MLS Portland Timbers

Timbers Register 1-0 Win against FC Dallas at Providence Park

Published on July 1, 2019 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Receiving a goal late in the first half from Brian Fernandez, the Portland Timbers registered a 1-0 win over FC Dallas in front of 25,218 fans at Providence Park on Sunday night. With the goal, Fernandez broke the MLS record for consecutive games with a goal to start an MLS career by scoring in his fifth straight league match.

Fernandez scoring streak

Scoring for a fifth straight league game, Fernandez established the MLS record for most consecutive league matches with a goal to start an MLS career. Fernandez has scored nine goals in seven appearances across all competitions for Portland. He has scored six goals in five appearances in MLS play. Fernandez is the third player in MLS this season to score goals in five consecutive matches, joining Carlos Vela and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Home form

Portland (6-8-2, 20pts) recorded its third consecutive win in all competitions at Providence Park. During that span, the Timbers have recorded three shutouts, outscoring their opponents 9-0. The Timbers have not conceded a goal in all competitions at Providence Park in the last 305 minutes of play.

Recent form

The Timbers are 6-3-1 over their last 10 MLS matches. Across all competitions, including two wins in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play, Portland has posted a record of 8-3-1 over its last 12 games.

Setting the table

Sebastián Blanco recorded the assist on Fernandez's game-winning goal, registering his seventh assist of the season. His seven assists are tied for sixth-most in MLS in 2019. Notably, the Timbers are the only team in MLS with multiple players who have seven or more assists this season (Diego Valeri - 10).

Key plays

On the counter-attack, Diego Valeri played the ball out wide on the right side to Jorge Moreira, who delivered a cross into the center of the box. Fernandez laid the ball off for Valeri, who fired a shot toward the bottom left corner of the goal that was blocked out for a corner kick in the 29th minute.

In the 37th minute, Portland continued to keep the pressure on FC Dallas near the edge of their box. Cristhian Paredes pounced on the ball as it got away from Paxton Pomykal, running into the box and sending a shot just wide of the left post.

The Timbers took the lead in the 42nd minute as Fernandez scored his ninth goal in all competitions. On the break, Blanco dribbled down the right side of the field and played a diagonal ball to Fernandez running to the edge of the box and he unleashed a side-footed strike into the top, right corner of the goal.

Valeri nearly doubled the Timbers lead in the 51st minute on a free kick. Lining up the attempt from just outside the top of the box, Valeri sent a curling shot inside the left post, but FC Dallas goalkeeper Jesse González dove to his right at full stretch to push the ball wide of the post.

Just one minute later, Jeremy Ebobisse made a late run into the box to get on the end of a diagonal ball played to the right post from the left wing by Blanco, but Ebobisse's one-touch shot went just wide of target.

Combining down the left side of the field in the 88th minute, Blanco played the ball to Valeri inside the box on the left wing. Valeri received the ball and cut back to the middle, attempting to place his shot into the right bottom corner of the goal, but FC Dallas' Matt Hedges made a diving play to block the shot.

Notes:

Brian Fernandez scored in his fifth consecutive league appearance to begin his Timbers career, setting an MLS record for the most consecutive games with a goal to begin an MLS career.

Fernandez has scored in all seven of his matches for Portland, including the U.S. Open Cup. He has nine goals in those seven matches.

Fernandez is the third player in MLS this season to score goals in five consecutive matches, joining Carlos Vela and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Sebastián Blanco delivered his seventh assist of the season in the match, which is tied for sixth-most in MLS in 2019. Blanco now has 26 assists for his Timbers career.

The Timbers are the only team in MLS with multiple players who have tallied seven or more assists this season (Diego Valeri - 10).

Portland is 6-3-1 over its last 10 league matches and 8-3-1 across all competitions, with a two wins in U.S. Open Cup play.

With the win, Portland improved to 6-1-3 all-time at home against FC Dallas.

Steve Clark recorded his third consecutive shutout in all competitions.

Dating back to last season, Jeremy Ebobisse has now played in 34 consecutive matches for Portland.

Next game

The Timbers return to the road for a match against New York City FC on Sunday, July 7, at Yankee Stadium. Beginning at 3:30 p.m. (Pacific), the match features a national television broadcast on FS1 with local radio broadcasts on 1029 and 750 The Game (English) and La GranD 1150AM/93.5 FM (Spanish).

Portland Timbers (6-8-2, 20pts) vs. FC Dallas (7-7-5, 26pts)

June 30, 2019 - Providence Park (Portland, Ore.)

Goals by Half 1 2 F

FC Dallas 0 0 0

Portland Timbers 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:

POR: Fernandez (Blanco), 42

Misconduct Summary:

DAL: Badji (caution), 32

DAL: Pomykal (caution), 50

POR: Moreira (caution), 88

Lineups:

POR: GK Clark, D Moreira, D Mabiala, D Cascante, D Villafaña (Valentin, 79), M Chara, M Paredes (Flores, 87), M Blanco, M Valeri ©, M Ebobisse (Loría, 68), F Fernandez

Substitutes Not Used: GK Attinella, D Dielna, M Zambrano, F Conechny

TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Valeri, 7); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Fernandez, 2); FOULS: 15 (Blanco, 3); OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2

DAL: GK González, D Bressan, D Hedges, D Ziegler, D Hollingshead, M Servania (Pepi, 78), M Cerillo (Acosta, 56), M Barrios, M Pomykal, M Badji (Mosquera, 70), F Ferreira

Substitutes Not Used: GK Maurer, M Hayes, M Roberts, F Reynolds

TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Four players tied, 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Ferreira, Hollingshead, 1); FOULS: 7 (Barrios, 2); OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 2

Referee: Allen Chapman

Assistant Referees: Eric Boria, Jeremy Hanson

4th Official: Elton Garcia

VAR: Edvin Jurisevic

Attendance: 25,218

Weather: Partly cloudy, 77 degrees

All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial

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