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04/11 18:06 CDT Kevin Kelsy scores in 6th minute of stoppage time, Timbers beat
LAFC 2-1
Kevin Kelsy scores in 6th minute of stoppage time, Timbers beat LAFC 2-1
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) --- Kevin Kelsy scored his first goal this season in the
sixth minute of stoppage time, Kristoffer Velde added a goal and an assist, and
the Portland Timbers beat Los Angeles FC 2-1 on Saturday to snap a five-game
winless streak.
The Timbers (2-4-1) won for the first time since a 3-2 home victory over
Columbus in the season opener.
LAFC (5-1-1) had its franchise-record 571-minute shutout snapped. The club set
the previous mark of 550 minutes in 2024.
Brandon Bye played a long, arcing ball-in to Velde at the back post for a
centering header and Kelsy tapped the go-ahead goal into a wide-open net.
Velde scored his third goal in the last four games to give the Timbers a 1-0
lead in the 32nd minute --- the first goal conceded by LAFC this season. Velde,
on the counter-attack, skipped a shot from the right edge of the penalty arc
inside the back post.
Forward Son Heung-min and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (rest) did not play for LAFC.
Jude Terry, a 17-year-old who made his first career start, scored his first MLS
goal in the 49th minute. Matthew Evans, at the edge of the penalty box, tapped
a backward pass to Terry for a rising first-touch shot that bent around the
outstretched arm of goalkeeper James Pantemis and inside the back post to make
it 1-1.
The 19-year-old Evans made his MLS debut.
Ryan Porteous appeared to have scored a goal with a header in the 87th minute
but LAFC was ruled offside after VAR.
Goalkeeper Thomas Hasal made his first start this season --- and his fourth
appearance in three years for LAFC --- but left the game in the 30th minute
after a collision with teammate Artem Smoliokav. Cabral Carter made his MLS
debut when the 21-year-old replaced Hasal.
Pantemis finished with four saves.
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