Whitecaps beat Timbers 2-1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Christian Bolanos scored his third goal in three games and the Vancouver Whitecaps rallied to beat the Portland Timbers 2-1 on Saturday.

Bolanos broke a tie in the 66th minute on a chip into the penalty area that goalkeeper Jake Gleeson allowed to trickle between his legs.

Nate Borchers scored for Portland (3-4-3) in the 34th minute.

Masato Kudo tied it for Vancouver in the 60th minute with his first MLS goal. Kudo took a deflected pass from Cristian Techera and beat Gleeson at the near post on a low shot.

“I thought we deserved something out of the game, at least a draw,” Portland coach Caleb Porter said. “But, credit to Vancouver for that second half and clawing back in to score two goals.”

The Whitecaps (4-5-2) won for the second time in their last seven games.

The Timbers had a great chance to tie in the 86th on a 3-on-1 break, but goalkeeper David Ousted stopped Diego Valeri’s partially deflected shot.

“I thought at the end that we made a good push and we had some very good chances to level,” Porter said. “This is one of those games where when you watch the tape, you’ll see that we should’ve been up 2-0. We should’ve at the very least pulled a goal back to go 2-2, which is why I feel like we deserved something out of the game.”

Portland goalkeeper Jake Gleeson set a Timbers MLS team record for saves in a match, stopping 11 shots to surpass Donovan Ricketts and Troy Perkins’ previous single-game record for saves.

WHITECAPS 2, TIMBERS 1

Vancouver  0  2—2

Portland  1  0—1

First half—1, Portland, Borchers 1 (Nagbe, Adi), 34th minute.

Second half—2, Vancouver, Kudo 1, 60th. 3, Bolanos 3 (Kudo), 66th.

Goalies—Portland, Gleeson; Vancouver, Ousted.

Yellow Cards—Morales, Vancouver, 11th; Waston, Vancouver, 16th; Perez, Vancouver, 69th; Nagbe, Portland, 70th; Chara, Portland, 92nd.

Referee—Kevin Stott. Assistant Referees_Chris Strickland, Andrew Bigelow. 4th Official—Alejandro Mariscal.

A—22,120 (54,500).

Lineups

Portland—Jake Gleeson, Chris Klute (Jack Barmby, 87th), Liam Ridgewell, Nat Borchers, Zarek Valentin, Darlington Nagbe, Diego Chara, Diego Valeri, Darren Mattocks (Jack McInerney, 77th), Fanendo Adi, Lucas Melano.

Vancouver—David Ousted, Fraser Aird, Jordan Harvey, Kendayll Waston, Tim Parker, Christian Bolanos, Christian Techera (Erik Hurtado 90th), Matias Laba, Nicolas Mezquida (Blas Perez 63rd), Pedro Morales, Masato Kudo (Octavio Rivero 78th).