Portland Timbers played to a draw against the Los Angeles Football Club in the final group stage match of the MLS is Back tournament.
Both teams had clinched spots in the knockout round coming into the game. The draw allowed Portland to take the top spot in Group F with seven points. The Timbers came into the match with a pair of 2-1 wins over the LA Galaxy and Houston.
Ebobisse came on as a substitute in the 58th minute. The striker evened the game in the 81st minute with a header into the back of the net after a corner kick by Diego Valeri. Bradley Wright-Phillips and Mark-Anthony Kaye scored four minutes apart in the first half for LAFC, which gets defending league champion Seattle on Monday in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference final. LAFC, which had five points to take second in the group, beat the Galaxy 6-2 and had a draw against the Dynamo.
Portland opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Sebastian Blanco found Niezgoda with a crossing pass. The Polish striker ran past LAFC midfielder Latif Blessing and beat LAFC goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega, who was playing out of position, for his first MLS goal.Wright-Phillips evened it in the 36th minute with a laser off his right foot from just outside the box. He was acquired from the New York Red Bulls during the off-season and is the first player to score in his first three LAFC games.
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