GAME NOTES: Timbers Dominate Club America Reserves

The Portland Timbers beat the Club America U23 club 4-1 this afternoon even with many of their starters playing limited minutes or sitting out altogether. The Timbers really controlled this one from the opening kickoff, scoring around the two minute mark off a corner-header by defender Mamadou Danso.

- A very dominate performance by the Timbers, who seemed to be on attack all match, outshooting Club America 18-5. The defense played extremely well, only allowing Club America 2 shots on goal in the first half (one shot was a desperation kick from mid-field). In fact, the only goal given up was a tough break, coming off a broken play and an unlucky rebound.

- The size advantage for the Timbers was quite noticeable. They really had the edge on corners and jump balls. Club America looked frustrated fighting all the physical play, eventually resulting in a few minor squirmishes breaking out on the pitch.

- Mid-fielder Ryan Pore continued his stellar play, scoring and assisting on a goal. The last few games he's really turned it on, breaking through defenders, putting the ball in open spaces, and consistently just making plays when he gets touches.

- Takayuki Suzuki played pretty well tonight in the starting forward spot. He had the tie-breaking goal on a spectacular free kick that bounced inside off the far post and into the back of the net.

- George Corral lead Club America with three shots on goal from the back field. The other big star on club, Keeper Hugo Gonzalez, played well all things considering, making plenty of impressive saves under constant attack from the Timbers.

- Attendance was decent, I'm not sure if they announced the numbers, but a very rough estimation of 6,000-7,00 might be close. I guess it was only an exhibition though, but regardless, the Timbers unbeaten streak now stands at EIGHT!