Vincent Janssen's Historic Hat Trick Powers Timbers Past Loons

At Providence Park, Portland, Oregon:


The Portland Timbers (9-10-4, 31 points), with Vincent Janssen recording their first-ever Major League Soccer-era hat trick (PK-11', 26', 55'), defeated visiting Minnesota United (7-8-8, 29 points) 5-4 on Saturday. 


The Timbers were also helped by Loons' goalkeeper's Drake Callendar's own goal in the 20th minute and Kristoffer Velde's goal in the 71st minute.  


Minnesota's goals came from Marcus Caldeira (30', 50'), Anthony Markanich (38'), and Tomas Chancalay (90'+2).  


The Timbers, currently in eighth place in the Western Conference standings, will play host to St. Louis City on Wednesday at 7:30 PM Pacific Time (Apple TV, KRLS Radio 105.1 FM, 1080 AM).   






 

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