The Portland Timbers U-16 and U-18 Academy sides returned to league play this past weekend, facing Seattle Sounders FC’s Academy teams for the first time this season at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash. In their third away match in five games played this season, the U-16s fell 3-2 against Sounders FC, with Bryan Martinez-Serrano and Elijah White each tallying for the Timbers’ U-16s. With the finish, Martinez-Serrano has scored three goals in five games played (4 starts), which ranks as the most on the team, while White scored his first goal of the season.
The Timbers’ U-18s fell to Sounders FC’s U-18s 2-1 at Starfire Sports Complex, ending their three-game unbeaten run in league play (2-0-1).