Timbers Beat Inter Miami 1-0

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PORTLAND (AP) — Jaroslaw Niezgoda came disconnected the seat to people connected a header successful the 83rd infinitesimal and the Portland Timbers bushed Inter Miami 1-0 connected Sunday to widen their undefeated streak to eight.

The fourth-place Timbers (14-10-4) moved wrong 2 points of third-place Colorado, with the Rapids falling 3-0 astatine Seattle connected Sunday night.

“I don’t deliberation we had our champion worldly tonight, but we dug it out,” Portland goalkeeper Steve Clark said.

It is the archetypal clip that Inter Miami has visited Portland and it was the farthest Miami had traveled for a crippled since it joined Major League Soccer past year.

Miami (9-13-5) is 11th successful the East. It has mislaid 4 straight.

“I deliberation the crippled was a benignant of grind game. But ultimately, we were capable to support precise well, we’re capable to make immoderate precise bully moments offensively,” said Timbers manager Giovanni Savarese. “And past we recovered a precise important extremity that has fixed america 3 points that are precise important for our tally to proceed to enactment focused connected the playoffs.

Sebastian Blanco, who has been a spark for the Timbers since returning from ACL surgery, did not commencement but was disposable disconnected the seat aft leaving Wednesday’s 2-1 triumph implicit LAFC with a sore knee. He came connected successful the 67th minute.

Gonzalo Higuain’s debased changeable toward the near country successful the 50th infinitesimal for Miami was saved by Clark. Higuain leads Miami with 10 goals this season.

Portland’s Felipe Mora appeared to people successful the 58th infinitesimal but the Timbers were offside.

Moments aft Niezgoda’s extremity disconnected a transverse from Blanco, Julian Carranza appeared to people an equalizer for Miami but helium was whistled for a propulsion connected the header.

Miami manager Phil Neville was livid aft the game, saying his squad was robbed of a goal.

“Ultimately, I’ve got to combat and basal up for my squad and for my shot club, and ultimately, we were robbed of points contiguous due to the fact that of a mediocre referee decision, that isn’t conscionable a one-off,” Neville said. “I’ve seen it clip and clip again. I’m frustrated, a small spot emotional, I’m sure.”

The ambiance astatine the crippled was muted somewhat aft 2 erstwhile Portland Thorns players leveled allegations of intersexual harassment and misconduct against North Carolina manager Raul Riley, erstwhile manager of the Thorns. The women went nationalist successful a communicative published Thursday by The Athletic.

Riley was instantly fired by the Courage and some FIFA and U.S. Soccer opened investigations into wherefore helium was capable to stay a manager adjacent aft the players brought their concerns to the league. On Friday, the NWSL called disconnected its games this play and commissioner Lisa Baird stepped down.

The owners of the Timbers besides ain the Thorns. Portland’s MLS players enactment retired a connection signed by the squad successful solidarity with the NWSL’s players. Supporters from some teams rallied extracurricular Providence Park connected Saturday evening.

Many successful the Timbers Army supporters radical wore reddish connected Sunday to grant the Thorns. A ample banner speechmaking “Believe, Support and Protect NWSL Players” was hung down the northbound extremity and the fans fto disconnected reddish and achromatic fume bombs successful the 25th minute.

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