Christian Aspinoza scored the third and fourth goals of the season for his first brace in about two years and the San Jose earthquake defeated Portland Timbers 4–1 on Saturday night.
Aspinoza also had a assistance, while Christian Arngo scored his seventh goal, tied with MLS, and two more earthquakes (4-6–1, 13 points) lost a three-match streak.
Ousseni Bouda added a late insurance tally to San Jose, one night they were out to blow the attacker Joseph Martinez for low body injury. Martinez ranks second in the team with six goals. Dijuan Jones had received their first two assistance since the earthquake from the Columbus crew.
Daniel made four stops for the earthquake.
Felip Mora scored his team-and-Agni fifth goal for Portland (5-3-3, 18 points), unbeaten in his last seven matches.
San Jose has proved a competent assault team in his first year under MLS all-time win leader Bruce Arena, but his first half an hour can be the best he has played this season.
Aspinoza completed his first two goals at MLS by the 24th minute since May 6, 2023.
Arngo was at the root of the early goal of Aspinoza in the 16th minute, playing a give-end-go through midfield before spraying the ball to the right to the right to the right.
Jones pulled back a low cross in the top of the penalty region, where Espinoza first finished it inside the left corner.
Eight minutes later, Aspinoza played the Give-end-go, received the return pass and then draped the trapped goalkeeper Maxim Crepue (Char Saves) in the penalty area before curling his effort.
Arngo ended ambush in the 27th minute, playing a give-end with Jones to the right before running a low finish through charging crePue.
Mora found a goal just before the Haftime with the post near the cross near the cross of David da Costa. But Portland was rarely threatening after a halftime and perhaps lucky to accept only once before ending at night.
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