Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Timbers Fall To CD Olimpia In Honduras; Portland Eliminated From CONCACAF Champions League

At Tegucigalpa, Honduras:

Goals from Rommel Quioto (2') and Antony Lozano (4', 54') carried CD Olimpia to a 3-1 Tuesday night home victory over the Portland Timbers in the CONCACAF Champions League Group Five finale for both clubs.  With both clubs level on overall points with nine and each team having scored five goals in the two clubs between them, the Honduran club, with the two goals scored last month in the match played in Portland, as opposed to the one that the Timbers scored on Tuesday in Honduras,  won the group and advanced to the quarterfinal round on away goals.

The Timbers' Major League Soccer regular-season finale will take place at Frisco, Texas as Portland will pay a visit on FC Dallas on Saturday (5:30 PM Pacific Time; ROOT Sports Northwest.  A Portland win, combined with a Vancouver defeat or draw at home, would give them the fifth and final Western Conference playoff berth.  The Timbers would also qualify should they gain a draw against the Hoops and the Whitecaps fall to visiting Colorado.

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