May 24, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; The defender of Portland Timbers, Omir Fernández (22), struggles for the ball against the defender of the city of Orlando Alex Freeman (30) Duration the first half in the inter & co stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mike Waters-Imagn images Duncan McGuare scored his first goal of the season shortly before part time and the host of Orlando City retained a 1-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night.
Eduard Atuesta helped McGuire, whose count helped Orlando (7-2-6, 27 points) to win his third consecutive in MLS and extend his undefeated career from the League to 12 games.
Pedro Gallese made two stops to maintain his seventh clean blade after a strange generous night in a 3-2 house loss against Nashville in the 16th round of the United States of 16 on Wednesday night.
Maxime Crepeau made three salvages for Portland (6-4-5, 23 points), which improved after part time, but rarely translated having more possession in clear opportunities of the second half.
The Timbers followed 14-7 in the general attempts of shooting, and have scored only twice in their last five games in all competitions. They have played 228 minutes without a goal on the road in the League game.
McGuare was once a regular headline for Orlando, and after scoring 14 goals in his campaign of the MLS novata for a while he seemed to go to a European movement.
But Marco Pasalic and Luis Muriel game has turned out that it was mainly used from the bank in 2025. It began on Saturday for the third time, presumable as a result of the effort that others exercised in the defeat of the United States open cup on Wednesday.
He put Orlando in front in the 39th minute after the hosts had dominated to that point.
The possibility came from the second phase of an attack after the Timbers only partial cleared the initial cross of Ivan Angulo on the right.
Atuesta lowered the ball with his body just beyond the right corner of the penalty area, then dripped to his left, and then finished a low vertical pass in McGuare near the corner of the 6 -year -old box.
McGuare reached it and fired a low finish, adjusts to Crepeau from a somewhat tight angle.
It was McGuare’s first goal since October 2, when he got his tenth of the regular season 2024.
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