MONTREAL – Despite a first career MLS goal from Tomás Conechny, the Portland Timbers lost 2-1 to the Montréal Impact at Stade Saputo Wednesday night. The Impact was led by a brace from Orji Okwonkwo.
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Match Moments
21' - POST (MTL) - Impact midfielder Orji Okwonkwo jumped on a loose back pass, came down the right channel and hit a shot that went off the inside of the near post and away.
28' - GOAL (MTL) - Okwonkwo made it 1-0 when he took a ball over the top from Bacary Sagna and hit it into the back of the net.
44' - CHANCE (POR) - Portland held some sustained possession around the Montréal 18-yard box late in the first half. Portland defender Marco Farfan cut inside from the left and sent a pass across to Dairon Asprilla who hit a hard shot but right at Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush.
53' - GOAL (POR) - Timbers leveled the score at 1-1 on a Portland free kick opportunity. Marvin Loría curled in a great ball to the back left post that defender Julio Cascante leaped high to head down into the path of Tomás Conechny who nodded it past a scrambling Bush for his first-ever career MLS goal.
57' - CHANCE (POR) - Leading Portland on the break, Asprilla played a ball up to Conechny on the left side of the goal who then left it for the sprinting Eryk Williamson but his mis-hit shot was deflected away.
66' - GOAL (MTL) - Okwonkwo scored his second goal of the game to make it 2-1 for Montréal when, back to goal, he spun on knocked down ball in the Timbers 18-yard box and hit it into the upper right 90 of the Portland net.
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Portland Timbers (5-8-2, 17pts) vs. Montreal Impact (9-7-3, 30pts)
June 26, 2019 – Stade Saputo (Montreal, Quebec)
Goals by Half 1 2 F
Montreal Impact 1 1 2
Portland Timbers 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
MTL: Okwonkwo (Sagna), 28
POR: Conechny (Cascante, Loría), 53
MTL: Okwonkwo (Taider), 66
Misconduct Summary:
MTL: Shome (caution), 32
POR: Conechny (caution), 57
POR: Farfan (caution), 77
MTL: Cabrera (caution), 90+2
Lineups:
POR: GK Attinella, D Jadama, D Cascante, D Dielna, D Farfan, M Zambrano, M Loría, M Williamson (Ebobisse, 76), M Paredes, M Conechny (Melano, 71), F Asprilla (Langsdorf, 90+1)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ivacic, D Villafaña
TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Asprilla, Paredes, 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Three players tied, 1); FOULS: 13 (Four players tied, 2); OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 1; SAVES: 3
MTL: GK Bush, D Cabrera, D Camacho, D Diallo, M Sagna, M Shome (Novillo, 86), M Krolicki, M M Raitala, F Okwonkwo (Choinière, 70), F Urruti, F Taïder
Substitutes Not Used: GK Diop, D Kinumbe, F Jackson-Hamel
TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Okwonkwo, 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Okwonkwo, 2); FOULS: 8 (Krolicki, Urruti, 2); OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Assistant Referees: Andrew Bigelow, Richard Gamache
4th Official: Fotis Bazakos
VAR: Jon Freemon
Attendance: 15,167
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 76 degrees
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial.
