Gaston's Late Heroics Gain Home Draw For Timbers

At Portland, Oregon:

Gaston Fernandez delivered the equalizer in the 85th minute on Saturday night as the Portland Timbers came from behind to gain a 3-3 Major League Soccer home deadlock with the Columbus Crew, despite ending the contest with ten men (Alvis Powell was shown a straight red card and was ejected in the 34th minute due to a clumsy and hard tackle).  Maximiliano Urruti (5') and Will Johnson (80') were the Timbers' other goal scorers.  Federico Higuain scored twice (14', PK-45'+5) and Ethan Finlay once (81') for the Crew.  The Timbers have now gone 22 straight games without losing a league game at home, now tied for third longest in MLS history.

The Timbers will take on the New York Red Bulls next Saturday evening at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (4:00 PM Pacific Time, ROOT Sports Northwest).

Streak Ends: Columbus Pulls Plug On Timbers 15-Match MLS Unbeaten Run 1-0 At Home

At Columbus, Ohio:

The Columbus Crew, with Bernardo Anor scoring the only goal of the match in the fifth minute, ended the Portland Timbers' 15-game Major League Soccer unbeaten streak (18 in all competitions) 1-0 on Sunday.

The Timbers, who played with ten men after Pa-Modou Kah picked up his second yellow card in the 11th minute, forcing his red-card ejection from the match.

Portland will try to get back on track next Saturday as they host the Los Angeles Galaxy in a nationally televised match (NBCSN).