PORTLAND, Ore. – For the second-straight game, the Portland Timbers reached the final whistle with a three-goal margin, and for the first time since May 2018, the team has a five-game winning streak. Scoring three times in the second half against the visiting San Jose Earthquakes, the Timbers pulled into a tie on points at the top of Major League Soccer’s Western Conference, winning 3-0 behind two goals from Jaroslaw Niezgoda to forge the team’s longest winning run since head coach Giovanni Savarese’s first season in Portland.
“Well done by Jaro to score that great goal to put us on top,” Savarese said, referring to Niezgoda’s 46th minute header.