Sebastián Blanco scored on a first-half penalty kick, Jaroslaw Niezgoda added a brace in the second half and the Portland Timbers rolled to a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Portland (4-6-7) didn't grab the lead until Blanco's PK score in the eighth minute of first-half stoppage time. Eryk Williamson notched an assist on Niezgoda's second goal of the game and fifth of the season. Colorado (5-7-4) and Portland both took 19 shots, but the Timbers had a 7-5 edge in shots on goal. ___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
