PORTLAND — Dairon Asprilla and Cristhian Paredes scored and the Portland Timbers beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on Saturday night for their first victory of the season.
Asprilla scored in the sixth minute to give the Timbers the lead, celebrating with a cartwheel and a backflip.
After the goal, the entire team went to the bench to hug Diego Valeri, whose father Luis died this week.
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