Timbers, FC Dallas play to 1-1 draw

FRISCO, Texas — Roland Lamah scored his third goal in two games and Jimmy Maurer had a career-high five saves in FC Dallas’ 1-1 tie with the Portland Timbers on Saturday.

Lamah, who had two goals and an assists in FC Dallas’ 3-0 win over Seattle on Sunday, opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Jacori Hayes evaded two defenders and then tapped it to Lamah, who rolled a left-footer past a diving Jake Gleeson into the net from the top of the penalty arc.

“It was an even game. I think we tried to surprise them with our formation, and at some point we did it,” Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri said. “They found a goal and the game changed a little bit.”

Portland’s Sebastian Blanco side-netted a left-footer from the top of the box to tie it in the 47th. It was his second goal of the season. Forward Fanendo Adi registered his second assist.

“Beautiful goal in a perfect moment for us,” Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said. “Usually, the start of the second half is the moment they come at you with everything they have and finding that goal was crucial for us to understand that we’re having a good game, that the plan was good for them to be patient.”

FC Dallas (1-0-2) is unbeaten in its last nine home matches.

Lawrence Olum, who was shown a yellow card for unsporting behavior in the 44th minute, drew a red for a hand ball in the 75th for Portland (0-2-1).

“We didn’t panic. After the goal, we tried to keep the ball and create more chances to score,” Timbers midfielder Diego Chara said. “We were very smart trying to defend well, keep the ball and create something different in the game.”

TIMBERS 1, FC DALLAS 1

Portland 0 1—1

Dallas 1 0—1

First half—1, Dallas, Lamah, 3 (Hayes), 36th minute.

Second half—2, Portland, Blanco, 2 (Adi), 47th.

Goalies—Portland, Jake Gleeson; Dallas, Jimmy Maurer.

Yellow Cards—Hedges, Dallas, 8th; Olum, Portland, 44th; Lamah, Dallas, 75th; Chara, Portland, 96th.

Red Cards—Olum, Portland, 75th.

Referee—Mark Geiger. Assistant Referees—Eduardo Mariscal, Logan Brown. 4th Official—Allen Chapman.

A— 13,851 (20,000)

Lineups

Portland—Jake Gleeson; Larrys Mabiala, Alvas Powell (Marco Farfan, 89th), Bill Tuiloma, Zarek Valentin; Sebastian Blanco (Andres Flores, 79th), Diego Chara, Lawrence Olum, Cristhian Paredes, Diego Valeri (Dairon Asprilla, 94th); Fanendo Adi.

Dallas—Jimmy Maurer; Reggie Cannon, Matt Hedges, Anton Nedyalkov (Ryan Hollingshead, 50th), Reto Ziegler; Michael Barrios, Mauro Diaz (Cristian Colman, 74th), Carlos Gruezo, Jacori Hayes, Roland Lamah (Harold Mosquera, 76th); Maximiliano Urruti.