Timbers draw even with D.C. United

PORTLAND — Bright Dike scored in the 79th minute to lift the Portland Timbers to a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday night.

The Timbers (7-15-9), eighth in the Western Conference, avoided elimination from the postseason race.

Chris Pontius scored on a penalty kick in the 60th minute to give United (15-10-6) the lead. D.C. snapped a three-game winning streak and dropped to fourth place in the Eastern Conference. United began the day tied with New York for third, but the Red Bulls beat Toronto to pull into a tie with Chicago for second.

Pontius’s 12th goal of the season came after a hand ball call on Timbers defender David Horst, which had several Timbers in the referee’s face. Horst was given a yellow card and Timbers fans shouted boos and expletives on the officials. The officials were also booed as they left the field after the game.

TIMBERS 1, D.C. UNITED 1

D.C. United 0 1–1

Portland 0 1–1

First half–None.

Second half–1, D.C. United, Pontius 12 (penalty kick), 60th minute. 2, Portland, Dike 4, 79th.

Goalies–D.C. United, Bill Hamid; Portland, Joe Bendik.

Yellow Cards–Wallace, Portland, 24th; Danso, Portland, 60th; Songo’o, Portland, 70th.

Referee–Michael Kennedy. Assistant Referees–Craig Lowry. Kermit Quisenberry. 4th Official–Ricardo Salazar.

A–20,438 (20,000)

Lineups

D.C. United–Bill Hamid, Dejan Jakovic, Chris Korb, Brandon McDonald, Nick DeLeon (Robbie Russell, 90th+), Marcelo Saragosa, Andy Najar, Perry Kitchen, Lewis Neal (Branko Boskovic, 84th), Chris Pontius, Lionard Pajoy (Hamdi Salihi, 82nd).

Portland–Joe Bendik, Steven Smith, David Horst, Rodney Wallace, Hanyer Mosquera (Mamadou Danso, 25th), Kosuke Kimura (Danny Mwanga, 81st), Jack Jewsbury, Darlington Nagbe, Sal Zizzo (Brent Richards, 90th+), Franck Songo’o, Bright Dike.