TACOMA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance (5-2-3, 20 points) defeated Timbers2 (0-2-2, 4 points) 3-0 Tuesday evening in its first match of the season at Cheney Stadium. Cody Baker scored his first professional goal, while Marlon Vargas and Abdoulaye Cissoko each added strikes as Tacoma continues to move up the Western Conference standings, with the club currently riding a six-match unbeaten streak (4-0-2).
Baker bagged his goal in the 29th minute after Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez streaked down the left flank, centering a pass at the bottom of the area that Baker smashed home to give the home side the lead. After a Timbers2 player committed a handball in the area, Vargas converted the ensuing penalty to make it 2-0 in the 33rd minute. Cissoko added the final strike of the match in the 55th minute off a corner, getting his head to the ball played in by Danny Leyva to put Tacoma up three. Defiance goalkeeper Wallis Lapsley recorded a shutout in his second start of the season.
Wade Webber’s side plays another game at Cheney Stadium on Saturday, hosting Earthquakes II on June 4 in the two teams' second matchup of the season (7:00 p.m. PT / mlsnextpro.com).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 3 – Timbers2 0
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Venue: Cheney Stadium
Referee: Christopher Calderon
Weather: 65 degrees and sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
TAC – Cody Baker (Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez) 29’
TAC – Marlon Vargas (penalty) 33’
TAC – Abdoulaye Cissoko (Danny Leyva) 55’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
POR – Carlos Vivas (caution) 26’
TAC – Abdoulaye Cissoko (caution) 45+2’
TAC – Jimmy Medranda (caution) 45+2’
POR – Dylan Akau (caution) 59’
POR – Carlos Vivas (ejection) 70’
TAC – Fito Ovalle (caution) 86’
TAC – Alfred Gombe-Fei (caution) 87’
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Wallis Lapsley, Cody Baker, Achille Robin, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Jimmy Medranda (Randy Mendoza 58’), Danny Leyva (Fito Ovalle 64’), Sota Kitahara, Ethan Dobbelaere (Juan Alvarez 57’), Marlon Vargas – captain, Dylan Teves (Georgi Minoungou 64’), Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (Alfred Gombe-Fei 78’)
Substitutes not used: Wyatt Nelson, Eric Kinzner, Sam Adeniran, Joe Hafferty
Total shots: 9
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 14
Offside: 5
Corner-kicks: 4
Saves: 0
Timbers2 – Hunter Sulte, Julian Bravo, Adrian Ortellao (Gerardo Duran 81’), Carlos Vivas, Ismaila Jome (Volodymyr Kubrakov HT), Victor Griffith, Ian Shaul (Johan Hinestroza 60’), Dylan Akau, Selmir Miscic (Victor Enriquez HT), Tega Ikoba (Jamin Gogo Peters HT), Dawson McCartney
Substitutes not used: Noah Lawrence, Sean McDowd, Milo Wray, Diego Elizalde
Total shots: 7
Shots on goal: 0
Fouls: 15
Offside: 2
Corner-kicks: 3
Saves: 1
