PORTLAND, Ore. – The tale of two halves ended up with a happy ending for the Portland Timbers, one that saw two players score their first goals of the season in a win as large as any the club's recorded this season. The victory also ran Portland's Major League Soccer unbeaten streak to a club-record-tying 15 games, even if, half and hour into Saturday's 3-0 triumph over the Philadelphia Union, the game felt like more of a match of massive chicken than one that would produce three goals.
The breakthrough began toward the end of the first half, though, with the Timbers creating three separate half-chances before intermission's arrival.