), 90+10
Lineups:
POR: GK Clark (Ivacic, 40), D Van Rankin, D Mabiala, D Tuiloma, D Bravo, M D. Chara ©, M Fochive (Valeri, 82), M Paredes (Williamson, 46), F Y. Chara, F Mora, F Asprilla (Blanco, 60)
Substitutes Not Used: D Bonilla, D Zuparic, M Bodily, M Zambrano, M Loría
TOTAL SHOTS: 21 (Mora, 5); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Mora, 2); FOULS: 17 (D. Chara, 4); OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 7
SJ: GK Marcinkowski, D Beason, D Nathan, D Alanís (Fierro, 83), D Abecasis (López, 73), M Jungwirth (Rios, 82), M Judson, M J. López (Yueill, 46), Espinoza (Wondolowski, 82), M Salinas, F Cowell
Substitutes Not Used: GK Vega, D Marie, M Skahan, M Haji
TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (four players tied, 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (López, Espinoza, 2); FOULS: 11 (four players tied, 2); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistant Referees: Jeff Hosking, Mike Rottersman
Fourth Official: Mark Allatin
VAR: Alex Chilowics
Attendance: 22,233
Weather: Mostly sunny, 86 degrees
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
Notes
- Portland is 14-5-8 against San Jose, and 10-0-4 when playing at Providence Park.
- The Timbers are undefeated against the Earthquakes at home in MLS play.
- Portland extended their unbeaten streak against San Jose to six (4-0-2).
- Since joining the Timbers in 2018, head coach Giovanni Savarese holds a record of 6-1-2 against the Earthquakes.
- Portland is 6-2-1 this season at Providence Park.
- Mora scored his team-leading fifth goal of the regular season, and seventh across all competitions.
- In four games played against the Earthquakes, Mora has recorded two goals and one assist.
- Mora has scored in five of his last seven appearances for Portland.
- The Timbers have scored six goals in stoppage time this season (3 in first half, 3 in second half).
- Yimmi Chara recorded his third assist of the regular season.
- Bill Tuiloma tallied his second assist of the 2021 campaign.
- Tuiloma is the seventh player on the team to record at least two assists this season.
- Aljaz Ivacic made his Providence Park debut tonight.
- Eryk Williamson made his first appearance since returning from the Concacaf Gold Cup with the U.S. Men’s National Team.
- Claudio Bravo earned his first start and appearance since returning from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the U23 Argentina Men’s National Team.
- Josecarlos Van Rankin, Dairon Asprilla, and Diego Valeri are the only Timbers to appear in all 16 regular season matches in 2021.
