PORTLAND, Ore. -- The late insertion of Darren Mattocks made all the difference for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Mattocks scored in the 84th minute -- just a minute after being put on the pitch -- as the Whitecaps earned a 1-1 draw against the rival Portland Timbers. Vancouver manager Marin Rennie put Eric Hassli in in the 72nd minute, hoping to jumpstart an offence that slowed dramatically after an early second half flurry. Mattocks followed Hassli on to the pitch 11 minutes later and the two forwards connected to score the key goal. "Hats off to coach Rennie for putting me and Eric in together at the end of the game," said Mattocks. "(Hassli) is the big guy who holds up the ball and Im the short, speedy guy who finishes those combinations." Mattocks played down a Hassli header, eluded a Portland defender and emphatically shot with his right foot. The rookies goal was his first in Major League Soccer, securing a valuable draw on the road. "I really believe we deserved that goal," said Rennie. "(Mattocks) is always going to be creating chances for himself because of the way he plays. "If he can be taking those chances, weve got a really special player on our hands." Neither team could find a goal in an even first half defined by midfield play. Just before half-time, the weather turned suddenly, dropping temperatures amid ferocious wind and rain. Vancouver nearly opened scoring in the 45th minute when Sebastian Le Toux fed Camilo in the six-yard box. The Brazilian forward poked his shot just wide to the right -- the Whitecaps only shot of the half -- and the teams hurried to the dressing rooms. Lightning delayed the start of the second half for 25 minutes, but it did nothing to deter the Whitecaps patient, attacking style. As the weather returned to normal, Vancouver avoided disaster when Darlington Nagbes shot slipped just over the bar in the 50th minute. Le Toux forced a reaction save from Troy Perkins in the 58th minute. Whitecaps keeper Joe Cannon made two diving saves in two minutes to deny Portland midway through the second half but could not come up with another spectacular play to keep Kris Boyd from scoring for Portland in the 68th minute. The Timbers designated player volleyed in a rebound after Cannon failed to gather a quick shot from inside the box. Camilo nearly levelled the score for Vancouver with a skipping shot in the 74th minute. After playing five games in two weeks, Vancouver does not play again until hosting Houston Dynamo on June 10. Rennie described the draw in Portland as the end of the first stage of the 2012 season -- a stage that leaves the Whitecaps in fifth place in the Western Conference on nineteen points. wholesale jerseys . The Bayern Munich player fractured his left foot in July and was unlikely to recover in time for the Sept. 11 Group C game in Vienna. "Alaba wont be added to the squad even if he gets fit just in time," Koller said Tuesday. cheap jerseys . -- Tim Tebow wont be playing for his hometown team. http://www.chinanfljerseyswholesal... . The 18-year-old winger was named the games first star for his three-point outing, however it was a full-team effort that earned his club its fourth straight victory. [url=http://www.chinanfljerseyswholesale.com/]wholesale jerseys from china . Hunter Shinkaruk scored once and set up four others for the Tigers (6-8-1), while Boston Leier, Ty Stanton, Dylan Bredo, Chad Labelle and Gavin Broadhead also scored. wholesale nfl jerseys . PETERSBURG, Fla.PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson has been activated off the reserve/non-football illness list and is ready to play for the first time this season. Patterson is eligible for Monday nights game at New Orleans (2-5). Patterson says hes "really anxious" to return to the field and expects to play only a few snaps as he eases his way back into the lineup. He suffered a seizure at practice on Aug. 3, 2011, aand was diagnosed with a brain AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, a prenatal condition in which blood travels abnormally between the arteries and veins.dddddddddddd He played the first 15 games of last season but was not cleared to play for the start of this season because the incision where he had brain surgery in January hadnt fully healed. The Eagles (3-4) released linebacker Jason Williams to make room on the 53-man roster. ' ' '