2013 Feb 5 2013 Feb 5
Preseason, Tucson Desert Friendly:
Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 1 Portland Timbers
Grande Sports World, Casa Grande, AZ
Goals:
61' POR: Mikael Silvestre
Seattle: Marcus Hahnemann (Josh Ford 46'); Zach Scott (Deandre Yedlin 46'), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Shavar Thomas 46'), Djimi Traore (Leo Lelis 46'), Leo Gonzalez (Dylan Remick 30'); Mauro Rosales (Jennings Rex 46'), Servando Carrasco (Guy Essame 46'), Lebogang Moloto (David Estrada 68'), Steve Zakuani (Marc Burch 46'); David Estrada (Travis Bowen 46'), Sammy Ochoa (Babayele Sodade 46').
Portland: Milos Kocic (Jake Gleason 46'); Ryan Miller (Dylan Tucker-Gagnes 61'), Andrew Jean-Baptiste (Mamadou Danso 61'), Mikael Silvestre (Hanyer Mosquera 61'), Michael Harrington (Chris Taylor 61'); Diego Chara (Michael Nanchoff 61'), Will Johnson (Mobi Fehr 61'), Kalif Alhassan (Eric Alexander 61'); Diego Valeri (Sal Zizzo 61'), Darlington Nagbe (Jose Valencia 61'), Bright Dike (Danny Mwanga 55').
Live blog from Sounders FC:
First Half
Sounders FC XI: Hahnemann; Scott, Hurtado, Traore, Gonzalez; Rosales, Carrasco, Moloto, Zakuani; Estrada, Ochoa.
Timbers XI: Kocic; Miller, Jean-Baptiste, Silvestre, Harrington; Chara, Valeri, W. Johnson; Alhassan, Dike, Nagbe.
7: Carrasco shown yellow for a tackle in the midfield.9: Zakuani gets behind the defense but is flagged offside.
12: Ochoa fights for a ball and pushes up the right side, but his low cross is cleared.
15: Hahnemann dives to his right to snare a shot from Valeri on the right side.
17: Nagbe goes down and Moloto is shown yellow.
19: Hurtado gets a foot to a Portland ball up the left side and deflects it for a corner.
20: A high boot from Valeri takes out Moloto in midfield for a foul.
23: Valeri slips and draws a foul call on Traore just outside the box.
24: Hahnemann easily grabs the free kick from Johnson.
24: Dike cuts a left-footed shot just wide from the top of the box.
30: Estrada makes Harrington and Johnson look foolish on the right side, but nobody is there for his cross.
30: Looks like Remick came in for Carrasco and is playing in the midfield.
38: Miller shown yellow for a foul from behind.
39: Scott skies for a header off a ball from Rosales, colliding with Kocic.
39: Dike shown yellow for taking our Rosales against the sideline.
44: A ball comes in from the right side and eludes Johnson for a goal kick.
There is the halftime whistle. Sounders FC 0 and Timbers 0.
Second Half
Sounders FC XI(2): Ford, Yedlin, Thomas, Lelis, Remick, Rex, Essame, Moloto, Burch, Bowen, Sodade.
48: Valeri cuts a shot just wide from the left side.
50: Dike gets away with being offside and Ford makes a foot-save on his shot.
52: Dike and Ford collide in the box and Dike stays down after the play.
The referee calls for the cart for Dike.
55: Mwanga comes on for Dike and is flagged offside on his first touch
58: Ford snags a shot from Alhassan.
59: Rex gets out up the right side and takes an early shot that misses wide.
60: Burch slides in to clear a ball in the box for a corner.
61: What a series in the box. Ford and Yedlin make saves on the line, but Silvestre puts it away amidst the scrum for the goal. 1-0 Portland.
Mass substitution for Portland after the goal.
69: Mwanga clips a shot in the box and hits the crossbar. Ford smothers the rebound.
A few moments ago Estrada came back in to replace Moloto.
80: Remick is whistled for a foul when he takes out Nanchoff just outside the box on the right side.
88: The Sounders score, but the goal is waved off for a handball.
90: Rex gets a header away in the box just before the final whistle, but it is saved.
Final score: Timbers 1, Sounders FC 0.
