Late Maximiliano Urruti winner secures Portland Timbers win

May 4, 2014 at 3.30am UK

Fernandez (1'), Danso (38'), Urruti (90')

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Arnaud (21'), Danso (78' og.)

Maximiliano Urruti scores in the dying seconds to hand Portland Timbers a narrow victory over DC United in their MLS clash.

Published: May 4 2014 | 06:19

Last updated: May 4 2014 | 13:23

A late goal from Maximiliano Urruti secured a dramatic win for the Portland Timbers in their MLS clash with DC United.

The home side took the lead immediately and scored their fastest goal in their history in the league, as Gaston Fernandez turned in Diego Valeri's cross from close range.

DC almost hit back when a loose ball in the penalty area after a corner fell into the path of Jeff Parke, but his effort from close range was well saved by Donovan Ricketts.

However, United did get their equaliser when Davy Arnaud fired a shot from distance which took a deflection and looped over Ricketts into the net.

Portland retook the lead just before the break when Valeri whipped in a corner from the right and Mamadou Danso was able to turn the ball into the bottom corner of the net on the half-volley.

After half time, Darlington Nagbe had the chance to extend the Timbers' lead when he rounded Bill Hamid, but from a tight angle he could only hit the side netting.

United drew level once more in the 78th minute as Danso put the ball in his own net from Fabian Espindola's corner from the right.

The game was close to ending in a draw until Urruti popped up in the dying seconds as he managed to fire in on the rebound from close range after Hamid had saved his first shot to secure the win for his side.

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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