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Wallace scores twice for Timbers

Portland beats Earthquakes 2-1

The Columbian
Published: October 4, 2014, 5:00pm

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Rodney Wallace scored twice in 3 minutes in the Portland Timbers’ 2-1 comeback victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.

Liam Ridgewell sent a high-speed header deflecting unintentionally off Wallace’s head and looping past a helpless Jon Busch in the 74th minute for the go-ahead goal.

Wallace tied it 71st minute with a left-footed blast into the upper-left corner of the net.

The Timbers (10-9-12) moved within one point of the Vancouver Whitecaps for the fifth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Chris Wondolowski opened the scoring in the 56th minute with his 14th goal of the season. He forced a diving save from Portland goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts before flicking the rebound in with the outside of his left foot.

The loss eliminated the Earthquakes (6-13-11) from playoff contention and extended their winless streak to 11 games.

TIMBERS 2, EARTHQUAKES 1

Portland 0 2–2

San Jose 0 1–1

First half–None.

Second half–1, San Jose, Wondolowski 14, 56th minute. 2, Portland, Wallace 3 (Powell), 71st. 3, Portland, Wallace 4 (Ridgewell, Fernandez), 74th.

Goalies–Portland, Donovan Ricketts; San Jose, Jon Busch.

Yellow Cards–Hernandez, San Jose, 21st; Wallace, Portland, 78th.

Red Cards–Pintos, San Jose, 90th+.

Referee–Kevin Stott. Assistant Referees_Mike Rottersman. Jeff Hosking. 4th Official_Alejandro Mariscal.

A–10,525 (10,526)

Lineups

Portland–Donovan Ricketts, Liam Ridgewell, Norberto Paparatto, Alvas Powell, Darlington Nagbe (Michael Harrington, 90th), Jorge Villafana, Diego Chara, Ben Zemanski, Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti, 87th), Gaston Fernandez (Jack Jewsbury, 81st), Rodney Wallace.

San Jose–Jon Busch, Victor Bernardez, Pablo Pintos, Jason Hernandez, Jordan Stewart, Matias Perez Garcia, Cordell Cato (Tommy Thompson, 88th), Shea Salinas (Yannick Djalo, 67th), Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi (Atiba Harris, 82nd), Sam Cronin, Chris Wondolowski.

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