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United hands Portland its first MLS home loss
Chris Pontius and Josh Wolff scored late in the second half as D.C. United handed the expansion Portland Timbers their first home loss in Major League Soccer, 3-2, on Sunday. Perry Kitchen also scored for United, which overcame a strange sequence in the second half when Portland converted a penalty on its third attempt to even the score at 1. Kenny Cooper, the son of the former Blast coach of the same name, tried two straight penalty kicks that were saved by Bill Hamid, who was ruled to have come off his line early before both shots, and Jack Jewsbury scored on the third attempt in the 68th minute for the Timbers. United answered when Pontius converted a penalty in the 75th and Wolff added a goal in the 85th, giving D.C. (4-4-3) the lead it needed to hold off Portland. Jorge Perlaza scored in the 88th for the Timbers (5-4-2), but it wasn't enough to preserve their unbeaten home record. Portland had won its first four home games. United won away from home for just second time in five matches this season to extend its unbeaten streak to four.
