PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bright Dike scored in the 79th minute to lift the Portland Timbers to a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Saturday night. The Timbers (7-15-9), eighth in the Western Conference, avoided elimination from the post-season race. Chris Pontius scored on a penalty kick in the 60th minute to give United (15-10-6) the lead. D.C. snapped a three-game winning streak and dropped to fourth place in the Eastern Conference. United began the day tied with New York for third, but the Red Bulls beat Toronto to pull into a tie with Chicago for second. Pontiuss 12th goal of the season came after a hand ball call on Timbers defender David Horst, which had several Timbers in the referees face. Horst was given a yellow card and Timbers fans shouted boos and expletives on the officials. The officials were also booed as they left the field after the game. Timbers owner Merritt Paulson took off after the officials, appearing to yell his disapproval and a bottle thrown from the stands came close to hitting the crew. Portland outplayed United for long stretches, had 14 shots on goal and made goalkeeper Bill Hamid work hard. United had some close calls near the end of the first half. Dike had a clear shot that went wide after defender Chris Korb accidently passed the ball to him in the 40th minute. In the 44th, Hamid had a ball bounce out of his hands and nearly cross the goal line before he snagged it. Hamid had four saves in the first half. The Timbers, winless on the road this season, are a tough to beat at Jeld-Wen Field, where they have won against top clubs such as Chicago, Sporting Kansas City and San Jose this season. Portland had had seen encouraging play in its last three matches -- a home draw with Seattle, a road draw at San Jose and a 2-1 loss at Real Salt Lake last Saturday. 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Herdman announced his 27-player roster for an upcoming camp that features a mix of returning players and youth players who are getting their first call-up to a senior womens camp. Star striker Christine Sinclair headlines the 12 players from the London Olympic squad who will attend the Dec. 12-20 camp in the Vancouver area. Herdman said 60 per cent of his team from London will be over the age of 30 by 2015 when Canada hosts the World Cup, and its crucial to start investing in the young players coming up, even if it costs the team temporarily on the score sheet. "Were going to have to expose a lot of young players, very young players, to the international game, and give them caps and playing minutes, which means we may not be able to get the results that youd want," Herdman said. "But in the long term it will help us be in a much stronger position in 2015 and 2016." The coach who was hired after Canadas disastrous last-place finish at the 2011 World Cup said theres a big gap in the womens soccer system in this country. Few players on Canadas youth teams are moving onto the senior womens side. "If I go with a team thats 30-plus into that womens World Cup and Olympic Games, all Im going to do is compound the problem," he said. "Im going to have to take a real helicopter view and make sure that we pave a pathway, so the next ccoach in 2019 and 2020 isnt in the same situation as Im in now.ddddddddddddquot; Of the nine young players attending the camp, five were part of this years under-20 program -- Sabrina DAngelo of Welland, Ont., Adriana Leon of Maple, Ont., Christabel Oduro of Brampton, Ont., Jenna Richardson of Vancouver, and Shelina Zadorsky of London, Ont. Four played for Canada at the U-17 World Cup this year in Azerbaijan -- Kadeisha Buchanan of Mississauga, Ont., Summer Clarke of Richmond, B.C., Ashley Lawrence of Caledon, Ont., and Nichelle Prince of Ajax, Ont. Herdman said veterans such as Sinclair and Rhian Wilkinson will play key roles in developing Canadas young talent. "Those players are absolutely crucial, I think they do realize that theyre important now to help leave a legacy," Herdman said. "Some of the senior players may recognize they may not be in the squad in 2015 or 16, but I imagine some of them are prepared to hang around to make sure that they solidify the teams foundation." Herdman used Sinclair as an example. The team captain will miss the Four Nations tournament next month in China while serving a four-game suspension for an incident after the Canada-U.S. semifinal at the London Olympics. "Shes banned for the games, but shes on the phone desperate to be there, she wants to be in that environment, she wants to be able to support from a leadership perspective the culture thats been created with new players," Herdman said. "It speaks reams for her, but it gives you an insight into the mindset of our players that they know they know that they have an important role of transitioning our new fledgling team through." The Canadian Soccer Association announced plans Tuesday to present the 29-year-old Sinclair, a native of Burnaby, B.C., with a plaque commemorating her national-record 23 international goals this year. ' ' '