The Portland Timbers battled back to defeat the Seattle Sounders 2-1 at Providence Park on Friday night. Seattle opened the scoring via Yeimar Gomez Andrade, but a first half penalty from Dairon Asprilla and a second half goal from Seattle-killer Sebastian Blanco snagged Portland the win.
With the win, the Timbers also raised the Cascadia Cup for the first time since 2017, cementing regional bragging rights for 2022.
Recap
Coming off of a bad loss in their last game, Giovanni Savarese shook up the Timbers’ starting lineup. He dropped regular starters Larrys Mabiala, Josecarlos Van Rankin, and Jaroslaw Niezgoda in favor of Zac McGraw, Bill Tuiloma, and Dairon Asprilla in an attempt to jumpstart his team.