The Portland Timbers got goals from Jeremy Ebobisse and Dairon Asprilla, and held the San Jose Earthquakes scoreless, recording a 2-0 win at Providence Park on Wednesday night to advance to the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16.
Ebobisse notched his first goal of 2018 — the lone goal of the first half — to open the match scoring in the 28th minute. Asprilla got his goal in the 67th minute on a play that owed much to Diego Chara, who capped a 30-yard solo run upfield with a smart cross-field pass to Asprilla for the finish.
Despite some late-game chances courtesy of Danny Hoesen and Quincy Amarikwa, the Quakes were unable to get themselves on the scoreboard. Despite outshooting Portland 13-12, San Jose could only place a single shot on target.
Goals
- 28' – POR – Jeremy Ebobisse
- 67' – POR – Dairon Asprilla
Lineups
PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1, right-to-left): #43 Kendall McIntosh -- #5 Vytas Andriuskevicius, #25 Bill Tuiloma, #13 Lawrence Olum, #26 Modou Jadama -- #21 Diego Chara, #40 Renzo Zambrano -- #23 Jack Barmby (46' #30 Eryk Williamson), #44 Marvin Loria (88' #47 Darixon Vuelto), #27 Dairon Asprilla -- #17 Jeremy Ebobisse (67' #28 Foster Langsdorf)
Unused Subs: #1 Jeff Attinella, #32 Marco Farfan, #16 Zarek Valentin, #77 Andre Lewis
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-1-3-2, right-to-left): #28 Andrew Tarbell -- #89 Kevin Partida, #15 Jimmy Ockford, #3 Francois Affolter, #2 Joel Qwiberg -- #27 Fatai Alashe -- #14 Jackson Yueill, #22 Tommy Thompson (80' #16 Christopher Wehan), #10 Jahmir Hyka (73' #7 Magnus Eriksson) -- #25 Quincy Amirakwa, #8 Chris Wondolowski (73' #9 Danny Hoesen)
Unused Subs: #12 Matt Bersano, #30 Yefferson Quintana, #26 Eric Calvillo, #17 Mohamed Thiaw
