Overview
- San Diego closed the best-of-three first round with a 4-0 win in the decider to take the series 2-1 as the Western Conference’s top seed.
- Dreyer scored in the 5th and 79th minutes, while Pellegrino added goals in the 17th and 53rd.
- Onni Valakari created the opener, Corey Baird assisted Pellegrino’s second, and Hirving Lozano fed Dreyer for the fourth.
- Backup goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega started for CJ dos Santos, who suffered a broken cheekbone in Game 2, and made two saves as Portland’s James Pantemis recorded five.
- Portland finished with 10 men after Juan Mosquera’s straight red card in the 80th minute; San Diego will host a single-elimination semifinal against Minnesota United.