Marcel Hartel scores 2 goals, St. Louis City beats Timbers 2-1
ST LOUIS AP Marcel Hartel scored two goals the -year-old s first career multi-goal challenge in MLS to help St Louis City beat the Portland Timbers - on Sunday night to snap a three-game losing streak Roman B rki s had three saves for St Louis - - which ended it s five-game winless streak Hartel scored on a volley from point-blank range off a cross played in by C lio Pompeu the was deflected in the center of the area to make it - in the th minute Then in the th Hartel put away a header off a long arcing entry played in by Conrad Wallem that deflected off goalkeeper Maxime Cr peau s hands into the net to make it - It was the first career goal contribution for Wallem a -year-old rookie midfielder St Louis outshot the Timbers - - on target David Da Costa on the counter-attack cut inside toward the top of the penalty arc and rolled a shot between three defenders that slipped inside the right post to give Portland a - lead in the th minute A -year-old rookie Da Costa has scored a goal in back-to-back games for the first time in MLS Cr peau stopped six shots for Portland - - The Timbers beat St Louis - at home after David Ayala s stoppage-time goal on June AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source