Nagbe earns Timbers late point

Nagbe earns Timbers late point

Published Aug. 16, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

Darlington Nagbe scored in the 82nd minute to give the Portland Timbers a 2-2 tie with Toronto FC on Wednesday night.

Nagbe headed home a cross from Steven Smith past Milos Kocic to cancel out second-half goals from Toronto strikers Luis Silva and Eric Hassli.

Silva gave Toronto FC the lead in the 63rd minute after some great work down the left side from Astone Morgan. The defender sent a cross in that was flicked on by Hassli and buried by Silva from in tight past goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts, making his Portland debut following a trade from Montreal.

Portland's Sal Zizzo had put the Timbers up 1-0 in the 21st minute. After David Horst's header following a corner was cleared off the line by a TFC defender, Zizzo pounced on the loose ball from a yard out for his first goal of the season.

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Hassli, making his first appearance at BMO Field since being acquired from Vancouver last month, tied the score in the 57th minute on a rebound off a shot from Silva.

Hassli was mobbed by his teammates before running to the sidelines to hug Toronto FC coach Paul Mariner.

Toronto (5-13-5) still sits last in the overall standings, a point back of Portland (5-12-6).

The Timbers nearly doubled their first-half lead in the 50th minute when Zizzo's free kick from the left flashed just wide of Kocic's goal.

Ricketts then saved Harden's looping header in the 55th minute as Toronto tried to push more players forward looking for the equalizer.

Chris Boyd found himself in alone on Kocic in the 70th minute, but the Toronto FC goalkeeper came up with a big save.

Hassli had the Reds' best chance of the first half. The Frenchman took a flick on from Luis Silva, fought off two defenders before getting a shot that seemed to fool Ricketts, who could only push the ball on top of his net.

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