Timbers' unbeaten streak ends at six games with 1-0 loss
Published on August 27, 2005 under USL First Division (USL-1)
Portland Timbers News Release
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Alon Lubezky scored the game-winning goal for the Charleston Battery in the final minutes Saturday night to hand the Portland Timbers its first loss in its last seven league matches before 4,097 at Blackbaud Stadium.
In the 88th minute, second-half substitute Gregory Simmonds sent a ball into box that skipped to the back post for Lubezky, who sent home the decisive goal for the Battery (8-13-5, 29pts).
The Timbers' (7-8-8, 29 pts) last league loss came to the Vancouver Whitecaps on July 9.
In the month of August, the Timbers are 20-10-8 over five seasons in the USL.
On May 12, the last meeting between the sides, the Timbers were the team that provided the late-game heroics with a goal in the 89th minute for a 1-0 win.
The Timbers continue their southern swing Sunday in Atlanta at 2:30 p.m. (Pacific) versus the Silverbacks at DeKalb Memorial Stadium. Listen to the game live at www.portlandtimbers.com.
USL First Division Stories from August 27, 2005
- Tarley expected to be loaned to Real Salt Lake - Minnesota Thunder
- Timbers' unbeaten streak ends at six games with 1-0 loss - Portland Timbers
- Mariners lose heartbreaker to Montreal in stoppage time - Virginia Beach Mariners
- Lubezky scores late winner to lift Charleston over Portland - Charleston Battery
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