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Pre-Season Friendly: Portland Timbers 1 Norwich City 0

Norwich lost 1-0 to San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday and ended their tour of the United States in a similarly sour fashion in Portland.

In the 53rd minute, a lax pass from Norwich central defender Ryan Bennett allowed Kalif Alhassan to gain possession and the Ghanaian winger sprinted past Russell Martin before squaring the ball to Valencia, who slotted his shot under visiting goalkeeper Carlo Nash.

Norwich had the better of the first half with Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Robert Snodgrass and Nathan Redmond leading the way for the English Premier League club but after going behind to the Timbers, Chris Hughton's side rarely tested their hosts.