Overview
- Portland won Game 2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw, tying the first-round series 1-1 against Western Conference top seed San Diego FC.
- Kristoffer Velde opened the scoring in the 18th minute, Amahl Pellegrino leveled in first-half stoppage time, and Hirving “Chucky” Lozano put San Diego ahead in the 51st.
- Gage Guerra made it 2-2 with a header in the 98th minute off Ariel Lassiter’s cross, sending the match to a shootout.
- Antony converted the decisive penalty for Portland after San Diego’s Jeppe Tverskov hit the woodwork, capping a shootout in which SDFC missed its last three attempts.
- San Diego goalkeeper dos Santos left on a stretcher and in an ambulance after a collision, with Pablo Sisniega replacing him for his first action since Aug. 1 as Portland’s James Pantemis finished with three saves.