PORTLAND, Ore. — Gabriel Tamas scored in the final minute and West Bromwich Albion came from behind to defeat the Portland Timbers 3-2 on Wednesday night to cap a West Coast exhibition tour for the English Premier League club.
James Morrison and Somen Tchoyi also scored for the Baggies. Peter Lowry and Eddie Johnson scored for the Timbers, who gave many of their regular starters the night off.
West Brom, preparing for its first season under manager Roy Hodgson, plays its Premier League opener at home on Aug. 14 against defending champion Manchester United.
The Baggies opened a West Coast exhibition tour with a 2-1 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes, but beat the Ventura County Fusion of the USL Premier Development League 4-2 on Sunday.
The Timbers, playing their inaugural Major League Soccer season, were coming off a 1-0 victory on the road against the Chicago Fire on Saturday. It was the club's first MLS away win.
Johnson, who is from Chester, England, beat Baggies goalkeeper Boaz Myhill in the 26th minute with an angled kick from the right side that sailed into the opposite corner of the net. Portland scored again three minutes later on Lowry's left-footed strike from outside the box.
Billy Jones appeared to score for West Brom in the 34th minute, but the ball went just right of the post and was caught in the net.
Morrison missed a penalty kick in the 63rd minute, but came back just moments later to beat Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson to make it 2-1. Quickly thereafter Tchoyi scored to even the match in the 68th minute.
West Brom unleashed a flurry of shots in the final 10 minutes, but were unable to score until Tamas' goal with just seconds left.
West Brom did not play striker Peter Odemwingie, who had a career-best 15 goals last season.
The team opened their preseason exhibition tour of the United States with the loss to the Earthquakes last week. San Jose rookie goalkeeper David Bingham scored in his professional debut, unleashing a powerful punt from the top of his own penalty box in the third minute. Myhill was facing the setting sun when the ball bounced over his head.
On Wednesday, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson joked about it via Twitter. He also addressed Trade rumors which have swirled about the team in recent days. .
"Will be disappointed if our gk doesn't score tonight. also, several likely announcements in coming days," Paulson tweeted.
Meanwhile, up the road in Seattle, the Sounders hosted Manchester United in another MLS friendly with an EPL club. Manchester United won 7-0.
The Timbers and Baggies met 30 years ago when Portland was part of the North American Soccer League. West Brom won the match at then-Civic Stadium 1-0.