Portland Portland Timbers
4-4
Seattle Seattle Sounders

Chara (10', 55'), Valeri (15'), Urruti (57')

FT(HT: 2-2)

Cooper (3'), Dempsey (24', 85', 88')

Clint Dempsey rescues Seattle Sounders in eight-goal thriller

Clint Dempsey scores twice in the final five minutes to salvage a point for Seattle Sounders in a thrilling 4-4 draw with Portland Timbers in the MLS.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: April 5 2014 | 22:19

Last updated: April 8 2014 | 00:12

Clint Dempsey scored twice in the final five minutes to complete his hat-trick and salvage a point for Seattle Sounders in a thrilling 4-4 draw with Portland Timbers in the MLS.

The clash got off to a pulsating start as Kenny Cooper fired the Sounders into a third-minute lead before Diego Chara leveled matters on 10 minutes.

The Timbers completed the turnaround just four minutes later when Diego Valeri struck to give Caleb Porter's men a 2-1 lead.

Former Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur ace Dempsey restored parity for the Sounders once more midway through the first half to ensure that the sides went in level at the interval.

However, the hosts emerged from the break much the better of the two sides and Chara bagged his brace within 10 minutes of the restart, while Maximiliano Urruti struck moments later to open up a two-goal lead.

Dempsey struck once more on 86 minutes to give Seattle a glimmer of hope, before the 31-year-old converted a penalty 100 seconds later to rescue a point for his side and deny Portland their first win this season.

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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
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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
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9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
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