COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fanendo Adi gave Portland an early second-half lead with his second goal of the game and the Timbers held on to beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday night.
The Timbers (12-10-8) collected an errant pass in their own box and used their speed in transition to set up Adi’s go-ahead goal in the 50th minute. Adi toe-punched Rodney Wallace’s cross at the end of the break to finish his 12th goal of the season.
Kei Kamara tied it for Columbus (13-10-8) in the 42nd minute with his MLS-leading 22nd goal of the season. He sneaked around Portland’s Wallace and angled Federico Higuain’s corner inside the near post with a header from the right side of the 6-yard box.
Adi opened the scoring in the 28th minute, finishing Darlington Nagbe’s chip pass with a one-timer.
TIMBERS 2, CREW 1
Portland 1 1—2
Columbus 1 0—1
First half—1, Portland, Adi 11 (Nagbe), 28th minute. 2, Columbus, Kamara 22 (Higuain), 43rd.
Second half—3, Portland, Adi 12 (Wallace, Valeri), 50th.
Goalies—Portland, Adam Kwarasey; Columbus, Steve Clark.
Yellow Cards—Chara, Portland, 45th+; Higuain, Columbus, 88th; Fochive, Portland, 90th+; Kwarasey, Portland, 90th+.
Referee—Silviu Petrescu. Assistant Referees—Craig Lowry. Kathryn Nesbitt. 4th Official—Nima Saghafi.
A—22,719 (22,555)
Lineups
Portland—Adam Kwarasey, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell, Alvas Powell, Jack Jewsbury, Rodney Wallace (Dairon Asprilla, 81st), Diego Chara, Darlington Nagbe, Jorge Villafana, Diego Valeri (George Fochive, 87th), Fanendo Adi (Lucas Melano, 75th).
Columbus—Steve Clark, Michael Parkhurst, Tyson Wahl, Waylon Francis, Harrison Afful, Ethan Finlay (Cedrick, 65th), Justin Meram (Hector Jimenez, 81st), Wil Trapp, Federico Higuain, Tony Tchani (Mohammed Saeid, 65th), Kei Kamara.
