Portland Timbers Dairon Aspirilla brace earns him a spot in Team of the Matchday

Dairon Aspirilla is back and making an all-around statement with a brace in yesterday’s game celebrated in Providence Park on a night were the team paid homage to one of tis top rated players Diego Valeri.

With a couple of scores and in what looked like a roller coaster game in the end, the scores delivered by Aspirilla in the first half and back-to-back goals in just three minutes. This earned him a well-deserved spot in Team of the Matchday 26.

Source: Major League Soccer Communications

Team of the Matchday (3-4-3, left to right): Djordje Petrovic (NE) – Tim Parker (STL), Joel Waterman (MTL), Antônio Carlos (ORL) – Carles Gil (NE), Diego Luna (RSL), Ian Harkes (NE), Luciano Acosta (CIN) – Jefferson Savarino (RSL), Dairon Asprilla (POR), Ryan Gauld (VAN)

Coach: Oscar Pareja (ORL)

Bench: Roman Bürki (STL), Santiago Arias (CIN), Miguel Navarro (CHI), Jose Martínez (PHI), Mauricio Pereyra (ORL), Emanuel Reynoso (MIN), Lucas Zelarayán (CLB), Ethan Finlay (ATX), Bernard Kamungo (DAL)