In front of a crowd of over 15,000 fans, the Black Cats failed to settle on a sub-standard astro-turf surface.
Byron Alvarez failed to score from the penalty spot for Portland while Neil Collins went closest to netting for Sunderland, who made 14 substitutions during the match.
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