MLS is Back Tournament Final

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MLS is Back Tournament Final
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Event MLS is Back Tournament
Portland Timbers Orlando City SC
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Date August 11, 2020 (2020-08-11)
Venue ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida, US
Man of the Match Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)[1]
Referee Ismail Elfath[2]
Attendance 0 (behind closed doors)

The MLS is Back Tournament Final, known as the MLS is Back Tournament Final presented by Wells Fargo for sponsorship reasons, was a soccer match held on August 11, 2020 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida. It was the final match of the MLS is Back Tournament, a competition marking the resumption of the 2020 Major League Soccer season following the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The match was played behind closed doors due to the pandemic and was broadcast on ESPN beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.[3]

Portland Timbers won the match 2–1 to win the MLS is Back Tournament and were presented the trophy after the game. As winners, Portland received $300,000 in prize money and also earned a spot in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League. They qualified for the United States' third berth, replacing the 2020 MLS Eastern or Western Conference regular season champions which are not the Supporters' Shield champions.[4][5]

The match was the first MLS final refereed by a woman, with Kathryn Nesbitt acting as an Assistant Referee.

Road to the final

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Portland Timbers Round Orlando City SC
Opponents Results Group stage Opponents Results
LA Galaxy 2–1 Match 1 Inter Miami CF 2–1
Houston Dynamo 2–1 Match 2 New York City FC 3–1
Los Angeles FC 2–2 Match 3 Philadelphia Union 1–1
Group F winners
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 Final standings Group A winners
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Opponents Results Knockout stage Opponents Results
FC Cincinnati 1–1 (4–2 p) Round of 16 Montreal Impact 1–0
New York City FC 3–1 Quarter-finals Los Angeles FC 1–1 (5–4 p)
Philadelphia Union 2–1 Semi-finals Minnesota United FC 3–1

Match

Portland played in a defensive posture for much of the game, allowing Orlando 64% of the possession but not letting them get into good shooting positions.[6][7] In the 27th minute Portland scored first, with Larrys Mabiala scoring a header from a free kick by Diego Valeri. Orlando responded with a goal 12 minutes later via a move to the end-line by Nani and a pass to the near post that Mauricio Pereyra finished. Portland scored again about 3/4 of the way through the game; Valeri sent a corner kick to Eryk Williamson, who controlled the ball and sent it toward goal, where Jeremy Ebobisse redirected it to Dario Župarić for a tap-in through Nani's legs. Both of Portland's goals were scored by center backs. The game opened up after that, with Orlando committing more players forward in an attempt to level the score, but Portland's defense continued to hold them off until the final whistle. The game finished with Orlando having only one shot on goal – namely their goal – while Portland had six.[7]

Details

August 11, 2020 (2020-08-11)
8:30 p.m. EDT
Portland Timbers 2–1 Orlando City SC
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2020-08-11-portland-timbers-vs-orlando-city-sc/boxscore
Portland Timbers
Orlando City SC
GK 12 United States Steve Clark
RB 15 United States Chris Duvall
CB 33 Democratic Republic of the Congo Larrys Mabiala Booked 44'
CB 13 Croatia Dario Župarić
LB 4 United States Jorge Villafaña Booked 73'
CM 21 Colombia Diego Chará Booked 70'
CM 30 United States Eryk Williamson
RW 44 Costa Rica Marvin Loría Substituted off 67'
AM 8 Argentina Diego Valeri (c) Substituted off 90+1'
LW 10 Argentina Sebastián Blanco Substituted off 89'
CF 17 United States Jeremy Ebobisse Substituted off 67'
Substitutes:
GK 1 United States Jeff Attinella
GK 31 Slovenia Aljaž Ivačič
DF 18 Costa Rica Julio Cascante
DF 25 New Zealand Bill Tuiloma Substituted in 90+1'
DF 28 Venezuela Pablo Bonilla
DF 32 United States Marco Farfan
MF 19 Argentina Tomás Conechny
MF 22 Paraguay Cristhian Paredes
MF 40 Venezuela Renzo Zambrano
FW 7 Peru Andy Polo Substituted in 67'
FW 9 Chile Felipe Mora Substituted in 89'
FW 11 Poland Jarosław Niezgoda Substituted in 67'
Manager:
Venezuela Giovanni Savarese
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GK 1 Peru Pedro Gallese
RB 2 Brazil Ruan Booked 85' Substituted off 87'
CB 25 Brazil Antônio Carlos Booked 47'
CB 6 Sweden Robin Jansson
LB 4 Portugal João Moutinho Booked 63'
CM 20 Spain Oriol Rosell Substituted off 79'
CM 8 Ecuador Sebas Méndez Substituted off 71'
RW 9 United States Chris Mueller Substituted off 71'
AM 10 Uruguay Mauricio Pereyra
LW 17 Portugal Nani (c) Booked 73'
CF 13 Canada Tesho Akindele Substituted off 78'
Substitutes:
GK 23 United States Brian Rowe
DF 3 United States Alex DeJohn
DF 15 Argentina Rodrigo Schlegel
DF 24 United States Kyle Smith Substituted in 87'
DF 27 Canada Kamal Miller
MF 11 Brazil Júnior Urso Substituted in 71'
MF 21 Colombia Andrés Perea
MF 34 Jamaica Joey DeZart
MF 77 Brazil Robinho
FW 18 United States Daryl Dike Substituted in 78'
FW 19 United States Benji Michel Substituted in 71'
FW 29 Colombia Santiago Patiño Substituted in 79'
Manager:
Colombia Óscar Pareja

Man of the Match:
Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Kathryn Nesbitt
Kyle Atkins
Fourth official:[2]
Joe Dickerson
Video assistant referee:[2]
Allen Chapman
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Logan Brown

Match rules[8]

  • 90 minutes, with no extra time.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.[note 1]

Broadcasting

The match was broadcast on ESPN.

Notes

  1. ↑ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

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External links

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