伐木者3比1胜休斯顿迪纳摩升至西部第八：季后赛命运重回自己手中
俄勒冈州姆尔特诺默县波特兰市的波特兰伐木者队11月1日晚在主场 Providence Park 以3比1战胜休斯顿迪纳摩队，在美职联常规赛收官前将季后赛命运重新掌握在自己手中，并取得三连胜。
伐木者队赛前排名西部第11位，但皇家盐湖城、西雅图海湾人队与科罗拉多急流队均在周六输球，伐木者队抓住窗口实现反超，本场取胜后升至西部第八的外卡席位，并把宿敌西雅图海湾人队挤出季后赛区。夏季加盟的前锋 Vincent Janssen 贡献1球2助攻、当选本场最佳球员，David Da Costa 与 Kristoffer Velde 也各入一球；Janssen 曾在9月上演伐木者队史首个美职联帽子戏法。
这是伐木者队在主教练 Martí Cifuentes 执教首个赛季的关键胜利。球队下周六客场挑战奥斯汀 FC，只要取胜即可确保连续第三个赛季进入季后赛，西部第七名与直接晋级首轮的席位也仍有希望。
（来源：MLSSoccer.com）
Timbers Beat Houston Dynamo 3-1 to Move Eighth in the West: Playoff Fate Back in Their Own Hands
The Portland Timbers beat Houston Dynamo FC 3-1 at Providence Park in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, on November 1, putting their MLS playoff destiny back in their own hands in the final match before Decision Day and making it three straight wins.
Portland entered the day 11th in the Western Conference, but Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders FC and the Colorado Rapids all lost on Saturday, and the win lifted the Timbers into the eighth-place Wild Card spot, bumping rivals Seattle out of playoff positioning. Summer signing Vincent Janssen delivered one goal and two assists to earn Man of the Match honors, with David Da Costa and Kristoffer Velde also scoring; Janssen had recorded the Timbers' first-ever MLS hat trick in September.
It was a key win in head coach Martí Cifuentes' first season. A win at Austin FC next Saturday would secure a third straight playoff berth, and a seventh-place finish with a direct Round One berth remains alive.
(Source: MLSSoccer.com)
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图片来源：图：波特兰伐木者队主场 Providence Park 球场。Ray Terrill 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Providence Park, home of the Portland Timbers. By Ray Terrill, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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