In the wake of ruling the vast majority of the subsequent half, Seattle at long last found an equalizer in the perishing snapshots of the match as Bruin was left plain at the back post and tapped in his first objective of the period.it was Seattle’s initially shot on track in the match and kept the Sounders and Timbers tied on head of the Western Conference standings, each with 32 focuses with 2? weeks left in the normal season. It was likewise Bruin’s first objective since April 13, 2019, when he scored twice against Toronto.
Bruin missed the second 50% of the 2019 season because of a torn ACL and didn’t make his 2020 introduction until late July at the MLS is Back competition.
Portland has permitted 12 objectives in the last 15 minutes of a match this season.
“Got the chance to make it sensational. … I’ll take any objective,” Bruin said.
Andres Flores scored right off the bat in the first half in quite a while first appearance this season for Portland, giving the Timbers the early preferred position. Flores scored in the tenth moment and the Timbers withstood 80 minutes of chances via Seattle before giving up the tying objective.
It’s tragic we were unable to close the match, however I’m pleased on the grounds that we had a solid exhibition, particularly in the main half,” Portland mentor Giovanni Savarese said.
The Timbers (9-5-5) played without driving scorer Jeremy Ebobisse, who scored the main objective in Portland’s 1-1 draw with LAFC last Sunday but on the other hand was harmed in the match.
Seattle (9-4-5) is presently winless in its last three matches after a stretch of five successes in six matches that helped the Sounders to the head of the Western Conference.
It wasn’t because of an absence of chances for Seattle. The Sounders controlled play for the vast majority of the subsequent half, however neglected to get any of its scoring openings on net to challenge Portland goalkeeper Steve Clark until Bruin’s objective. Seattle got done with 15 shots and one on track. Nicolas Lodeiro and Jordan Morris had point-clear open doors halfway during that time half, yet sent their shots over the crossbar. Kelvin Leerdam additionally sent an open header over the bar.
Flores was an improbable contender for the main objective. He hadn’t played for the Timbers since Sept. 22, 2019, against Minnesota United and his last objective for Portland came in 2018 at Vancouver.
However, Flores was in the correct spot to gather a bounce back spare via Seattle’s Stefan Frei and beat the Sounders goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the close to post.
“That is two games in succession where we have a feeling that we merit more than the point,” Savarese said.