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Earthquakes beat Timbers 3-0; Langsdorf makes debut

Mountain View HS grad sees first MLS action

By Columbian staff, news services

Published: April 6, 2019, 8:18pm

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Portland Timbers defender Jorge Villafana, left, and San Jose Earthquakes forward Cristian Espinoza, right, battle for possession in the first half of an MLS soccer match on Saturday, April 6, 2019 in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/John Hefti) Photo Gallery

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cristian Espinoza had a goal and an assist on Saturday night and the San Jose Earthquakes earned their first points of the season with a 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers.

The Timbers (0-4-1) lost their fourth in a row.

“I actually told the guys that if we don’t work we are going to lose this match like this,” Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said. “We have to work. We have to be better. We have to make sure that our performance is better…we have to step it up because this is not good enough.”

The game featured the Major League Soccer debut of Timbers’ Foster Langsdorf, a Mountain View High grad. He became the third homegrown Timbers player to appear in a regular-season match. He played the final 24 minutes and did not take a shot.

Shea Salinas opened the scoring in the 15th minute, scoring from a run through the center of the 6-yard box to finish Espinoza’s cross.

The Earthquakes (1-4-0) led 2-0 in the 33rd minute when Danny Hoesen pounced on a loosed ball on the left side of the 6-yard box and poked it into the roof of the net.

Espinoza capped the scoring a minute later, stealing a misplayed pass, taking it 30 yards and slotting a low finish past the goalkeeper.

San Jose snapped a five-game losing streak that stretched back into last season.

“For my part, and I think from the players’ standpoint, the only thing is an apology because it’s not good enough, this performance today,” Savarese said. “Today we deserve to lose. We deserve to lose 3-0. And this is the reality of the match.”

EARTHQUAKES 3, TIMBERS 0

Portland 0 0—0

San Jose 3 0—3

First half—1, San Jose, Salinas, 1 (Espinoza), 15th minute; 2, San Jose, Hoesen, 1, 33rd; 3, San Jose, Espinoza, 2 (Godoy), 34th.

Second half—None.

Goalies—Portland, Jeff Attinella, Steve Clark; San Jose, Daniel Vega, Andrew Tarbell.

Yellow Cards—San Jose, Lopez, 28th; Eriksson, 36th; Cummings, 55th. Portland, Mabiala, 26th.

A—16,233.

Lineups

San Jose—Daniel Vega; Harold Cummings, Marcos Lopez (Eric Calvillo, 62nd); Magnus Eriksson (Vako Qazaishvili, 76th), Anibal Godoy, Florian Jungwirth, Shea Salinas, Tommy Thompson (Nick Lima, 70th), Jackson Yueill; Cristian Espinoza, Danny Hoesen.

Portland—Jeff Attinella; Larrys Mabiala, Jorge Moreira, Bill Tuiloma, Jorge Villafana; Sebastian Blanco, Diego Chara, David Guzman (Andres Flores, 73rd), Diego Valeri; Dairon Asprilla (Tomas Conechny, 46th), Jeremy Ebobisse (Foster Langsdorf, 66th).

EARTHQUAKES 3, TIMBERS 0

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