Portland Timbers cruise to win over 10-man Real Salt Lake

Jun 8, 2014 at 3am UK

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Adi (36', 45'), Johnson (73' pen.)

Fanendo Adi scores a brace for the Portland Timbers as they secure their fourth win of the MLS season in their 3-1 victory over 10-man Real Salt Lake.

Published: June 8 2014 | 05:27

Last updated: June 9 2014 | 22:24

The Portland Timbers bounced back from their defeat to the Vancouver Whitecaps last week with a resounding 3-1 victory over 10-man Real Salt Lake.

Nat Borchers had the chance to hand the home side the lead in the fifth minute when he latched onto Javier Morales's cross into the box, but he could only place his header wide of the target.

Salt Lake did take the lead in the 23rd minute when Morales's delivery narrowly missed the head of Chris Schuler, but Luke Mulholland controlled the ball and placed an effort into the bottom corner.

Donovan Ricketts kept the Timbers in the game minutes later as he made an excellent stop to prevent Olmes Garcia from doubling the home side's lead.

Portland drew level in the 36th minute when Fanendo Adi rose highest in the area to power Diego Valeri's cross past Jeff Attinella with a headed effort.

Mulholland looked to restore his side's advantage as he fired an ambitious effort towards the top corner from 25 yards, and his shot looked to be heading in before Ricketts got a hand to turn it over the bar.

The Timbers took advantage of the stop from Ricketts seconds later as Adi turned in a rebound from close range after Attinella had parried Darlington Nagbe's shot.

Matters got worse for Real when they were reduced to 10 men as Tony Beltran was sent off for a second bookable offence following a poor challenge on Nagbe.

Portland secured the three points as they were awarded a penalty after Schuler handled the ball in the area. Will Johnson took the spot kick and fired his shot into the bottom corner to seal the victory.

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	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