An impressive offensive game where eight goals were scored between the Portland Timbers and Minnesota United on Saturday at Allianz Field was not a winner.
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What’s even more impressive is that both teams took just 69 minutes to shake the ropes that many times in their 4-4 draw.
The Timbers did not take long before launching the festivities. Only 13 seconds had passed when Sebastián Blanco beat Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair.
Despite the speed of execution, Blanco’s goal is only the fourth-fastest goal in Major League Soccer history – and fifth including the playoffs. Former New York Red Bulls forward Mike Grella still holds the record, set at seven seconds in October 2015.
The rest of the first half, however, was for the crowd favourites, who scored three unanswered goals before returning to the locker room for half-time. Franco Fragapane (9e), Bongohle Hlongwane (21e) and Luis Amarilla (41e) thus struck before the conclusion of the first 45 minutes.
However, it was the Timbers who came back with the momentum in the second half, who in turn hit the target three times without reply. White (50e), with his second goal of the match, as well as Jaroslaw Niezgoda (53e) and an own goal from Kemar Lawrence (65e) restored the lead to the Timbers.
Amarilla, with his second goal of the game, completed this colorful spectacle in the 69e minute.
