Portland Timbers reach fifth with win over San Jose Earthquakes

Oct 9, 2014 at 3.30am UK

Wallace (41'), Valeri (51' pen., 73')

FT(HT: 1-0)

The Portland Timbers climb to fifth in the Western Conference with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes.

Published: October 9 2014 | 05:31

Last updated: October 9 2014 | 12:54

The Portland Timbers have climbed to fifth in the Western Conference thanks to a comfortable 3-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at Providence Park.

From the first whistle, it was Portland who were on top, and they came close to taking an early lead when Rodney Wallace's header was kept out by Jon Busch.

The Earthquakes were forced onto the back foot for long spells of the game, but could have been ahead midway through the first half had Adam Jahn managed to find the target with a free header.

Portland would punish San Jose for missing their best chance when Wallace fired home from a tight angle in the 41st minute after being picked out by Darlington Nagbe.

The hosts were gifted the chance to double their advantage just after the break when Wallace was brought down inside the box by Jason Hernandez, allowing Diego Valeri to convert his side's second of the game from 12 yards.

Busch was forced to produce some impressive stops to prevent the Portland lead from being extended, with both Wallace and Diego Chara seeing efforts saved.

However, the San Jose shot-stopper was unable to keep out Valeri, who completed the win in style with an emphatic finish at the end of an incisive counter-attack.

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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