| 96+ |  | After five minutes of stoppage time, the referee blows the final whistle on the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinal series. LA Galaxy 1, Sounders FC 0. The series resumes on Sunday, November 7 at the Home Depot Center. |
| 93+ |  | Donovan Ricketts was taking his time on a punt and after he put the ball in the air, Blaise Nkufo kicked the ball away and was issued a yellow card. |
| 87 | | Nate Jaqua gets into the box, but his rockets of a shot is smothered by Donovan Ricketts for the save. |
| 84 |  | Gregg Berhalter subs on for Eddie Lewis. |
| 83 | | Seattle sends a long ball up the left side and Omar Gonzalez tries to swat it down with his hand, but misses. The ball goes away for a goal kick, but it could have been a horrible result for LA if Gonzalez had intentionally hit a ball down with his hand in that position. |
| 82 | | Jovan Kirovski is issued a yellow card for a hard tackle of Leo Gonzalez. |
| 81 | | Nate Jaqua subs on for Nathan Sturgis. Interesting lineup with three forwards in there. |
| 79 | | David Beckham took a mis-step and went to ground, but Leo Gonzalez was whistled for the foul. |
| 74 | | Alvaro Fernandez subs on for Sanna Nyassi. |
| 73 | | Jovan Kirovski subs on for Edson Buddle. |
| 71 | | David Beckham makes an attempt on goal on a free kick, but Kasey Keller frames the ball and makes the save. |
| 70 | | Chris Birchall subs on for Dema Kovalenko. |
| 68 |  | Jeff Parke suffered a sprained left ankle. |
| 65 | | Tyrone Marshall subs on for Jeff Parke. Parke was hobbled after an earlier collision with Edson Buddle, but no word yet on the extent of the injury. |
| 65 | | Dema Kovalenko is issued a yellow card after dragging Blaise Nkufo down by the arm. |
| 64 | | Steve Zakuani gets into the box off a lob pass, but is flagged offside after his shot past Donovan Ricketts clangs off the near post. |
| 63 | | Seattle gets a ball across teh LA goal mouth, but Eddie Lewis knocks it away at the far post for a corner kick. |
| 61 | | Mike Magee gets in behind the Seattle defense, but is flagged offside. |
| 58 | | Mike Magee gets his head on an LA free kick, but Kasey Keller makes the diving stop at the far post. |
| 55 | | Leo Gonzalez is making David Beckham work. Beckham just attempted a cross from the right side, but Gonzalez was there to redirect it off of Beckham and out of play for a goal kick. |
| Notes | | Attendance is announced at 35,521. It is the second-highest attendance for an MLS Cup Conference Semifinal or Final, behind only the Seattle-Houston meeting in 2009. Three of the top nine overall attendance figures came at Qwest Field. |
| 49 | | Landon Donovan takes a fall with Fredy Montero trailing him and Montero is issued a yellow card. |
| 48 | | Juninho is issued a yellow card after a hard tackle on Steve Zakuani running up the left sideline. |
| 48 | | Steve Zakuani misses just wide on a ball that pinballed around the top of the box before it fell to Zakuani's feet. |
| 46 | | Seattle takes the second half kickoff, attacking the north end. |
| Halftime | | Shots: Sounders FC 10, LA Galaxy 7. SOG: Sounders FC 7, LA Galaxy 4. Fouls: Sounders FC 5, LA Galaxy 9. Offside: Sounders FC 2, LA Galaxy 1. Corner Kicks: Sounders FC 5, LA Galaxy 3. Saves: Sounders FC 3, LA Galaxy 7. |
| 46+ | | After one minute of stoppage time, referee Ricardo Salazar blows his whistle to end the first half. LA Galaxy 1, Sounders FC 0. |
| 45 | | Blaise Nkufo rises above A.J. DeLaGarza for a header, but it falls right into the hands of Donovan Ricketts. |
| 42 | | Nathan Sturgis puts the free kick over the two-man wall and nearly threads it inside the far post off the hop, but Donovan Ricketts is there for the diving save to give Seattle a corner kick. |
| 41 | | Dema Kovalenko with yet another foul from behind, this time taking out Sanna Nyassi from behind 27 yards out on the right side. |
| 38 |  | Edson Buddle pulls a ball down off the volley and lobs it over Kasey Keller an inside the far post for a goal from 30-yards out. LA Galaxy 1, Sounders FC 0. |
| 36 | | Osvaldo Alonso chests a ball down for Blaise Nkufo at the top of the box, but Nkufo's shot is saved by Donovan Ricketts. |
| 31 | | Seattle sends a long ball for Steve Zakuani, but it played away by a sliding A.J. DeLaGarza for a Seattle throw. |
| 30 | | Landon Donovan shoots from distance, but Kasey Keller leaps to parry the ball over the bar. |
| 29 | | A couple of chances from outside the box for Seattle are defended away by the Galaxy. |
| 25 | | Dema Kovalenko shoves his way through Fredy Montero, even causing Kovalenko to stop on the play, but no foul is called and play resumes. Almost on cue, David Beckham receives a pass and under far less tenuous circumstances goes to the ground and LA is awarded the free kick. |
| 24 | | Fredy Montero nearly gets a header into the net on a corner kick, but Donovan Ricketts gets in front of it and it goes over for another corner. |
| 23 | | Fredy Montero jukes around his defender and shoots a left-footer from outside the box that Donovan Ricketts pushes wide for a corner kick. |
| 22 | | A Nathan Sturgis left-footed ball into the middle is errantly headed away by Omar Gonzalez for a Seattle corner kick. |
| 21 | | Great ball by Leo Gonzalez feeds Blaise Nkufo up the left side and Nkufo is ridden to the ground by a beaten Sean Franklin for the foul. |
| 19 | | Nathan Sturgis sends a free kick into the box and Jeff Parke misses just wide on his header for a goal kick. |
| 18 | | Dema Kovalenko runs through Osvaldo Alonso for a tackle as the battle between those two heats up. |
| 14 | | Juninho shoots from distance but misses high over the br for a goal kick. |
| 13 | | Sanna Nyassi gets after a ball on the right side, but his cross goes over for a goal kick. |
| 09 | | Fredy Montero sends in a low bending free kick for Patrick Ianni at the far post, but it goes just too far out in front and goes away for a goal kick. |
| 08 | | Seattle gets the ball forward and AJ DeLaGarza takes out Fredy Montero from behind. |
| 08 | | David Beckham tries to twist in a shot on the low-angle free kick, but Kasey Keller tips it over for a corner kick. |
| 07 | | Landon Donovan makes a run up the left side, but James Riley slides in for a foul to stop the 2009 MLS MVP. |
| 06 | | Landon Donovan gets away with a shove of James Riley after a ball goes out of bounds, but Seattle is awarded a throw in. |
| 04 | | David Beckham sends in a free kick, but it goes outside the far post for a goal kick. |
| 03 | | Things are getting chippy on the field and players have to step in between Osvaldo Alonso and Dema Kovalenko. |
| 01 | | Fast start by Seattle as Sanna Nyassi collects a ball on the right side and drops it back to Osvaldo Alonso for a shot that is stopped by Donovan Ricketts. Steve Zakuani puts in the rebound, but is flagged offside. |
| Kickoff | | LA takes the opening kickoff, defending the south goal and the MLS Cup Western Conference Semifinal is under way. |
| Pregame | | The Sounders FC is in green shirts, blue shorts and green socks. LA is in white shirts, shorts and socks. |
| Officials | | Referee: Ricardo Salazar. Referee's Assistants: Thomas Supple and Peter Manikowski. 4th Official: Alex Prus. |
| Golden Scarf | | Chance Fry received the Golden Scarf prior to tonight's match. |
| Galaxy | | GK Donovan Ricketts, D Sean Franklin, D AJ DeLaGarza, D Omar Gonzalez, D Eddie Lewis, M David Beckham, M Juninho, M Dema Kovalenk, M Landon Donovan, F Mike Magee, F Edson Buddle. Subs - Josh Saunders, Gregg Berhalter, Chris Birchall, Tristan Bowen, Alex Cazumba, Jovan Kirovski, Chris Klein. |
| Sounders FC | | GK Kasey Keller, D James Riley, D Jeff Parke, D Patrick Ianni, D Leo Gonzalez, M Sanna Nyassi, M Osvaldo Alonso, M Nathan Sturgis, M Steve Zakuani, F Fredy Montero, F Blaise Nkufo. Subs - Terry Boss, Alvaro Fernandez, Michael Fucito, Nate Jaqua, Roger Levesque, Tyrone Marshall, Zach Scott. |
| Weather | | 55 degrees, 59% humidity, 40% chance of rain |