August 31, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Portland Timbers News Release
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers defeated Cascadia rival Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 in front of a sellout crowd Saturday night at Providence Park. Juan Mosquera tallied the game’s lone goal, while Max Crépeau kept his first Timbers shutout in regular season play as Portland extended its home unbeaten streak to 11 in all competitions. The victory puts Head Coach Phil Neville’s team in sixth place in the Western Conference with seven regular season games left to play.
Tonight’s Goal Scorers & Playmakers
Juan Mosquera tallied his first goal of the season tonight. The defender has started in all 27 of Portland’s matches, notching a goal and five assists in MLS play. Additionally, Evander recorded his team-leading 16th assist, setting a new MLS record with an assist in eight consecutive home matches. The Brazilian midfielder extended his run of games with a goal contribution to eight, recording five goals and eight assists in that span. Only Diego Valeri has a longer goal-contribution streak, doing so in nine consecutive matches in 2017. With 12 goals and 16 assists this season, Evander leads the Timbers in both goal contributions (27) and assists (16), while ranking second in goals behind Felipe Mora and Jonathan Rodriguez (13 each). Notably, Evander’s 16 assists are second most in MLS this season.
For Cascadia
Tonight’s match was the 43rd MLS era matchup between the two Cascadia rivals with Portland leading the series 18-16-9 (including playoffs). Portland has lost to Seattle just once since 2021, going 5-1-2 against their Cascadia rivals in the last eight regular season matchups. During that span, the Timbers have outscored Seattle 15-6, with six different players netting goals in the last four matches. The win tonight marked consecutive victories for Portland in Cascadia Cup play, last beating Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on June 22. With six points, the Timbers now sit second in the Cascadia Cup standings, one point behind the Whitecaps (7) and two points ahead of Seattle (4). Portland will play each Cascadia rival one more time this season, away against Vancouver (Sept. 28) and away to the Sounders (Oct. 19).
Nightly Notables
With the result, the Timbers extended their home unbeaten streak to 11 games across all competitions dating back to May 15 (9-0-2), scoring 31 goals in that stretch. Eric Miller secured his 200th career MLS appearance tonight, doing so when he checked into the match…
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