Will Bruin brace guides Houston Dynamo to victory over Portland Timbers

May 17, 2015 at 1.30am UK

Bruin (9', 83'), Barnes (75')

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Adi (48')

Two goals from Will Bruin and another from Giles Barnes fire the Houston Dynamo to a 3-1 victory over the Portland Timbers in their MLS clash.

Published: May 17 2015 | 03:45

Last updated: May 17 2015 | 10:10

A brace from Will Bruin has guided the Houston Dynamo to a 3-1 victory over the Portland Timbers in their MLS match.

The home side took the lead in the ninth minute when they were awarded a free kick on the left. Brad Davis whipped a dangerous cross into the box and Bruin rose to power a header into the bottom corner.

Bruin almost doubled his side's lead when he controlled a goal kick from Tyler Deric and fired a 20-yard volley at goal which went just over the crossbar.

In the second half, the Timbers managed to pull level as they took advantage of a collision in midfield. Diego Valeri put a low ball into the penalty area for Fanendo Adi to fire past Deric from close range.

Bruin nearly restored the Dynamo's lead when he collected a pass from Davis on the edge of the box, but his right-footed drive went just wide of the post.

However, one minute later, Giles Barnes did put Houston back in front as Alexander Lopez pulled the Portland defence one way and then the other to set up the midfielder, who blasted a strike into the top corner.

The Dynamo secured their win when Bruin chased a long ball from Jerome Taylor and lobbed the on-rushing Adam Kwarasey to put them three up.

Houston are fourth in the MLS Western Conference, while the Timbers sit five places below them in ninth.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21