PORTLAND, Ore. — San Diego FC’s first-round Major League Soccer playoff series against Portland will come down to a decisive Game 3.

The expansion club fell on the road to the Timbers on penalty kicks 3-2 on Saturday night after they played to a 2-2 tie in regulation.

SDFC was leading 2-1 for most of the second half when a goal by Gage Guerra in the 98th minute equalized the game and sent it to PKs with no overtime period for first-round series games.

In the PKs, Anders Dreyer connected first, followed by Portland’s Felipe Mora hitting. Hirving “Chucky” Lozano snuck one by the keeper on the far side, then Pablo Sisniega, in for an injured CJ dos Santos, made a save on Portland’s Cristhian Paredes.

However, SDFC sailed the next two attempts by Onni Valakari and Marcus Ingvartsen. Sisnie

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