I could probably cut and paste my FC Dallas entry into this one for the most part. Here again, we had an MLS side in the driver seat and a Central American side trying desperately to claw their way into the picture in the group.
Seattle got on the board early as Fredy Montero took a through ball in the 3rd minute and torched the 'keeper to make it 0-1. However, like FC Dallas, Seattle let their opponent back in it late in the half with a PK. The difference was that in the case the call against the Sounders was crap as the Herediano player took a blatant dive. Still, former MLS man Jose Cancela knocked the spot kick past Kasey Keller to equalize at 1-1 going to half time.
That's where the path diverged for Dallas and Seattle tonight though. Seattle took the lead back again for good in the 54th minute, again off the foot of Fredy Montero. This time Roger Levesque sent a ball across the 6 that might have gone in anyway, but Fredy wasn't taking any chances and poked it home to make it 1-2 to the Sounders. Herediano tried to get back into it late but really couldn't test Keller and Seattle took all 3 points on the road.
The win, coupled with a Monterrey loss (smirk) puts Seattle firmly in control of the group with max points from their first three games. Very nice.
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