Toronto FC 2-2 Portland Timbers

Darlington Nagbe scores a late equaliser to earn the Portland Timbers a 2-2 draw away to Toronto FC.

Published: August 16 2012 | 02:35

Last updated: August 16 2012 | 13:32

Toronto FC have been held to a 2-2 draw at home to the Portland Timbers at the BMO Field.

Portland started the better of the two sides and the visitors were ahead after 21 minutes when Salvatore Zizzo finished well from close range after some poor defending from Toronto.

The hosts struggled to recover from the goal and Portland could have taken advantage by extending their lead before the interval but the Canadian side held on.

Toronto took control at the beginning of the second half and came close to equalising when Ty Harden saw his header saved well by Donovan Ricketts.

Eric Hassli did find the crucial goal to level the match on 57 minutes as the striker calmly placed his shot past Ricketts.

The complexion of the match was completely changed six minutes later as Hassli's strike partner, Luis Silva, finished a flowing Toronto move from close range.

However, a header from Darlington Nagbe with eight minutes remaining was enough to earn the Timbers a draw from their trip to Canada.

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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