TACOMA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance (5-19-5, 20 points) on Friday dropped a 6-3 decision to Portland Timbers 2 (10-11-8, 38 points) at Providence Park. First Team players Alex Roldan, Justin Dhillon and Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez each netted a goal for Tacoma. The three-goal output was the highest of the season in a road game for Defiance.
First Team midfielder Alex Roldan scored the first goal of the evening for Tacoma in the 42nd minute. Chris Hegardt sent a ball from midfield to the foot of Handwalla Bwana, who took a few touches before leaving a pass for Roldan just outside of the six-yard box. Roldan took one touch with his right foot and finished past the Portland goalkeeper to trim the lead to 3-1. The goal was the first for Roldan in six games this season.
In the 53rd minute, Dhillon received a lead pass from midfield off the foot of Danny Robles and had his first shot saved before burying the rebound for his 10th marker of the season. Ocampo-Chavez netted his fifth goal of the season in the 90th minute. Herbert Robinson won a ball and sent a pass to Ocampo-Chavez who blasted a shot from the top of the area that found the back of the net to make it 6-3.
Six players under the age of 20 saw action for Tacoma tonight, including two First Team players in Trey Muse and Ocampo-Chavez.
Defiance next returns home to take on Tulsa Roughnecks FC on Saturday, September 28 (7:00 p.m. PT / ESPN+). The club then hits the road to face Fresno FC on Saturday, October 5 (7:30 p.m. PT / ESPN+).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance I 3-6 I Portland Timbers 2
Friday, September 20, 2019
Venue: Providence Park I Portland, Oregon
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Assistants: Andrew Marihart, Ryan Jung
Fourth Official: Mike Hohnholz
SCORING SUMMARY
POR – Brayan Hurtado (Dairon Asprilla) 3’
POR – Dairon Asprilla (Foster Langsdorf) 22’
POR – Ryan Sierakowski (Harold Hanson) 40’
TAC – Alex Roldan (Handwalla Bwana) 42’
POR – Eryk Williamson 45’
POR – Dairon Asprilla (penalty) 48’
TAC – Justin Dhillon 53’
POR – Jose Carlos Anguiano (Foster Langsdorf) 83’
TAC – Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (Herbert Robinson) 90’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TAC – Jesse Daley (caution) 44’
TAC – Justin Dhillon (caution) 53’
POR – Dairon Asprilla (caution) 58’
LINEUPS & STATS
TAC – Trey Muse; Jesse Daley, Aleks Berkolds, Sam Rogers, Alex Villanueva (Nick Hinds 56’); Chris Hegardt (Herbert Robinson 74’), Josh Atencio (Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 56’); Alex Roldan, Danny Robles, Handwalla Bwana; Justin Dhillon
Substitutes not used: Conrad Lee, Ethan Dobbelaere, Shandon Hopeau, Ray Serrano
Total shots: 11
Shots on goal: 6
Fouls: 12
Offside: 3
Corner-kicks: 3
Saves: 7
POR – Alijaz Ivacic; Harold Hanson (Caleb Kiner 81’), Max Ornstil, Todd Wharton, Marco Farfan (Nathan Smith HT); Eryk Williamson, Jose Carlos Anguiano; Dairon Asprilla, Ryan Sierakowski, Brayan Hurtado (Cristian Ojeda 68’); Foster Langsdorf
Substitutes not used: Jake Leeker, Gio Calixtro, Dyson Clapier
Total shots: 21
Shots on goal: 13
Fouls: 13
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 10
Saves: 3
