PORTLAND, Ore. – Playing their third home match at Providence Park this season, T2 defeated Cascadia-rival Seattle Sounders FC 2 1-0 on Thursday for their third home win of the 2016 campaign. Forward Villyan Bijev tallied his first professional goal for Portland, while T2 improved to 2-1-0 at Providence Park in 2016.
With Bijev’s finish, eight different players have scored for T2, with Victor Arboleda, Nick Besler, Neco Brett, Kharlton Belmar, Dylan Damraoui, Andre Lewis and Ben Polk each recording goals through 11 games. After tallying a game-high five saves, T2 goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh recorded his second-career shutout.