PORTLAND — Felipe Mora scored a pair of second-half goals and the Portland Timbers defeated the LA Galaxy 3-0 on Saturday.
It was the second loss of the season for the Galaxy, who were off to a hot start in the league with four wins in their first five games. But the team was playing a man down against Portland after Derrick Williams was sent off with a red card late in the first half.
“We stuck with the plan and we were very mature in every moment during the game to be able to get a very important result at home that we needed,” Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese said. “Another three points. We keep on building.”
The Timbers, winners of two straight, managed to shut down the league’s top scorer, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, who has seven goals for the Galaxy this season.