Colorado Rapids                           Portland Timbers
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Alexander Schlager        32  7  n     GK Marcelo Salazar           30 10  n
SW Aleksander Borkovic       27  9  n     DF Frankie Salizar           29  8  n
DF Horchata Fridge           29  6  n     DF Willie Moon               23  8  n
DF Leopold Querfeld          29  7  n     DF Olaf Poole                21  6  n
DF Flavius Daniliuc          23  6  n     DF Evan Welton               14  8  n
MF Karim Onisiwo             28  8  n     MF Will Rubin                25  6  n
MF David Schnegg             16  6  n     MF Erick Waters              24  6  n
FW Maximillian Entrup        31  6  n     WG Lon Wells                 30  7  n
FW Manuel Polster            26  8  n     WG Erik Julian               25 10  n
FW Yusuf Demir               24  5  n     FW Eddie Smyth               30  6  n
FW Marco Grull               23  9  n     FW A Purdy                   30  6  n

Min 0: Colorado opens up with a 4-2-4 L while the Timbers will play a 4-2-4 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Craig Thomson (HOMER/FAIR).
Min 4: Colorado deep in Portland territory...
        ...Leopold Querfeld gets round the back after thirty or so passes...
        ...and Yusuf Demir heads the ball down and into the net GOAL!...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the Rapids...
        ...score now: COL 1 - POR 0
Min 5: Leopold Querfeld (COL) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Flavius Daniliuc but it evades him...
        ...Frankie Salizar (POR) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 6: Horchata Fridge (COL) and Maximillian Entrup break for Colorado...
        ...Maximillian Entrup looks to have found space into which to recieve Horchata Fridge's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Frankie Salizar (POR) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 6: Great tackle by Horchata Fridge (COL)...
        ...to prevent Lon Wells (POR) from latching onto Eddie Smyth's pass. 
Min 8: Now the ball comes to Erick Waters (POR)...
        ...A Purdy has space on the left and Erick Waters tries to play him in...
        ...only for Aleksander Borkovic (COL) to stick out a boot and just intercept.
Min 21: Flavius Daniliuc hits a short back-pass...
        ...and Will Rubin (POR) latches on...
        ...but he can't beat an alert Alexander Schlager.
Min 23: Lon Wells (POR) hits a sweet half-volley...
        ...caught by Alexander Schlager!
Min 25: Colorado give the ball away in midfield...
        ...A Purdy (POR) takes over for Portland...
        ...he drives inside and slips the ball through the defense for Lon Wells...
        ...the American evades a challenge...
        ...and hammers the ball right at Alexander Schlager who makes the save!
Min 27: Maximillian Entrup (COL) gets himself in the book by scything down Erik Julian.
Min 30: Superb sliding block by Flavius Daniliuc (COL) denies Erik Julian a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Eddie Smyth in the Colorado box.
Min 31: Eddie Smyth finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Alexander Schlager palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Erik Julian who heads the ball...
        ...but Leopold Querfeld (COL) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 35: Willie Moon (POR) fires in a cross...
        ...which takes a deflection...
        ...and Erick Waters takes advantage to fire on goal...
        ...but Alexander Schlager is there to handle the danger.
Min 39: Will Rubin (POR) pumps the ball back into a crowded box...
        ...Eddie Smyth rises at the back post...
        ...and powerfully heads the ball down and past a sprawling Alexander Schlager. GOAL!!!!!!...
        ...Portland draw level....
        ...score now: COL 1 - POR 1
Min 40: Marco Grull (COL) puts in a cross...
        ...but Willie Moon (POR) clears with ease.
Min 41: Brilliant play by Erick Waters (POR) on the right...
        ...he whizzes clear and crosses low for A Purdy...
        ...who plants a superb finish into the top corner from around the penalty spot GOAL!...
        ...the Portland side are up...
        ...score now: COL 1 - POR 2
Min 45: The ball is hooked on towards Eddie Smyth (POR)...
        ...who takes on Flavius Daniliuc on the edge of the area...
        ...he's blocked but the rebound falls to Erick Waters...
        ...who from the edge of the box drills a fine low shot that floats just wide.
Min 45: Moritz Oswald on for Yusuf Demir(FW)...
        ...Moritz Oswald will play WG.


HALFTIME SCORE: Colorado 1 - Portland 2

Min 51: (POR) push on the ball is passed forward...
        ...The whistle goes for offside!...
        ...Eddie Smyth looks incensed and makes an interesting gesture to the assistant ref....
        ...Alexander Schlager looks relieved at the decision...
        ...the Colorado defence were all over the place.
Min 52: Maximillian Entrup (COL) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Moritz Oswald but it evades him...
        ...Frankie Salizar (POR) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 54: Maximillian Entrup (COL) reads Manuel Polster's intentions perfectly...
        ...as he beats the offside trap...
        ...and races onto the ball...
        ...firing an unstoppable effort into the roof of the net. GOAL!...
        ...great response from Colorado...
        ...score now: COL 2 - POR 2
Min 55: Karim Onisiwo and Horchata Fridge weave a neat interchange...
        ...which sees the American scamper clear...
        ...he outpaces the Portland defense and lifts a classy ball high but Marcelo Salazar gets a hand to it!
Min 60: Jhonny Perez on for Erik Julian(WG)...
        ...Jhonny Perez will play WG.
Min 60: Wes Killeen on for Evan Welton(DF)...
        ...Wes Killeen will play DF.
Min 62: Karim Onisiwo weaves his way through the Portland defense......
        ...he checks the keeper's position...
        ...he'll take a chance on his own and ignore assistance from his flank......
        ...and the shot falls harmlessly into the arms of Marcelo Salazar!?
Min 67: Manuel Polster (COL) in space inside the area...
        ...he slices his shot but it finds Moritz Oswald...
        ...who simply sidefoots home GOAL!...
        ...and Colorado have the lead...
        ...score now: COL 3 - POR 2
Min 67: POR now playing Press
Min 68: Eddie Smyth (POR) fires in a cross...
        ...which takes a deflection...
        ...and Wes Killeen takes advantage to fire on goal...
        ...but Alexander Schlager is there to handle the danger.
Min 70: Colorado deep in Portland territory...
        ...Leopold Querfeld gets round the back after thirty or so passes...
        ...and Maximillian Entrup heads the ball down and into the net GOAL!...
        ...Colorado are looking strong now...
        ...score now: COL 4 - POR 2
Min 71: Karim Onisiwo (COL) hacks Will Rubin to the floor with a wild challenge...
        ...no attempt to play the ball and that's a booking.
Min 74: Will Rubin crosses for the Timbers...
        ...Alexander Schlager plucks that comfortably out of the air.
Min 75: Marco Grull (COL) surges forward with a weaving run...
        ...but Olaf Poole (POR) brings it to an end with a well-timed tackle on the edge of the box.
Min 79: Wes Killeen's appalling clearance goes right to Moritz Oswald (COL)...
        ...who knocks the ball onto the head of Manuel Polster...
        ...who heads it on goal but Marcelo Salazar is there to collect it.
Min 81: Alexander Schlager rushes out to block Erick Waters's (POR) route to goal...
        ...but Erick Waters drifts to the left and clips the ball into the box...
        ...Flavius Daniliuc covers for the keeper and heads the ball out of the goal mouth...
        ...and Alexander Schlager scrambles to it.
Min 82: Cheeky back heel from Marco Grull to release Maximillian Entrup in the box...
        ...but the Austrian is correctly ruled to have been off-side. 
Min 82: Jhonny Perez (POR) hits a long-ranger...
        ...Alexander Schlager can't hold it...
        ...and Willie Moon taps the loose ball home GOAL!!...
        ...Portland pull one back but they need more...
        ...score now: COL 4 - POR 3
Min 83: Will Rubin (POR) swings a ball in to the Colorado box...
        ...but the presence of Leopold Querfeld (COL) means it is easily cleared.
Min 85: Will Rubin (POR) takes the ball into the Rapids half...
        ...chips a great ball over three defenders to find Frankie Salizar...
        ...who can't get it past Alexander Schlager.
Min 87: Eddie Smyth (POR) hits a sweet half-volley...
        ...caught by Alexander Schlager!


FINAL SCORE: Colorado 4 - Portland 3


Man Of The Match: Alexander Schlager (COL)

Colorado Rapids
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Alexander Schlager        32 32 32 14  1  n  0  9  0  0 90  8
SW Aleksander Borkovic       27 27 27 21  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Horchata Fridge           29 29 29 23  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Leopold Querfeld          29 29 29 23  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Flavius Daniliuc          23 23 23 18  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Karim Onisiwo             28 28 28 28  2  n  4  0  0  1 90  6
MF David Schnegg             16 16 16 14  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG Moritz Oswald             22 22 22 19  3  n  0  0  1  1 45  6
FW Maximillian Entrup        31 31 31 31  0  n  4  0  2  2 90  6
FW Manuel Polster            26 26 26 26  2  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Yusuf Demir               24 24 24 24  2  n  0  0  1  1 45  6
FW Marco Grull               23 23 23 23  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Portland Timbers
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Marcelo Salazar           30 30 30 13  4  n  0  3  0  0 90  6
DF Evan Welton               14 14 14 11  4  n  0  0  0  0 60  6
DF Olaf Poole                21 21 21 16  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Frankie Salizar           29 29 29 26  2  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Willie Moon               23 23 23 18  2  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
DF Wes Killeen               16 16 16 12  6  n  0  0  0  1 30  6
MF Will Rubin                25 25 25 25  0  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
MF Erick Waters              24 24 24 21  0  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
WG Erik Julian               25 25 25 22  6  n  0  0  0  0 60  6
WG Lon Wells                 30 30 30 27  1  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
WG Jhonny Perez              30 30 30 27  4  n  0  0  0  0 30  6
FW Eddie Smyth               30 30 30 30  0  n  0  0  1  3 90  7
FW A Purdy                   30 30 30 30  0  n  0  0  1  1 90  6

Statistics       COL POR
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Halftime           1   2
Fulltime           4   3
Shots On Target    7  12
Shots              7  13
Saves              9   3
Offsides           1   1
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       2   0
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      69  62
Revenue           79  79

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  COL  L  67.50 134.36 176.61 
  1  POR  N  52.20 128.19 210.59 
 46  COL  L  67.50 134.36 178.51 
 61  POR  N  53.40 130.19 218.24 
 68  POR  P  26.70  85.69 262.74 

 Trainer's Report
Yusuf Demir (COL) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.
Frankie Salizar (POR) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Erick Waters (POR) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Karim Onisiwo (COL) was booked today, and now has 12 DP.
    He'll miss 1 game (starting next session).