In the 80th minute of Portland’s disastrous season-ending loss to San Diego, Timbers defender Juan Mosquera took a late tackle, immediately rose, lunged at San Diego’s Hirving Lozano and landed Portland’s best strike of the match: a karate chop to the throat.

As Lozano writhed on the turf with his club leading by four goals, Mosquera was shown an immediate red card, and the Timbers ended their 2025 season down a man, with a 4–0 loss.

Simply, one can’t use hands like that. Granted, it’s not like the Timbers were any better with their feet.

A week after the club’s thrilling come-from-behind PK win against San Diego to force Sunday’s deciding Match 3, all the Timbers were in this one was behind. They were down 1–0 after five minutes. They were down 3–0 after Amahl Pellegrino scored in

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