Robbie Keane leads Galaxy to victory over Timbers
CARSON, Calif. - Robbie Keane scored on a penalty kick and added two assists, and the Los Angeles Galaxy scored five goals for the second straight match as the Galaxy routed the Portland Timbers 5-0 on Wednesday night.
The victory broke a tie between the teams for third place in the Western Conference. The Galaxy (7-5-7) have never lost to the Timbers (7-6-4) in Carson in seven matches. The Timbers had a franchise-best four-game MLS win streak snapped.
The Galaxy, coming off a 5-1 win over Philadelphia Union, scored three first-half goals against a team that had been giving up under one per game.
Sebastian Lletget scored in the 13th minute and has a goal in each of his last three MLS starts. Keane converted in the 18th minute, and Robbie Rogers scored his first MLS goal since 2011 off a pass from Keane in the 33rd.
Juninho scored in the 72nd off another Keane assist and Jose Villarreal added the final goal in the 87th minute on a direct kick.
Portland's Liam Ridgewell was given a red card in the 78th.