Heartbreak for the Vic’s
By: Anne | June 29th, 2007After being on the road for the last two weeks, the Vic’s were defeated at home by the Portland Timbers 1-0 last night. The Vic’s have played four games in the last six days, and unfortunately their exhaustion showed a bit.
Yuri Morales had a great breakaway in the 54th minute, but chose to pass to Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez, just yards from the goal, waited too long to shoot and was unable to convert, as the defenders converged on him.
Sanchez, who was infamously red carded for his ‘dog and hydrant’ goal celebration in Tuesday’s US Open game, had other opportunities last night. In the 69th minute, a well placed free kick from Sanchez forced the Timbers goalkeeper into a full body jump, and the ball was parried over the bar.
Newly mohawk-shorn Chuck Kim was brought on as a sub in the 2nd half, but was unable to cause much trouble for the Timbers. The referees were not helping matters though, as Kim was dubiously judged to be in an offside position several times.
One very bright spot in the game was defender Cameron Dunn, who had several consistent clearances and was instinctively in the right spot at the right time.
Unfortunately for the Vic’s, the defense was unable to stop a long range goal kick, that Portland converted in the 88th minute for their only goal.
The Vic’s will be back in action, at home, on July 4 as they take on Miami FC.
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Tough break but you still get three more shots at the Timbers.
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