It really only takes one. One goal. One miss. One Save. One magical moment. That is what happened for FC Dallas in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs on Sunday night as they upset the Portland Timbers in a shootout that saw them score eight consecutive goals.
For the Timbers, Jorge Villafana had them on the cusp of advancing with an 82nd-minute go-ahead goal, but he became the first player to miss in the eighth round of kicks.
On the other end, it was Ricardo Pepi who scored the game-tying goal in stoppage time thanks to a lucky rebound in front of goal to send the game into extra-time and then into penalty kicks were a Dallas player failed to miss.