BOSTON – Despite a late, second half stoppage-time goal, Portland Timbers eMLS competitor Edgar “x_thiago_silva_o” Guerrero lost 3-2 in a hard-fought match against Sporting Kansas City’s Alex “SKC Alekzandur” Betancourt in the 2018 eMLS Cup Western Conference Playoffs, presented by PlayStation, Saturday at the PAX East event in Boston.
Betancourt jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half behind a brace from his Cristiano Ronaldo. Portland and Guerrero relied on some excellent saves from David De Gea to keep it close through the rest of the first half.
Though SKC made it 3-0 in the second half, Guerrero’s go-to second half subs of Raheem Sterling and Sebastián Blanco started to turn the tide.