The Portland Timbers notched its first road win of the season with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at PayPal Park. Making his MLS debut, goalkeeper Logan Ketterer saved a penalty kick and delivered Portland's first clean sheet of the season.
Yimmi Chara and Marvin Loría scored the goals in the victory while Eryk Williamson notched two assists.
Match Moments
5' — GOAL (POR) — The Timbers took an early lead when Yimmi Chara notched his fifth career MLS goal. Chara provided a tidy finish chipping the ball over an on-rushing JT Marcinkowski. Eryk Williamson set up the goal by streaking through the defense before playing a pass to Chara, who took a touch before his left-footed goal.
30' — POST (POR) — Defender Dario Zuparic was denied Portland's second when his header ricocheted off the outside of the post. Zuparic's header came directly from a whipped-in corner kick from Marvin Loría.
45+2' — SHOT (POR) — Moments before halftime, Williamson stole the ball from San Jose in Portland's defensive half. Williamson then took 17 touches on his way around multiple Earthquake players before firing a shot that was saved by Marcinkowski.
55' — SHOT (POR) — After a deflected pass, Felipe Mora found the ball six yards from the goal but his shot was saved out for a corner.
61' — PENALTY KICK SAVE (POR) — In his MLS debut, Logan Ketterer stopped Chris Wondolowski's penalty kick when he dove to his left and denied the MLS's All-time leading goalscorer.
74' — GOAL (POR) — Portland doubled its lead when Loría finished a short-range header off a pinpoint cross from Williamson. The goal was Loría's first in MLS since the 2019 season while the pass gave Williamson the first two-assist performance of his career.
80' — SAVE (POR) — Ketterer again stopped Wondolowski when he made a last-gasp save with his left hand to deny the bouncing headed shot.
Notes
- In nine matches managed against the Earthquakes since joining Portland in 2018, Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese holds a 7-1-1 record.
- The Timbers have scored 19 goals at San Jose in MLS play, which is tied for the most goals scored by Portland at any single opponent (Real Salt Lake, LA Galaxy).
- In his MLS and Timbers debut, goalkeeper Logan Ketterer tallied a shutout and made four saves, including a penalty-kick save on San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski in the 62nd minute.
- Ketterer became the first Timbers goalkeeper to save a penalty kick and deliver a shutout in the same match.
- Ketterer was the fourth different starting goalkeeper for the Timbers this season, which is the most starting goalkeepers Portland has ever had in a single MLS season.
- Eryk Williamson delivered his first two assists of the season. It marked the first time Williamson has delivered multiple assists in the same MLS match.
- In 33 regular-season games played (23 starts), Williamsons has registered four goals and seven assists for the Timbers.
- Yimmi Chara scored his first goal of the 2021 regular season and his fourth goal in all competitions in 2021.
- In four career regular-season appearances (3 starts) against San Jose, Chara has tallied three goals.
- Marvin Loría tallied his third career MLS regular-season goal.
- Dairon Asprilla played in his 100th MLS regular-season game for the Timbers, becoming the 10th player in the club’s MLS era to hit that milestone.
- Jeremy Ebobisse made his 99th appearance across all competitions for the Timbers.
- Felipe Mora tallied his second assist of the 2021 MLS regular season, which is tied for the team-lead with Eryk Williamson.
- Zac McGraw made his second career MLS regular-season appearance, logging nine minutes as a second-half substitute.
Next Game
The Timbers return home to host the LA Galaxy on Saturday, May 22, at Providence Park. The May 22 match kicks off at 12:30 p.m. (Pacific) and features a national television broadcast on ABC with radio broadcasts on 750 The Game (English) and La GranD 1150AM/93.5 FM (Spanish).
Portland Timbers (2-3-0, 6pts) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (3-3-0, 9pts)
May 15, 2021 – PayPal Park (San Jose, Calif.)
Goals by Half
San Jose Earthquakes 0
Portland Timbers 1 1 2
Scoring Summary:
POR: Y. Chara (Williamson), 5
POR: Loría (Williamson, Mora), 74
Misconduct Summary:
POR: Tuiloma (caution), 25
POR: Zuparic (caution), 42
SJ: Wondolowski (caution), 45+3
Lineups:
POR: GK Ketterer, D Bonilla (Van Rankin, 82), D Tuiloma, D Zuparic ©, D Bravo, M Y. Chara, M Williamson, M Polo (Zambrano, 72), F Loría (McGraw, 82), F Mora (Valeri, 82), F Ebobisse (Asprilla, 69)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Sulte, M Bodily
TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Mora, 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (five players tied,1); FOULS: 10 (Loría, Y. Chara, 2); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 4
SJ: GK Marcinkowski, D Abecasis, D Jungwirth (Wondolowski, 58), D Alanís, D Marie (Salinas, 58), M Yueill, M Remedi, M Fierro (Kikanovic, 63), M Espinoza (Lopez), F Ríos (Skahan, 66), F Cowell
Substitutes Not Used: GK Vega, D Thompson, D Beason, M Judson
TOTAL SHOTS: 21 (three players tied, 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Wondolowski, 2); FOULS: 5 (five players tied, 1); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 12; SAVES: 3
Referee: Timothy Ford
Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Adam Garner
Fourth Official: Joshua Encarnacion
VAR: Daniel Radford
Weather: Partly cloudy, 65 degrees
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
Take in everything from Portland's win at San Jose:
