Timbers lose to LAFC 4-1

LOS ANGELES — Carlos Vela scored and had three assists and Adama Diomande added a goal and an assist to help Los Angeles FC beat the Portland Timbers 4-1 on Sunday night.

Jordan Harvey’s low cross split a defender and goalkeeper Jeff Attinella before Christian Ramirez tapped in a sliding finish from point-blank range to give LAFC (2-0-0) a 2-1 lead in the 45th minute.

Attinella made a diving, one-handed stop of a shot by Diego Rossi from near the spot that deflected out of bounds but Mark-Anthony Kaye headed home the ensuing corner kick by Vela to open the scoring in the 14th minute.

Jeremy Ebobisse put away a perfectly placed free kick by Diego Valeri, slipping a diving header just inside the post to make it 1-1 in the 29th.

Latif Blessing’s pass led Vela toward the corner of the 6-yard box where, as the defense closed, he rolled a cross to Diomande for the empty-net finish in the 65th minute. Then, about three minutes later, Diomande fed a streaking Vela on the right side who flicked a left-footer inside the far post to cap the scoring.

Diego Chara, who was shown a yellow card in the 35th, received a red card in the 72nd minute for Portland (0-1-1).

LOS ANGELES FC 4, TIMBERS 1

Portland 1 0—1

Los Angeles FC 2 2—4

First half—1, Los Angeles FC, Kaye, 1 (Vela), 14th minute; 2, Portland, Ebobisse, 1 (Valeri), 29th; 3, Los Angeles FC, Ramirez, 1 (Harvey), 45th.

Second half—4, Los Angeles FC, Diomande, 2 (Vela), 65th; 5, Los Angeles FC, Vela, 1 (Diomande), 68th.

Goalies—Portland, Jeff Attinella, Steve Clark; Los Angeles FC, Tyler Miller, Pablo Sisniega.

Yellow Cards—Los Angeles FC, Atuesta, 17th; Blessing, 37th. Portland, Chara, 35th; Valentin, 48th.

A—22,003.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC—Tyler Miller; Steven Beitashour (Latif Blessing, 32nd), Jordan Harvey, Eddie Segura, Walker Zimmermann; Eduard Atuesta, Mark Anthony Kaye (Peter Vassell, 70th), Lee Nguyen; Christian Ramirez (Adama Diomande, 63rd), Diego Rossi, Carlos Vela.

Portland—Jeff Attinella; Julio Cascante, Larrys Mabiala, Zarek Valentin, Jorge Villafana; Sebastian Blanco, Diego Chara, David Guzman, Diego Valeri (Tomas Conechny, 74th); Jeremy Ebobisse (Lucas Melano, 80th), Andy Polo (Dairon Asprilla, 66th).