March 12, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Austin FC News Release
Austin, TEXAS – Austin FC fell to a 1-0 defeat to the Portland Timbers on Saturday night at Providence Park, with a header from Portland defender Bill Tuiloma proving the difference in a closely-fought contest.
The two teams spent the early part of the match sizing each other up, with the first genuine chance not arriving until the 24th minute. Julio Cascante made a sliding block to deny Portland’s Dairon Asprilla, and Jaroslaw Niezgoda’s follow-up sliced wide.
Both sides then came close before the break. Sebastián Driussi put the ball in the net off Nick Lima’s cross in the 32nd minute, but was ruled offside, and the Timbers hit the post with five minutes to go until halftime.
The second half saw six yellow cards in 15 minutes before Portland broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute, with Yimmi Chara swinging in a set piece delivery and Tuiloma heading it into the net.
Austin increased its pressure on the Portland goal, and were unlucky not to receive a penalty kick when the ball seemed to clearly strike Timbers defender Justin Rasmussen on the arm in the box. Despite a VAR review, the referee waved play on.
The Verde & Black continued to create chances until the final whistle, but couldn’t quite find the equalizer.
Goal-Scoring Summary
POR (1-0) – Bill Tuiloma (assisted by Yimmi Chara) 62′
Misconduct Summary
ATX – Cecilio Domínguez (caution) 49′
ATX – Žan Kolmanič (caution) 50′
ATX – Sebastián Driussi (caution) 50′
POR – Diego Chara (caution) 53′
POR – Cristhian Paredes (caution) 57′
ATX – Daniel Pereira (caution) 60′
ATX – Jhojan Valencia (caution) 90+5′
POR – Sebastian Blanco (caution) 90+6
Media Assets (courtesy of Austin FC)
Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff and Austin FC defender Ruben Gabrielsen press conference
Portland Timbers vs. Austin FC Match Highlights – March 12, 2022
Boxscore
Portland Timbers vs. Austin FC | Providence Park (Portland, OR) | March 12, 2022
Lineups
Austin FC: Brad Stuver, Žan Kolmanič (Jon Gallagher 66′), Ruben Gabrielsen, Julio Cascante, Nick Lima, Daniel Pereira (Jhojan Valencia 66′), Alex Ring ©, Sebastián Driussi, Cecilio Domínguez (Rodney Redes 74′), Maxi Urruti (Moussa Djitté 71′), Diego Fagundez (Ethan Finlay 66′)
Substitutes not used: Andrew Tarbell, Kipp Keller, Hector Jimenez, Felipe Martins
Head Coach: Josh Wolff
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 0; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 9; SAVES: 0
Portland Timbers: Aljaz Ivačič, Josecarlos Van Rankin, Zac McGraw, Bill Tuiloma, Justin Rasmussen, Santiago Moreno, Diego Chara ©, Cristhian Paredes (David Ayala 75′), Dairon Asprilla (Sebastian Blanco 75′), Yimmi Chara, Jaroslaw Niezgoda (Diego Gutierrez 87′)
Substitutes not used: David Bingham, Dario Zuparic, George Fochive, Pablo Bonilla, Larrys Mabiala, Blake Bodily
Head Coach: Giovanni Savarese
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 0
Match Information
Referee: Joe Dickerson
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Rottersman
Assistant Referee 2: Chris Elliott
4th Official: Brad Jensen
VAR: Daniel Radford
Assistant VAR: Rene Parra
Weather: Rainy, 48 degrees
Attendance: 22,795
Statistical Source: MLSSoccer.com / Opta
Next Match
Austin FC will play its third home match and fourth match overall of the 2022 Major League Soccer regular season against Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m. CT. The match will feature a national TV broadcast in English language on FS1. In Spanish language, the match will feature a national broadcast on FOX Deportes. On radio, the match will be broadcast on KASE-FM (ALT 97.5) in English, as well as on TUDN Radio Austin (104.3-HD2, KLQB) in Spanish.
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