FC Dynamo could not sustain the momentum of a strong start, and fell in a hard-fought match to County Cork FC 3-1.

Dynamo got on the board first about 10 minutes into the first half. Off a long throw-in from forward Jon Bial, the ball fell to Nathan Pogue who was able to get free in the box and fired home a shot to make it 1-0.

Throughout most of the first half, the game went back and forth, but County Cork was able to get on the board through a little bit of luck. Off a corner kick around the 35th minute, a County Cork player hit a shot toward the far post. Dynamo midfielder Perry Broderick and goalkeeper Russ Israelov got their signals crossed as to who would play the ball, and it rolled into the net to tie the score at 1 going into the half.

County Cork would take the lead in about 10 minutes into the second half. Dynamo defender Dave Trausneck tried to chest trap a long ball off a bounce, but the awkward angle led to a bad trap, and the ball fell to a hard-charging County Cork forward who sprinted toward goal and beat Israelov at the near post to make it 2-1.

Dynamo had several chances at goal to equalize, but couldn't find the back of the net. They were punished about 10 minutes from time, when a soft clearance and a weak push from their defence allowed a County Cork attacker to stay onside. He collected the ball off an entrance pass and slotted it home to make it 3-1.

Dynamo heads into Derby Week 0-2 on the season and plays fellow Timbers Army FC squad and undefeated FC Portlandia at 6pm at Gladstone High School.

Final score:

FC Dynamo 1 – County Cork FC 3

Scoring Summary:

FC Dynamo Starting XI

GK - Israelov

D - Trausneck, Hardt, McCarthy, McDowell

MF - Reid, Gutierrez, Gomez, Von Rabenau

F - Bial, Pogue

Subs

Broderick, Kelly, Kochendorfer, Nottingham, Rodriguez, Sitz