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MEN OF THE MATCH

Sounders FC gets back on the winning track

By Matt Gaschk
Sounders FC Insider

Order has been restored to Qwest Field.

After two straight scoreless defeats, the Sounders FC are back on the winning side of the ledger after a 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes in front of a sellout crowd of 28,838.

Steve Zakuani scored near the end of the first half and Brad Evans doubled the lead to start the second half and Kasey Keller returned to the Sounders FC lineup and collected five saves to earn his fourth clean sheet.

“When you lose two games, you begin to address a little bit more what’s going wrong and what you haven’t done,” said Zakuani, who notched his second goal of the season. “We had a great week of training. We really addressed some issues and we came out tonight and put things right. We played how we were playing before and it paid off for us.”

San Jose opened the game on the offensive, but Seattle was able to hold them off and turned around to out-shoot the Earthquakes 7-4 in the first half. Their first good chance came in the 11th minute when Freddie Ljungberg found Fredy Montero for a blast from 15 yards out, but it was well over the net.

From that minute on, the Sounders had Earthquakes keeper Joe Cannon scrambling. Whether it was a ball from Zakuani on the left wing into the box or a rocket from Ljungberg, Seattle kept the pressure in the offensive end.

It finally paid off in the 42nd minute.

Ljungberg was pulled down by San Jose defender Nick Garcia just outside the box for a free kick. Montero ended up with the ball at the top of the box off of the free kick and he flicked it to Tyrone Marshall up the left side of the box. Marshall lifted the ball to Zakuani for a header inside the right post for the 1-0 lead.

Nate Jaqua nearly added to that lead before the halftime whistle, but Cannon snagged his header out of the air.

The Earthquakes started the second half with another flurry of offensive efforts. Shea Salinas fired off a shot from 18 yards out in the 47th minute and Ryan Johnson whipped in a ball that Keller slapped away in the 48th minute to keep the shutout alive.

That led to another runout from Jaqua in the 50th minute. He drew the San Jose defender and passed to Evans coming up on his right. Evans then slipped the ball past Cannon for his second goal of the year and a 2-0 lead.

“It was just a breakout. I didn’t even have to say anything, Nate just saw me and played a good ball,” Evans said. “I took a touch and I didn’t think (Cannon) was going to come out so fast. It was the only place to put it, so I was a little bit lucky again, but I’ll take it.”
In the 77th minute, Keller surpassed former New York keeper Ronald Wattereus for the all-time consecutive shutout minutes streak when he reached 376 minutes.

“I just like the fact that we’re winning home games. I think we’ve been solid defensively and it’s nice to have those little credits, but it’s not something for me, it’s something for the whole team,” Keller said. “I’ve been able to make some saves, but I’ve also had a little bit of luck when I’ve needed it. It’s a nice combination and hopefully it sticks around a little bit longer.”

Keller’s streak was interrupted when he drew a red-card ejection in the 29th minute at home against the Kansas City Wizards. He sat out the remainder of that game and served a one-game suspension against Chivas USA, both of which were losses for the Sounders.

The win improves the Sounders FC to 4-2-0 (12 points). They trail Chivas USA by one point for the Western Conference lead. Seattle takes on Real Salt Lake in a US Open Cup play-in game at Starfire on Tuesday and take to the road to face the Chicago Fire on Saturday. San Jose fell to 1-3-2 (5 points) with the loss.

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Time	Event	Description
Pregame		The Sounders FC are finishing warm-ups. Sporting their favorite rave green jerseys
Pregame		Former Sounder Jimmy McAlister received the Golden Scarf before today's match
Pregame		The Sounders FC presented a check to the Nothing But Nets campaign for $20,000. The Nothing But Nets campaign helps prevent malaria in Africa via bed nets.
Pregame		Lineup changes. For the Sounders FC, Zakuani will start at midfield for Le Toux and Sturgis will replace Scott. For the Earthquakes. Salinas will start at midfield
Kickoff		Sounders FC control the opening kick
1		Freekick on goal by Arturo Alvarez goes wide of the goal
3		Shot by Earthquakes deflected by Zakuani. Ljungberg heads up field
6		Montero passes for Jaqua in the box. Headed by San Jose.
7		Riley passes to Evans who crossed to Jaqua. Jaqua misses his strike 10 yards out.
11		Steve Zakuani earns a corner kick with a strike off of a San Jose defender. Freddie Ljungberg takes the corner and San Jose clears it. On the recovery, Ljungberg crossed a ball to the middle where Fredy Montero blasted it from 15 yards out that sailed high. Great run of play for the Sounders.
14		Joe Cannon came off his line to clear a ball and hammered it off his own teammate leaving it in the box for a clearance.
17		Steve Zakuani leads a ball up the middle and San Jose packs the box to defend. The ball ends up coming out to Freddie Ljungberg, but his play into the box ends up going over the attack and out of play.
18		Freddie Ljungberg and Ramiro Corrales get tangled up and Corrales crumbles to the ground.
21		Steve Zakuani gets creative on the left wing and his cross is punched out by Joe Cannon for a corner kick. Freddie Ljungberg takes the corner kick and Osvaldo Alonso earns a strike from the top of the box that misses high.
23		Ryan Johnson crosses up the defense and gets a shot off from 15 yards out on the right side that Kasey Keller grabs easily.
25		Nathan Sturgis picked Ryan Johnson clean and earns a free kick when Shea Salinas fouls him going the other way.
26		Nathan Sturgis whips in a cross from along the endline, but it goes over for a goal kick.
28		Seattle gets deep into the San Jose defense and Kelly Gray heads out the cross for a corner. Fredy Montero takes the cross and it ends up at the feet of Freddie Ljungberg for a blast, but it careens off of Brad Evans and out for a goal kick.
30		Steve Zakuani zips in a cross along the left endline and Kelly Gray nearly knocks it into his own net.
30		Osvaldo Alonso is whistled for a yellow when he takes down Arturo Alvarez.
33		Freddie Ljungberg flicks a header forward to Fredy Montero, but he can't get around two San Jose defenders and the ball is cleared.
35		Fredy Montero gets the ball inside of five yards on the right side, but can't get his shot around the San Jose defense and it hists the side of the net for a goal kick.
37		Osvaldo Alonso is called for a foul 27 yards out on the right side. Arturo Alvarez takes the kick into hte box but Seattle clears it. Alonso gets a run up the middle, but he crossed up Freddie Ljungberg up the right side and Seattle loses the ball to a throw-in.
40		Eric Denton plays the ball back to Joe Cannon, who picks it up, but is not called for hand ball ... Several Seattle players object to referee Kevin Stott.
41		Nick Garcia is given a yellow card for a takedown on Freddie Ljungberg just oustide the box.
42		Steve Zakuani heads teh ball in for his second goal of the year. Off of the free kick outside the box, Montero passes to Tyrone Marshall on teh left side. He lifts the ball to Zakuani on the run for the header down into the net. Sounders FC 1, Earthquakes 0.
43		Nate Jaqua nearly makes it 2-0 when Steve Zakuani sends a ball in to him, but Joe Cannon snags his header out of the air and the lead holds at 1-0.
45		Freddie Ljungberg snakes the ball between Chris Leitch's legs and gets through, but can't beat Kelly Gray to the ball and he knocks it out for a throw in.
46+		Nate Jaqua heads a ball from Freddie Ljungberg, but Joe Cannon knocks it clear and the half comes to an end. Sounders FC 1, Earthquakes 0.
46		Simon Elliott subs on for Ramiro Corrales.
47		Shea Salinas shoots from 18 yards out and Kasey Keller grabs it off the bounce for the save.
48		Kasey Keller slaps away a ball that flew toward him off the corner kick for another great save.
50		Nate Jaqua gets free and draws a defender to clear up Brad Evans on his right. Jaqua passed to Evans and Evans slipped it past Joe Cannon for a goal, his second of the season. Sounders FC 2, Earthquakes 0.
55		Tyrone Marshall slides into Ryan Johnson to stop a chance inside the box. No penalty is given and Marshall clears the dange.
59		Osvaldo Alonso leads Fredy Montero on a run up the middle, but he is shielded by Nick Garcia and Joe Cannon grabs the ball at teh top of the box.
65		Quincy Amarikwa subs on for Shea Salinas.
67		Sebastien Le Toux subs on for Steve Zakuani.
70		Bobby Convey shoots from 17 yards out, but it goes wide left.
72		Attendance is announced as 28,838.
73		Eric Denton chips the ball into the box and Kasey Keller calmly jumps into a group of players to grab the ball out of the air.
75		Ryan Johnson shoots from 16 yards out and Kasey Keller grabs it off the bounce for another save.
76		Fredy Montero gets a shot from 10 yards out on the right side of the box, but he overshoots and misses wide.
77		Seattle U product Cam Weaver comes on for Pablo Campos.
77		Kasey Keller just surpassed Ronald Waterreus for the longest scoreless streak in MLS history.
79		Sanna Nyassi subs on for Fredy Montero.
84		Ryan Johnson takes a left-footed shot on the run from 18 yards out and Kasey Keller grabs it for yet another save.
87		Roger Levesque subs on for Freddie Ljungberg.
91+		Osvaldo Alonso is pulled off the field after a collision on a header, but he comes back on after the ball is put in play.
93+		The final whistle blows after three minutes of stoppage time. Sounders FC 2, Earthquakes 0.

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