Duncan McGire scored his first goal of the season shortly before Hafatime and the host Orlando City won 1–0 over Portland Timbers on Saturday night.
Eduard Atusta assisted McGuer, whose tally helped Orlando (7-2-6, 27 points) win his third directly in MLS and gave his league an unbeaten 12 matches.
Pedro Gallis set up two stops to keep his seventh clean sheet after a rare generous night in a domestic necklace in Nashville in the US Open Cup round on Wednesday night.
Maxim Krepue made three savings for Portland (6–4–5, 23 digits), which improved after Halftime, but rarely translated more occupation in clear second half opportunities.
In overall shot efforts, Timbers lagged behind 14–7, and scored only twice in their last five matches in all competitions. He has played 228 minutes without a goal on the road in league play.
Mcguire was once a regular starter for Orlando, and for a time in his stopping MLS campaign appeared for a time for a European step after scoring 14 goals.
But he was mainly used out of the bench in 2025 as a result of Marco Pasalik and Luis Muril’s playing. He started for the third time on Saturday, possibly as a result of an attempt to incite others in the US Open Cup defeat on Wednesday.
He put Orlando in front of the 39th minute, when the hosts dominated the point.
The opportunity came from the second phase of an attack, as Timbers only partially cleaned the initial cross from the right side of the Ivan Angulo.
Attesta took the ball beyond the right corner of the penalty region with his body, then draped to its left, and then moved a low vertical pass in McGir near the corner of the 6-yard box.
McGiyar reached it and reduced Crepue from some tight angle.
This was McGir’s first goal since October 2, when he finished 10th in the regular season of 2024.
-Bield level media
