In a U.S. Open Cup game that featured a heavily-rotated squad, the Portland Timbers fell 2-1 to Seattle Sounders FC Tuesday night in Tukwila, Wash. Here are three #StatMan takeaways from the match.
1 Forward Augustine Williams became the first player born in Sierra Leone to ever score for the Timbers in the 42-year history of the club. Williams, who is 19 years old, signed with T2 in 2016.
7 The Timbers have scored in all seven of their U.S. Open Cup matches against the Sounders. Tuesday night's match was the third time the teams have squared off in the last four seasons in the competition.
6The Timbers featured six players 20 years old or younger in the starting XI. Seventeen-year old Harold Hanson became the youngest player ever in the MLS era to play in a first-team game for Portland.
