New York City FC overcame a hostile road environment and a late Portland equalizer to upset the Timbers in a penalty shootout and claim the franchise's first MLS Cup on Saturday.
New York looked like they would ride Taty Castellanos' 41st-minute goal to a 1-0 victory. But in the final seconds of regular time, a deflected shot landed in front of Portland's Felipe Mora, who fired it home to send the game into extra time.
"I told the boys, don't put your heads down. There's a lot of game yet to be played," Johnson said when asked his message to the team after Portland tied it up. "I just wanted to stay present and do what I could to help the team, and we stepped up in a big way. I was able to get a couple of saves and the boys buried the rest.""This is why we play the games, make all the sacrifice. It's for the fans up there who traveled all the way across the country," he said.
Portland's first chance for an equalizer came late in the match when Yimmi Chara's dead ball kick got past New York's flatfooted defense.
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