Adi scores in his farewell match while Timbers beats Dynamo 2-1

The Portland Timbers played in a home-and-away match against Houston Dynamo on Saturday night, promising to bid Fanendo Adi a 2-1 win. The big man scored his 54th goal as a Timber after arriving late in the game for a final appearance with the club.

The Timbers came on the board early, opening the scoring in the seventh minute of play. After recovering the ball in the middle of the field, the maestro, Diego Valeri, played a deep ball on the flank and on the way from Alvas Powell. In isolation with DeMarcus Beasley, Powell stepped over the balloon, created space and sent a floating cross that went over the penalty area and found Sebastian Blanco's post. As the ball fell on him, Blanco struck low for the first time, beating Dynamo goalkeeper Joe Willis and giving the Timbers a 1-0 lead

In the 12th minute, Dynamo responded with the pressure of the Alberth Elis. As Julio Cascante lifted the ball into the Timbers' head, Elis knocked it off, dismissing the ball from the center of the Timbers and making it stumble. As the Timbers hurry to recover, Elis manages to send a dribbling center through the penalty area that escapes a series of Timbers before finding Romell Quioto at the back post for an easy shot across the goal line [19659004Inthe20thminuteafteranaberrantplayingperiodthatsawtheyellowcardsissuedtobothteamstheTimbersalmostfoundtheirsecondAftersendingaballintohalfoftheDynamoBlancoslidagoodballacrossDynamo'slineforDaironAsprillaAsprillahithismanontheballandkickedWillisbuttheDynamogoalkeeperrushedoutofhislineandatthelastmomentpulledagloveandstoppedtheshot

Asprilla had another chance Two minutes later, a free kick from Timbers. At the restart, Valeri threw a curling ball into Dynamo's box, finding Larrys Mabiala. Mabiala's head floated into the box of Dynamo, falling directly on Asprilla who lined a bicycle kick and made a strong contact, only for his shot to pbad right to Willis, who parried him .

The 33rd minute and again, it was Elis that made things happen for the visitors. After Andrew Wenger cut the flank and made a cross to the Timbers' back post, Elis rose, playing over Powell and putting a header to jump to the goal that fell to hardly the post.

Timbers went out to try to keep Dynamo under pressure and largely succeeded, sending repeated balls into Dynamo's box, but failing to connect with any of them.

The Timbers continuing to maintain pressure In the 75th minute, Adi scored what we had learned before the match, his last match in a Timbers uniform

. Five minutes after his last match with the Timbers, Fanendo Adi scored. In the 80th minute, the Timbers put the ball back at the end of Dynamo and Blanco 's efforts were rewarded with a short pbad in a scrum of players who bounced, ricocheted and finally fell to Adi just in time. outside of the goal. They brought the ball home and gave the Timbers 2-1 the lead

Although the Dynamo pushed forward looking for an equalizer, the Timbers were successful to resist their late push and keep the three points in Portland. move to third place in the Western Conference

The Timbers will continue their race next weekend when they host the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, August 4.