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Monday 23 april 2018

Timbers hand NYCFC first loss of the season with 3-0 win

By ANNE M. PETERSON rick Vieira and the top job
AP Sports Writer at Arsenal. Arsene Wenger
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Se- announced on Friday that
bastian Blanco, Fanendo he was leaving the Premier
Adi and Larrys Mabiala League club after 22 years
scored and the Portland this summer.
Timbers ended New York A day before his surprise
City FC's season-opening announcement, Wenger
undefeated streak at sev- was quoted as saying that
en games with a 3-0 victory he felt Vieira had the "po-
Sunday. tential" to lead Arsenal one
New York City had won five day.
matches and tied two and A French former midfielder,
was the only Eastern Con- Vieira played for Arsenal
ference team without a loss from 1996-2005, scoring 29
going into the weekend. goals in 279 appearances.
The Timbers have won two Former Arsenal striker Thi-
straight after going without erry Henry, who played for
a victory in their first five the club for eight seasons
matches. Portland opened and also played for the
the season with five straight New York Red Bulls, has also
on the road because of been mentioned as a pos-
construction at Providence Portland Timbers forward Fanendo Adi celebrates his second goal of the season during an MLS sible successor to Wenger.
Parl. soccer match against New York City FC in Portland, Ore., Sunday, April 22, 2018. Vieira rested Jesus Me-
David Villa started and Associated Press dina and Yangel Herrera,
wore the captain's arm- who were available off the
band for NYCFC, entering country. Only four current movic and Luis Suarez. goalkeeper Jeff Antinella. bench against the Timbers.
the game just one goal players internationally have Villa had his best chance in The match was played as Both had started in each of
away from reaching 400 more: Lionel Messi, Cristia- the 40th minute but his shot rumors continue to swirl NYCFC's previous matches.
total goals for club and no Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahi- was stopped by Timbers around NYCFC coach Pat- q

IndyCar running I've done be- Power complained that
Continued from Page 18 sides a Sunday morning he couldn't "believe they
The race restarted after a warmup," Rossi said. "It was went green" with that
37-minute delay because very bad (Sunday). I don't much standing water on
of the track conditions, but know if that has to do with the track.
only got another few laps the generation of the car "It just intensified to the
in before parking the cars or not." point where you're starting
again. The race was called Two-time race winner Will to get a situation where it's
after another 1-hour, Power, who started in sec- going to take it out of the
23-minute wait. ond and has won twice drivers' hands," Newgar-
Sebastien Bourdais is in in Alabama, spun out on den said. "What happened
second, followed by two- the first turn of lap 17 and with Will was something I
time race winner Ryan slammed into the inside don't think was necessarily
Hunter-Reay, points leader wall. He said on the radio: a driver error. I don't know
Alexander Rossi and James IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden (1) leads a pack of cars during "That's it." how anyone can drive
the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama auto race at Barber Mo-
Hinchcliffe. torsports Park, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Birmingham, Ala. Race Power can continue his through hydroplane situa-
Rossi said at times he could is postponed until Monday due to weather. race but IndyCar was im- tions like that on the front
see "absolutely nothing." Associated Press pounding his Chevrolet straightaway.
He questioned the deci- overnight so the team "I think you would have
sion to put up the green the results of that was a car such rainy conditions with couldn't work on it. had that for the rest of the
flag after the first yellow hydroplaning." this year's new aero kit. The red flag came out track, too. Just a tough
caution, and "obviously It was the first time racing in "This is the first actual wet shortly after that incident. situation."q