On a night where the Portland Timbers lost one of their most important players, one of 2020’s rising stars lifted his game to a new level, with Eryk Williamson’s man of the match-caliber performance lifting his team to a 2-1 victory over Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field.
The victory came after Portland went 0-2-1 in the first three games of Major League Soccer’s restarted regular season. It also came after Sebastián Blanco, Player of the Tournament at last month’s MLS is Back Tournament, left the game in the second minute after an injury to his right knee.