Most Portland Timbers broadcasts over the last month-plus have offered a similar reminder: that the team has come from ahead to drop too many points this season. Fifteen times during the 2020 Major League Soccer campaign the Timbers have conceded goals in a match’s final 15 minutes, including on Wednesday night, when a late score by the Colorado Rapids knocked Portland from first in the Western Conference.
On Sunday, the Timbers flipped that script. Overcoming a controlling first half from Los Angeles FC, the Timbers salvaged a result with a 90th-minute goal from Jorge Villafaña, earning a 1-1 draw at Banc of California Stadium on AT&T Decision Day to finish third in the Western Conference.