2017 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
- Diego Valeri - 50', 90'+4'
- Darwin Cerén - 37'
Diego Valeri and Portland earn needed win against San Jose
Diego Valeri scored two goals to give the Portland Timbers a 2-0 victory over the short-handed San Jose Earthquakes on Friday night.
The Earthquakes, losers of two straight, played down a man for 53 minutes after Darwin Ceren was handed two yellow cards in the span of a minute.
Valeri opened the scoring in the 50th minute with an 18-yard shot that beat San Jose goalkeeper David Bingham and found its way home off the inside of the post.
The Timbers sealed the win in the last minute of stoppage time when Valeri knocked in a rebound from a Fanendo Adi shot for his team-leading eighth goal of the season.
Portland ended a five-game winless streak and got a measure of revenge after a 3-0 loss in San Jose in the teams' last meeting last month.
Game Information
Providence Park
4:00 AM, 3 June 2017
Portland, Oregon, USA
Attendance: 21,144
MLS Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAFC | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | +20 | 64 |
| LA Galaxy | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | +19 | 64 |
| Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | +17 | 59 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | +16 | 57 |
| Houston Dynamo FC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | +8 | 54 |
| Minnesota United FC | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | +9 | 52 |
| Colorado Rapids | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | +1 | 50 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | +3 | 47 |
| Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | +9 | 47 |
| Austin FC | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 42 |
| FC Dallas | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 41 |
| St. Louis CITY SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | -13 | 37 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 31 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | -37 | 21 |
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