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08/19 23:37 CDT Velde has a goal and an assist, Pantemis has 5 saves as Timbers
beat San Diego 3-1
Velde has a goal and an assist, Pantemis has 5 saves as Timbers beat San Diego
3-1
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) --- Kristoffer Velde had a goal and an assist, Ariel
Lassiter and David Da Costa each added a goal, and the Portland Timbers beat
San Diego FC 3-1 on Saturday night.
James Pantemis had five saves for the Timbers (8-9-3).
On the counter-attack, Velde blasted a shot from 25 yards out that slipped past
the outstretched fingers of diving goalkeeper CJ dos Santos and inside the back
post to open the scoring in the 29th minute.
San Diego (6-8-6) had its three-game unbeaten streak snapped.
Gabriel Pirani, at the top of the box, cut back to evade a defender and
casually rolled a shot inside the left post to make it 1-1 in first-half
stoppage time.
Jimer Fory, on the left side of the area, ran onto a ball-ahead from Velde and
played a first-touch cross to a charging Lassiter for a rising finish from
point-blank range that gave the Timbers a 2-1 lead in the 51st.
Da Costa bent a shot from outside the area inside the back post that capped the
scoring in the 68th minute.
Dos Santos finished with two saves.
Portland beat San Diego 2-1 on April 22 at Snapdragon Stadium.
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