Portland Timbers forward Bright Dike will miss a significant part of the Major League Soccer season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Chris Wondolowski tied the MLS single-season record with his 27th goal and the San Jose Earthquakes wrapped up the regular season with a 1-1 draw against the Portland Timbers on Saturday night.
Akpan scored in the sixth minute and the Rapids escaped the Western Conference basement with a 3-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on Wednesday night.
Bright Dike scored just before halftime and the Portland Timbers beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 Friday night to get consecutive wins for the first time this season.
Portland substituted liberally in the second half, giving its starters a break in advance of Saturday's Cascadia rivalry match against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
The Portland Timbers got a taste of their coming big-league rivalry Wednesday night before losing to the Seattle Sounders in a third-round U.S. Open Cup match.