Tacoma Defiance fall to Timbers 2

Yu Tsukanome scored his league-leading eighth goal of the season — on an impressive bicycle kick — and the Tacoma Defiance had plenty of other chances to score, but ultimately came up short in a 2-1 loss to the Portland Timbers 2 on Sunday.

It’s the second straight loss for the Defiance, who had won five straight league games before that.

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MATCH SUMMARY

Tacoma Defiance 1 – Timbers2 2

Sunday, May 18, 2025 

Venue: Providence Park

Referee: Joshua Madison

Assistants: Bruno Rizo, Emmanuel Padilla

Fourth Official: Christopher Calderon

Weather: 56 degrees and cloudy 

SCORING SUMMARY 

POR – Reo Griffiths 6’

TAC – Yu Tsukanome (Kaito Yamada) 13’

POR – Alex Moreno 45’

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY 

POR – Daniel Núňez (caution) 23’

TAC – Peter Kingston (caution) 31’

POR – Charles Dodzi (caution) 43’

TAC – Snyder Brunell (caution) 67’

POR – Victor Enriquez (caution) 78’

POR – Noah Santos (caution) 83’

POR – Lukas Burns (caution) 90’

LINEUPS & STATS 

Tacoma Defiance – Mohammed Shour; Cody Baker, Katio Yamada, Stuart Hawkins, Reed Baker-Whiting (Travian Sousa 60’); Charles Dodzi (Sebastian Gomez HT), Peter Kingston – Captain; Georgi Minoungou (Jackson Khoury 60’), Rafferty Pedder (Snyder Brunell HT), Edson Carli (Leo Burney 70’); Yu Tsukanome

Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren, Charlie Gaffney, Joonmo Kang, Gallatin Sandnes

Total shots: 24

Shots on goal: 3

Fouls: 12

Offside: 2

Corner-kicks: 12

Saves: 3

Timbers2 – Lukas Burns; Sawyer Jura, Alex Bamford, Charles Ondo, Blake Pope; Alex Moreno (Victor Enriquez 55’), Malcolm Johnston, Daneil Núñez (Noah Santos 72’); Mataeo Burnbury (Marcos Vinicius da Silva Carvalho 55’), Reo Griffiths (Max Eisenberg 72’), Kyle Linhares

Substitutes not used: Santiano Gallardo, Bryce VanVoorhis, Eric Izoita, Kai Carlson, Maximilian Deisenhofer

Total shots: 8

Shots on goal: 5

Fouls: 10

Offside: 3

Corner-kicks: 2

Saves: 2