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Timbers Drop 3-2 Result against San Jose Earthquakes on the Road

May 19, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Portland Timbers News Release


SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Portland Timbers dropped a 3-2 result on the road against the San Jose Earthquakes at PayPal Park on Wednesday evening. Bill Tuiloma recorded his team-leading fourth goal of the season and Cristhian Paredes tallied his second goal in 2022. Marvin Loría and Eryk Williamson each recorded an assist in the match.

Header Goals

Both of Portland's goals tonight were headed in off of set pieces. Paredes found the back of the net in the first half off a corner kick from Loría. It marked the Paraguayan's second goal of the 2022 campaign. Tuiloma followed suit in the second half scoring in a similar fashion, heading in a right-footed corner from Williamson. The goal was Tuiloma's team-leading fourth of the season. Notably, Tuiloma has scored three of his four goals through headers this season, and all four have been from set-piece plays. The New Zealand international is tied for second in the league with three headed goals. Five of Tuiloma's eight career goals in MLS have been headed goals.

Goal-Scoring Plays

POR - Cristhian Paredes (Marvin Loría), 18th minute: Cristhian Paredes moved quickly inside the box to free himself from a San Jose defender and find Marvin Loría's corner-kick service. Paredes connected with the ball through a header six yards out from the goal line.

SJ - Jackson Yueill (Jeremy Ebobisse), 31st minute: Jeremy Ebobisse dribbled and cut through the Portland defense on the left wing to cross the ball to pinpoint the penalty spot where Jackson Yueill threw himself into a diving header, finding the back of the Portland's net.

SJ - Jamiro Monteiro (Cade Cowell), 44th minute: Through a breakaway run from the midfield, Cade Cowell dribbled towards the 18-yard box and crossed the ball into the middle of the box to find Jamiro Monteiro. Monteiro took a one-time shot with his right foot and finished his chance.

POR - Bill Tuiloma (Eryk Williamson), 56th minute: From a corner kick, Eryk Williamson delivered a pinpoint ball to the center of the box for Bill Tuiloma, who unleashed a powerful header into the upper-right hand corner.

SJ - Jamiro Monteiro, 80th minute: From the touchline, Espinoza cut back a cross toward the center of the box for Jeremy Ebobisse. The ball took a deflection and Monteiro ran into the space with a sliding right-footed shot into the lower left-hand corner of the goal.

Notes

Tonight's loss snapped an unbeaten streak of seven straight matches against the Earthquakes dating back to 2019. It was the longest unbeaten run by either team against the other in MLS play with Portland also going unbeaten in the first seven meetings (W2 D5) from 2011 to April 2013.

Portland holds a 15-6-9 record over San Jose.

The Timbers played their second consecutive midweek match on the road tonight, playing three matches in a nine-day span.

Tuiloma tallied his team-leading fourth goal of the season, scoring in a second consecutive match.

Tuiloma is tied for second-most headed goals in the league this season with three.

Five of Tuiloma's eight career goals in MLS have been headed goals.

Cristhian Paredes scored his second goal of the 2022 campaign, scoring in a second consecutive match.

Eryk Williamson recorded his third assist of the season.

Williamson has tallied three assists in the last two matches for Portland.

Williamson has tallied four assists against San Jose, the most assists against any team for the midfielder.

Marvin Loría tallied his second assist in the 2022 campaign.

Seven Timbers have scored two or more goals this season - Tuiloma (4), Jaroslaw Niezgoda (3), Yimmi Chara (3), Sebastian Blanco (2), Paredes (2), Nathan Fogaça (2) and Dairon Asprilla (2).

Seven different players have tallied at least one assist for Portland this season - Y. Chara (4), Blanco (4), Williamson (3), Loría (2), Santiago Moreno (2), Paredes (2) and Diego Chara (1).

Next Game

Portland will play host to Eastern Conference side the Philadelphia Union on Sunday, May 22, at Providence Park. The May 22 match kicks off at 7 p.m. (Pacific) with a national television broadcast on FS1 and local radio broadcasts on 750 The Game (English) and La GranD 1150AM/93.5 FM (Spanish).

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