Minnesota United’s woes with unavailable players continued to strike before Saturday’s kickoff against Portland Timbers as Wil Trapp suffering a lower-body injury in pregame warmups.

Without nine players at Providence Park, the Loons scored two first-half goals for a 2-0 lead but squandered it in a 3-2 loss.

Portland controlled the second half as Minnesota continually failed to clear its lines and maintain possession, with Santiago Moreno providing the equalizer in the 73rd minute and Jonathan Rodriguez the winner in 92nd minute.

MNUFC (8-7-5, 29 points) saw its losing streak reach four matches and Portland (8-7-6, 30 points) moved ahead of the Loons in the Western Conference standings.

The Loons took a 2-0 lead within 40 minutes behind goals from Bongi Hlongwane and Sang Bin Jeong, but DJ Taylor grabbed Felipe Mora on the 18-yard box to give Timbers an opportunity together back into the game with a penalty kick. Evander scored from the spot to make it 2-1 at halftime.

The Loons have given up three PKs this season and Taylor is responsible for all three.

Rodriguez, who scored in the Loons’ 2-1 win over Timbers in May, missed two clear-cut scoring chances, one in each half. Rodriguez then appeared to set up Antony’s goal in the final minutes, but it was disallowed after a video review for a handball on Rodriguez.

Despite a shorthanded bench, head coach Eric Ramsay didn’t make one substitution until stoppage time.

Briefly

Moses Nyeman stepped into the starting XI for Trapp. … With a scoreless draw against Chile on Saturday, Canada advanced to the Copa America quarterfinals and MNUFC’s Canadian players Dayne St. Clair and Tani Oluwaseyi will remain away from Loons for games vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (July 3) and likely L.A. Galaxy (July 7). … Minneapolis native Rory O’Driscoll made his MLS debut Saturday.