Early on it was the Timbers who controlled much of the run of play, and in only the third minute, the Timbers had two good chances from about 10 yards out, angled to the Rhinos keeper left, with shots by Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar and Tommy Poltl both being saved, the first by a Rhinos defender, and the second being collected by Rhinos goalkeeper Scott Vallow as he smothered the hard low shot. The Timbers would have the first three shots on goal, with shots from Edwin Miranda and Dan Antoniuk also being saved by Vallow.

In the 13th minute, the Rhinos got their first scoring chance, and first shot on goal, and made it count when John Ball intercepted a pass in the Timbers third, and made a diagonal run across the mouth of the goal, passing to Jonathan Bolanos, who passed inside to Mauro Carabajal, whose shot from close-in beat Timbers goalkeeper Josh Saunders, and the Rhinos had taken a 1-0 lead.

The Timbers pressed forward looking for the equalizer, and gettng a good chance in the 25th minute when an Alcaraz-Cuellar free kick found the head of Gavin Wilkinson about eight yards out, but his shot was right at Vallow and easily saved. Five minutes later, another Alcaraz-Cuellar cross found Antoniuk at the far post, but his header from close-in was over the bar.

In the 37th minute, the Rhinos would have their second shot on goal, and once again found the net when a Rhinos free kick bounced around and eventually found the foot of John Ball near the top of the box, and his low bouncing strike into the crowd in front of the Timbers net somehow found it's way through and into the left side of the goal, and just like that.. two shots, two goals.. and the Rhinos had a 2-0 lead.

In the 43rd minute, it could be say the Rhinos goals went from the bizarre to the sublime, when Rochester's Pato Aguilera volleyed a ball from about 25 yards out towards the six yard box, not so much a shot as a soft chip, but no Timbers players seemed to think much of the pass as no Rhinos seemed to be in position to play it, but the "pass" found itself into the top right corner of the net, and three shots, three goals, meant another 3-0 Rhinos lead at the half (as they had done against the Timbers in Rochester just 15 days before).

Just two minutes into the second half, the Rhinos widened their lead when Frankie Sanfillippo made a nice run down the right side, crossed into Bolanos, who couldn't control the pass but this deflection was right into the run of Kirk Wilson, who blasted the ball into the left side of the net, and it was four shots, four goals, and the Rhinos were running away with the 4-0 rout.

Four minutes later, and the Rhinos had another odd goal. After the Timbers had failed in many attempts to get the ball out of their own area, Ball took the ball wide and cut a low soft pass to the top of the box to Rene Rivas, who ether mis-hit the shot, had it hit off the foot of Timbers midfielder Brian Winters, or hit the most beautifully soft shot in the history of the USL, but however it happened, the shot was much slower, and had much more spin on it than the Timbers keeper expected, and it bounced in front of him, then bounced over him as he misjudged it and attempted to kick at it, before settling into the right side of the net. Five shots, five goals, and the Rhinos had become the first team since the Chicago Sting in 1979 to put five goals in against the Timbers at PGE Park (then Civic Stadium). The 5-0 deficit was also the worst the Timbers had faced since joining the USL in 2001.

In the 66th minute the Rhinos streak of consecutive goals was finally broken when a Bolanos header was saved by Saunders. And in the 75th minute the Rhinos had another chance when a cross from Greg Howes found the head of Bolanos, but his header was over the bar. The Timbers did get their chances to pull a goal or two back later in the second half, their best chance being in the 76th minute when an Aaron Heinzen shot deflected off Antoniuk and out to Alcaraz-Cuellar, who was open at the top of the box, but his low shot to the lower right corner was tipped just wide by a diving Vallow to keep the clean sheet.

Late in the match, the Timbers thought they had finally pulled a goal back when a Heinzen tap to Fadi Afash had the Timbers striker in alone, and he buried the shot into the lower right corner, but the flag was up and the goal was waved off. That would be the last good chance either team would have, and though only being outshot 8-7, the Timbers would look up at a history-making 5-0 loss to the Rhinos.

Josh Saunders had one save for the Timbers in the losing effort, while Scott Vallow had five for the Rhinos.