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Los Angeles Times
4 days ago
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- Los Angeles Times
LAFC can't keep up with Cristhian Paredes and Portland in loss
Cristhian Paredes scored just before halftime, Maxime Crépeau had his third shutout of the season and the Portland Timbers beat LAFC 1-0 on Friday night to snap a three-game winless streak. Ian Smith played an arcing corner kick into the center of the area and Paredes went up high for a header that deflected of the back post into the net to give Portland (10-7-7) a 1-0 lead in the 45th minute. Crépeau has three saves this season. LAFC (10-6-6) played to a 3-3 tie with the Galaxy, the defending MLS Cup champions, on Saturday to snap a three-game win streak. Hugo Lloris stopped three shots for LAFC. LAFC's Eddie Segura (red card) served a one-game suspension. Kenny Nielsen, a 23-year-old who made his MLS debut, started in Segura's place. The Timbers and LAFC played to a 3-3 tie April 19.


Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Cristhian Paredes scores a goal, Timbers beat LAFC 1-0, snap 3-game winless streak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cristhian Paredes scored just before halftime, Maxime Crépeau had his third shutout of the season and the Portland Timbers beat Los Angeles FC 1-0 on Friday night to snap a three-game winless streak. Ian Smith played an arcing corner kick into the center of the area and Paredes went up high for a header that deflected of the back post into the net to give Portland (10-7-7) a 1-0 lead in the 45th minute. Crépeau has three saves this season. Los Angeles (10-6-6) played to a 3-3 tie with the LA Galaxy, the defending MLS Cup champions, on Saturday to snap a three-game win streak. Hugo Lloris stopped three shots for LAFC. LAFC's Eddie Segura (red card) served a one-game suspension. Kenny Nielsen, a 23-year-old who made his MLS debut, started in Segura's place. The Timbers and LAFC played to a 3-3 tie April 19. ___ AP soccer:


Associated Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Cristhian Paredes scores a goal, Timbers beat LAFC 1-0, snap 3-game winless streak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cristhian Paredes scored just before halftime, Maxime Crépeau had his third shutout of the season and the Portland Timbers beat Los Angeles FC 1-0 on Friday night to snap a three-game winless streak. Ian Smith played an arcing corner kick into the center of the area and Paredes went up high for a header that deflected of the back post into the net to give Portland (10-7-7) a 1-0 lead in the 45th minute. Crépeau has three saves this season. Los Angeles (10-6-6) played to a 3-3 tie with the LA Galaxy, the defending MLS Cup champions, on Saturday to snap a three-game win streak. Hugo Lloris stopped three shots for LAFC. LAFC's Eddie Segura (red card) served a one-game suspension. Kenny Nielsen, a 23-year-old who made his MLS debut, started in Segura's place. The Timbers and LAFC played to a 3-3 tie April 19. ___ AP soccer:


Associated Press
5 days ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Bouanga leads Los Angeles FC against the Portland Timbers
Portland Timbers (9-7-7, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles FC (10-5-6, sixth in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Friday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: LAFC -214, Portland +460, Draw +378; over/under is 3.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Denis Bouanga leads Los Angeles FC into a matchup with the Portland Timbers after scoring two goals against the LA Galaxy. LAFC is 9-5-5 in Western Conference games. LAFC has a 3-0-2 record in games it scores at least three goals. The Timbers are 8-5-7 against Western Conference teams. The Timbers rank 10th in the Western Conference drawing 111 corner kicks, averaging 4.8 per game. The teams meet Friday for the second time this season. The last meeting finished tied 3-3. TOP PERFORMERS: Bouanga has scored 13 goals and added six assists for LAFC. Nathan Ordaz has three goals and three assists over the past 10 games. Antony has scored six goals and added three assists for the Timbers. Santiago Moreno has one goal and three assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: LAFC: 5-1-4, averaging 2.2 goals, 5.9 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game. Timbers: 3-4-3, averaging 1.0 goal, 3.3 shots on goal and 5.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.3 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: LAFC: Lorenzo Dellavalle (injured), Ryan Raposo (injured), Aaron Long (injured), Maxime Chanot (injured). Timbers: David Pereira Da Costa (injured), Antony (injured), Jonathan Rodriguez (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.


Associated Press
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Omir Fernández scores in stoppage time to rally Timbers to 1-1 tie with Minnesota United
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Omir Fernández subbed into the match in the 86th minute and scored in stoppage time as the Portland Timbers rallied for a 1-1 draw with Minnesota United on Saturday night. Fernández used a pass from defender Juan Mosquera to score his first goal of the season. Mosquera collected his fourth assist when Fernández found the net in his 13th match with Portland after making eight appearances with the Colorado Rapids to begin the season. Defender Anthony Markanich subbed in for forward Bongokuhle Hlongwane in the 61st minute and scored in the 77th to give Minnesota United the lead. It was his sixth goal this season after scoring once in his first 44 appearances. Julian Gressel notched his second assist. Maxime Crépeau saved five shots in goal for the Timbers (9-7-7). Dayne St. Clair totaled three saves for Minnesota United (11-5-8). Minnesota United is 5-2-6 on the road this season and leads the all-time series with the Timbers 9-4-3. Portland is 6-2-6 at home on the season and 4-3-2 when Minnesota United visits. The Timbers travel to play Los Angeles FC on Friday. Minnesota United travels to play St. Louis City on Saturday. ___ AP soccer: