SAN SALVADOR – After fighting back to even the score late in the second half at 1-1 with a goal against C.D. Dragón in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League game, Portland Timbers forward Fanendo Adi talked to teammate Darlington Nagbe moments before the midfielder lined up a free kick opportunity some 20 yards out from goal in the 90th minute.
“I told him to lift up the ball for me,” said Adi. “But he told me, ‘Don’t worry, I’m going to take it.’”
And take it he did.