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Portland Timbers defeated Houston Dynamo in a thrilling match at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon on March 30th, 2025. The game, corresponding to matchday 9 of the Major League Soccer regular season, ended in a 3-1 victory for the home team. The Timbers, despite having less possession (41%), showed greater effectiveness in front of goal, with 16 shots, 9 of them on target.
Goals came from Felipe Mora (6th minute), and Antony (23rd and 71st minutes), the latter with an outstanding performance. Houston Dynamo managed to pull one back with a goal from F. Escobar (12th minute). The match was marked by tension, with a total of 20 fouls and 5 yellow cards distributed between both teams (3 for Portland and 2 for Houston). Despite the Dynamo’s greater possession (59%), their lack of precision in shots (only 1 on target) prevented them from achieving a more favorable result. The referee for the match was Pierre-Luc Lauziere.
Substitutions houston dynamo: at minute 46 E. Sviatchenko came in and D. Steres went out., at minute 73 Junior Urso came in and N. Lodeiro went out., at minute 81 A. Batioja came in and A. Bassi went out., at minute 86 I. Aliyu came in and J. McGlynn went out.
Substitutions portland timbers: at minute 73 I. Smith came in and J. Fory went out., at minute 73 K. Kelsy came in and F. Mora went out., at minute 80 A. Lassiter came in and Antony went out., at minute 80 J. Ortiz came in and D. Ayala went out., at minute 88 C. Bravo came in and J. Mosquera went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Portland Timbers
Houston Dynamo
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