SEATTLE — Dairon Asprilla and Evander da Silva Ferreira scored three minutes aside within the second half after Seattle’s Léo Chú was despatched off for a crimson card and the Portland Timbers rallied for a 2-2 draw with the Sounders on Saturday evening.

Raúl Ruidíaz had a purpose within the ninth minute and assisted on a rating by Chú within the thirtieth as Seattle (11-9-8) took a 2-0 lead into halftime.

Disaster struck for Seattle after Chú was hit with a second yellow card within the 53rd minute, forcing the Sounders to play a person down the remainder of the way in which.

Asprilla discovered the web for a fifth time this season when he took a cross from defender Zac McGraw within the 67th minute, pulling Portland (7-11-9) inside a purpose. Evander used an help from Juan Mosquera to attain the equalizer. It was Evander’s seventh purpose of the marketing campaign.

Seattle had not scored a number of objectives in a regular-season match at dwelling since a 3-0 victory over St. Louis City in early April. The Sounders prevented shedding three straight at dwelling in all competitions for the primary time in membership historical past.

Stefan Frei had two saves for Seattle. David Bingham saved 5 photographs for the Timbers.

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Portland is 4-0-2 towards the Sounders within the final six conferences. The Timbers have been coming off a 2-0 dwelling win over Real Salt Lake that ended a four-match shedding streak - its longest skid since 2019.

Ruidíaz has scored 12 objectives in 16 profession matches towards the Timbers, together with the playoffs.

The Sounders are 2-5-4 of their final 11 matches at dwelling.

Portland will host Los Angeles FC on Saturday. Seattle returns to motion on Sept. 16 when it travels to play FC Dallas.

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