Gabriel Tamas stunner seals 3-2 win for Albion

Portland Timbers 2 Albion 3

Gabriel Tamas struck a stunning stoppage-time winner as Albion staged a stirring comeback to end their American tour with a victory.

The centre-back netted a 30-yard thunderbolt in the first and only minute of added time as the Baggies turned a 2-0 half-time deficit into a deserved win.

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James Morrison and Somen Tchoyi had drawn Roy Hodgson's men level after Eddie Johnson and Peter Lowry put the hosts two goals clear at the interval.

Morrison also missed a penalty with the scored at 2-0 but made amends just a minute later with his own spectacular strike.

Timbers had the first opening of the game when Darlington Nagbe burst down the right flank and attempted to pick out Kenny Cooper with a shot but Gabriel Tamas saw it to safety.

Albion took some time to find their stride but they did so in the ninth minute when James Morrison took a quick free-kick and found Somen Tchoyi, who beat a defender 30 yards out and let fly with a shot that flashed just off target.

Nagbe drifted infield eight minutes later and caused Albion more problems, drawing a smart save from Boaz Myhill.

The wideman found some space 25 yards out and hit a shot that a flying Myhill deflected over the bar acrobatically.

But moments later it was home keeper Adin Brown who was called into action, sprawling low to his right to turn away a 20-yard shot from Youssouf Mulumbu.

Jerome Thomas, who was back in action following an injury that has prevented him training for much of Albion's tour, then jinked his way past three players to fashion a shooting chance from inside the box.

But his effort was deflected by sliding defender Steve Purdy and then saved comfortably by Brown.

And, with the game flowing from end to end, James Morrison made a fine back-tracking challenge on Eddie Johnson on the edge of the Albion box to snuff out a promising Timbers move.

However, Timbers went ahead on 26 minutes when they exploited space between Albion's midfield and back four and Nagbe set up Johnson, who beat Myhill with a precise low cross-shot from a tight angle.

And it was 2-0 just three minutes later when Albion failed to close down Lowry

25 yards from goal and he fired a left-footed rocket past a helpless Myhill.

The Baggies went close to halving the deficit just after the hour-mark when a set-piece was half-cleared and Billy Jones connected with a dipping volley that was a couple of feet off target.

But the goals had put the hosts well on top and they continued to hold sway with Simon Cox collecting a booking born of frustration just before half-time for a body-check on Lowry on halfway.

Albion broke from an errant Timbers free-kick just before the break but Cox could not quite feed his pass into the path of the forward-rushing Morrison.

The second half started in a low-key manner but Albion forced the first corner when Somen Tchoyi's darting run onto a Nicky Shorey pass stretched the home defence.

But the flag-kick came to nothing.

There was a scare for the visitors when Kenny Cooper flashed a powerful shot a fraction wide just after the hour mark.

And substitute Ishmael Miller then saw a shot parried unconvincingly at the other end by substitute keeper Jake Gleeson.

The Baggies were then handed a route back into the game on 64 minutes when Brian Umony was penalised for an alleged trip on Thomas just inside the box and referee Allen Chapman pointed to the spot despite Timbers protests.

But Morrison gave them a reprieve when he blasted the spot-kick wide.

However, the Albion man finally punished the hosts just a minute later in spectacular style, accepting a square pass from Youssouf Mulumbu and hammering a skidding 20-yard shot into the bottom corner.

And they were level on 69 minutes as some woeful Timbers defending allowed the otherwise ineffective Tchoyi to muscle his way onto a hopeful high ball and bundle in the equaliser from six yards.

The game then began to degenerate as the number of substitutions increased but Timbers had a sight of goal when Umony fired a shot well wide from distance.

But Albion were on top in the closing stages and they pressed hard for a winner.

First a shot from Miller produced a fine reflex save from Gleeson, then a free-kick was half-cleared and Morrison thudded a fabulous drive against the crossbar from 25 yards.

And moments later a fine Albion move ended with Mulumbu crossing to the far post but Tchoyi blasted into the side-netting.

But, with the clock ticking down, Tamas let fly from 30-yards with a shot that appeared to take a slight deflection and rocketed past Gleeson to give Albion the victory.

By Steve Madeley.