Anders Dreyer and Amahl Pellegrino scored two goals apiece to lift San Diego FC to a 4-0 victory over Portland Timbers on Sunday and into the second round of the MLS Cup playoffs.

Expansion club San Diego kept their dream first season in Major League Soccer going with a 2-1 triumph in the best-of-three Western Conference first-round series.

Danish international Dreyer -- the newly named MLS Newcomer of the Year -- opened and closed the scoring while Norway's Pellegrino added a goal in each half at Snapdragon Stadium in Southern California.

Dreyer put the hosts ahead in the fifth minute. Onni Valakari's looping pass from the left wing found Dreyer in front of the goal and he turned to fire a left-footed shot into the bottom left corner.

San Diego had a chance to double the score in the

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