{"id":383553,"date":"2026-07-23T07:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383553\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:10:15","slug":"recap-timbers-fight-back-twice-to-draw-2-2-with-fc-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383553\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAP | Timbers fight back twice to draw 2-2 with FC Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      Kelsy tallies team-leading eighth goal, Felipe Mora equalizes in stoppage time<\/p>\n<p>PORTLAND, Ore. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbers.com\/players\/Kevin-Kelsy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Kelsy<\/a> tied the game in the 66th minute before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbers.com\/players\/Felipe-Mora\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Felipe Mora<\/a> came off the bench to tie the game again in second-half stoppage time as the Portland Timbers fought back for a 2-2 draw against FC Dallas Wednesday night at Providence Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbers.com\/players\/Kristoffer-Velde\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kristoffer Velde<\/a> also contributed an assist in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Portland now face a quick turnaround hosting Real Salt Lake this Saturday at Providence Park on Pride Night, presented by SeatGeek. Kickoff is 7:30pm PT (<a href=\"https:\/\/seatgeek.com\/portland-timbers-tickets\/mls\/2026-07-25-7-30-pm\/17919341?aid=13360&amp;pid=saltlake072526_webpromo&amp;rid=71626&amp;utm_medium=partnership&amp;utm_source=timbers&amp;utm_campaign=saltlake072526_webpromo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TICKETS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3SH3QSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\n      Equalizing Duo<\/p>\n<p>With his goal tonight, Kevin Kelsy scored his team-leading eighth goal of the 2026 campaign. Eight goals this season marks a new career MLS high for the Venezuelan striker. Notably, Kelsy scored in a second straight match for Portland after registering three goal contributions (2G, 1A) against Seattle on July 16. Felipe Mora\u2019s stoppage time equalizer came as his first goal for Portland since the season opener on February 21, and his 46th goal in his MLS career. Mora also tallied goal contributions in back-to-back matches after recording an assist against Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Goal-Scoring Plays<\/p>\n<p>DAL \u2013 Patrickson Delgado (Joaqu\u00edn Valiente), 45+1 minute: Joaqu\u00edn Valiente received a ball on the left before playing Patrickson Delgado at the top of the box. Delgado took a touch before finishing a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>POR \u2013 Kevin Kelsy, 66th minute: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbers.com\/players\/Cole-Bassett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Bassett<\/a> played a pass across goal that deflected off a defender, bounced off the post and skipped across the goal line before being tapped in by Kevin Kelsy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DAL \u2013 Petar Musa, 88th minute: After receiving the ball in the Timbers\u2019 defensive third, Petar Musa drove to the right side of the box and finished a right-footed shot into the lower left corner of the net.<\/p>\n<p>POR \u2013 Felipe Mora (Kristoffer Velde), 90+2 minute:\u00a0Kristoffer Velde collected a loose ball on the left wing before driving and lifting a cross to Felipe Mora near the penalty spot, who took a touch and fired a right-footed shot into the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Interim Head Coach Jack Cassidy discusses the comeback draw with Dallas<\/p>\n<p>\n      Notes<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Timbers (5-8-3, 18pts) have moved to 12th place in the Western Conference following tonight\u2019s draw.<br \/>\nKevin Kelsy scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season.<br \/>\nKelsy scored in a second straight match for Portland after registering three goal contributions (2G, 1A) against Seattle on July 16.<br \/>\nNotably, Kelsy now has 12 totally goal contributions in 2026, with eight goals and four assists.<br \/>\nFelipe Mora scored his second goal of the season.<br \/>\nMora\u2019s stoppage time equalizer came as his first goal for Portland since the season opener on February 21.<br \/>\nIt marks the Chilean forward\u2019s 46th goal in his MLS career.<br \/>\nMora also tallied goal contributions in back-to-back matches after recording an assist against Seattle.<br \/>\nKristoffer Velde found his fourth assist of the season.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbers.com\/players\/James-Pantemis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Pantemis<\/a> made his 50th MLS regular season appearance (49 starts) tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Next Game<\/p>\n<p>The Timbers remain at home and will host Real Salt Lake this Saturday, July 25. Kickoff from Providence Park is set for 7:30pm PT on <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/channel\/mls\/tvs.sbd.7000\" title=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/channel\/mls\/tvs.sbd.7000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a> in English and Spanish with local radio broadcasts on 105.1 FM The Fan (English) and La GranD 93.5 FM\/1150AM (Spanish).<\/p>\n<p>\n      Portland\u202fTimbers\u202f(5-8-3, 18pts) vs. FC Dallas (7-4-5, 26pts)<\/p>\n<p>July 22, 2026 \u2013 Providence Park (Portland, Ore.)<\/p>\n<p>Scoring Summary:<br \/>DAL: Delgado (Valiente), 45+1<br \/>POR: Kelsy, 66<br \/>DAL: Musa, 88<br \/>POR: Mora (Velde), 90+2<\/p>\n<p>Misconduct Summary:<br \/>POR: K. Miller (caution), 38<br \/>DAL: Johansson (caution), 58<br \/>POR: Bye (caution), 90<br \/>POR: Chara (caution), 90+4<br \/>DAL: Ibeagha (caution), 90+6<\/p>\n<p>Lineups<br \/>POR: GK Pantemis, D Bye, D Surman \u00a9, D K. Miller, D Fory, M Caicedo (Chara, 55), M Bassett (Aravena, 81), M Da Costa, F Lassiter (Velde, 55), F Antony, F Kelsy (Mora, 81)<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes Not Used: GK Muse, D Bonetig, D Smith, D E. Miller, M Ortiz<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Kelsy, 5); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (four players tied, 1); FOULS: 12 (Kelsy, 3); OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 1<\/p>\n<p>DAL: GK Daniel, D Urhoghide, D Johansson (Ibeagha, 84), D Moore \u00a9, M Valiente (Binyamin, 84), M Capis, M Ferreira, M Delgado (Kamungo, 62), F Moreno (Sarver, 62), F Norris, F Farrington (Musa, 62)<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes Not Used: GK Sirois,\u00a0\u00a0D Abubakar, M Swann, F Julio<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (four players tied, 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (three players tied, 1); FOULS: 12 (Urhoghide, 4); OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 2<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Alexis Da Silva<br \/>Assistant Referees: Cory Richardson, Diego Blas<br \/>Fourth Official: Allen Chapman<br \/>VAR: Edvin Jurisevic<br \/>Attendance: 20,184<\/p>\n<p>All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kelsy tallies team-leading eighth goal, Felipe Mora equalizes in stoppage time PORTLAND, Ore. \u2013 Kevin Kelsy tied the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,80831,135339,5046],"class_list":["post-383553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-portland-timbers","tag-porvsdal-07-22-2026","tag-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}