George Fochive scores go-ahead goal as Timbers beat LAFC

PORTLAND, Ore. — George Fochive scored the go-ahead extremity connected a header successful the 68th infinitesimal and the Portland Timbers bushed Los Angeles FC 2-1 connected Sunday night.

The Timbers (11-10-4) moved into 5th spot successful the Western Conference and extended their undefeated streak to 5 games.

Dairon Asprilla had an aboriginal extremity for Portland. Cristian Arango tied it connected a punishment successful the archetypal half, his 5th consecutive crippled with a goal.

“These were a immense 3 points, a precise important 1 for us,” Fochive said. “We were location truthful we owed it to ourselves to propulsion for it. I deliberation we managed the crippled beauteous well, but we needed to triumph this game. So I deliberation erstwhile I came successful I was trying to instrumentality a small spot much chances, going forward, conscionable putting numbers successful there, and past conscionable defending harder than them.”

Los Angeles (9-10-6) had won 3 successful a row. It had an eight-game winless streak this summertime to driblet to 11th successful the standings, but rebounded and went into the crippled successful eighth, conscionable a constituent backmost of Portland and Minnesota.

“A hard loss,” LAFC manager Bob Bradley said. “I thought our wide mentality was truly good, immoderate large chances that we didn’t instrumentality vantage of, and successful a tight, hard, hard fought game, truly would person been important for america to get to 2-1 with the lead.”

Portland went up successful the 21st infinitesimal connected Asprilla’s header. But a abbreviated clip aboriginal a handball successful the container gave LAFC a punishment that Arango buried. Portland’s Sebastian Blanco was handed a yellowish paper for arguing that the shot deed him connected the side, not connected the arm. It was Arango’s 5th consecutive crippled with a goal.

Fochive scored his 2nd extremity of the play to interruption the stalemate. LAFC had a accidental to necktie it again with a unsafe escaped footwear successful the 77th, but Brian Rodriguez’s footwear went implicit the partition and wide.

It appeared that Felipe Mora added different extremity for the the Timbers successful the 86th minute, but it was ruled offside aft a video review.

Carlos Vela (right quad) and Eduard Atuesta (right ankle) remained retired of LAFC’s lineup due to the fact that of injury.

The Timbers tied Colorado 2-2 connected Wednesday. LAFC was coming disconnected a 2-1 triumph astatine Austin connected Wednesday.