Late Fanendo Adi brace secures Portland Timbers win

Jun 7, 2015 at 3.30am UK

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Fanendo Adi scores twice in the final five minutes to secure a 2-0 victory for the Portland Timbers in their MLS clash against the New England Revolution.

Published: June 7 2015 | 05:38

Last updated: June 7 2015 | 13:18

A brace from Fanendo Adi has guided the Portland Timbers to a 2-0 victory over the New England Revolution in their MLS clash.

The home side were the first to threaten the net as Gaston Fernandez found space in the final third, but he could only drag his strike wide of the target.

Dairon Asprilla was the next to go close for the Timbers as he raided down the flank and cut inside onto his right foot before drilling his strike over the bar.

Portland almost found an opening when Darlington Nagbe made a surging run through the middle of the New England defense, but his strike from distance was well saved by Bobby Shuttleworth.

The Revolution had an opening just before the break as Kelyn Rowe powered a shot at goal, but Adam Kwarasey was equal to it to push the ball past the post.

In the second half, Nagbe almost unlocked the New England defence when he latched onto a loose ball in the box and blasted an effort at goal, but Shuttleworth beat the ball away.

Shuttleworth kept the scores level in the 74th minute when he made another fine stop to beat away a powerful header from Maximiliano Urruti.

However, the home side finally found their breakthrough when Fanendo Adi latched onto a cross from Jorge Villafana and powered his header past Shuttleworth.

Adi secured the win for his side as he raced on to a low cross into the box from Alvas Powell and diverted the ball into the net with his left foot.

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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

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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