Play by Play
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|---|---|---|
| 98+ |  | Colorado loops a ball into the box that is defended away by Seattle. Steve Zakuani gets away on a run up the left side, but not before the final whistle. Sounders FC 2, Rapids 1. |
| 96+ | Conor Casey walks off the field with a butterfly bandage on his head and Kasey keller takes the goal kick. | |
| 93+ | Conor Casey and Patrick Ianni both lunge after a ball lofted into the box from the left side and butt heads. Both go the ground holding their heads, but Casey clearly takes the worst of it, as Colorado's medical staff works to close an open wound on the field. | |
| 92+ | Fredy Montero lops another shot from distance that nearly forces Matt Pickens into the net to make the stop. | |
| 91+ | Roger Levesque takes a shot to the back of the head by Drew Moor as both go for a ball at midfield and Levesque winds up on the turf for a moment. | |
| 90 |  | Osvaldo Alonso is issued a yellow card for a tackle at midfield. |
| 88 | Fredy Montero rockets a shot from the defensive side of midfield and nearly gets it over a drawn-out Matt Pickens, but the Colorado keeper leaps to make the grab. | |
| 86 | Steve Zakuani gets away up the left side, jukes his way around Matt Pickens and rolls the ball into the net, but he is flagged offside. | |
| 81 |  | Roger Levesque subs on for Sanna Nyassi. |
| 80 | A big flurry on Seattle's right side. Sanna Nyassi twists a ball into the box that is defended back to Mike Seamon in the box on teh right side. He tries to get the ball back in front of the net, but can't get enough on it and it's knocked clear. | |
| 79 | Osvaldo Alonso rips a shot from distance that Matt Pickens knocks up into the air before leaping to make the grab. | |
| 77 | Quincy Amarikwa subs on for Mehdi Ballouchy. | |
| 74 | | Mike Seamon subs on for Nathan Sturgis. |
| 70 | Conor Casey misses just over the crossbar with a header off a corner kick. | |
| 70 | | Nate Jaqua subs on for Blaise Nkufo. |
| 67 | Omar Cummings gets the ball on the left side of the box and goes to battle with Patrick Ianni. When Cummings regains possession, he is surrounded by four Sounders players and, even though he has the ball just 3 yards from the post, is forced to turn back aroudn and Seattle takes the ball away at the top of the box. | |
| 65 | Steve Zakuani sends a high cross into the box, but Matt Pickens punches it away before Blaise Nkufo can get to it just outside the 6-yard box. | |
| Note | Attendance is announced at 36,333. | |
| 65 | | Also Claudio Lopez subbed on for Jamie Smith. |
| 65 | | Kosuke Kimura subs on for Danny Earls. |
| 61 | Kasey Keller with a wondersave! Colorado takes the ball up the right side and sends a cross in that Patrick Ianni knocks away to the far side. One player shoots it back into the box and Jamie Smith gets a back-heel shot toward the right post and Keller makes a remarkable dive to his left to snare the ball with one hand. | |
| 58 | | Jamie Smith brings down Fredy Montero from behind on the right sideline at midfield and earns a yellow card. |
| 57 | Kasey Keller whips out a throw up the left side and Steve Zakuani and Marvell Wynne get in a footrace to get to the ball. Zakuani closes the gap, but Wynne beats him to it and turns the ball the other way. | |
| 55 | Omar Cummings crosses a quick ball into the box, but Patrick Ianni heads it through to the other side for a Colorado throw. Great defensive effort by Ianni. | |
| 52 | James Riley heads down a Colorado throw in on the right side and Fredy Montero turns and shoots from just outside the box, missing just wide for a goal kick. | |
| 51 | Matt Pickens grabs the ball just as it crosses the endline and Seattle is given a corner kick. On the corner kick teh ball goes through to the other side for a Colorado throw. | |
| 47 | Sanna Nyassi takes the ball from Danny Earls on the right side and races into the box, but Matt Pickens slides out to grab the ball and Nyassi goes flying. | |
| 46 | The Sounders take the opening kickoff to start the second half, attacking the south goal. | |
| Halftime | Shots: Sounders FC 3, Rapids 7. SOG: Sounders FC 2, Rapids 3. Fouls: Sounders FC 4, Rapids 5. Offside: Sounders FC 1, Rapids 1. Corner kicks: Sounders FC 1, Rapids 4. Saves: Sounders FC 2, Rapids 0. | |
| 47+ | | Fredy Motnero crosses a ball into the box from the right side, but it's headed away for a corner kick. On the corner kick, Colorado plays it away and it lands at Osvaldo Alonso's feet and he sneds a rocket back into the box, but the halftime whistle blew before he got the shot off. |
| 44 | Marvell Wynne again drops Sanna Nyassi from behind, this time at midfield, and is whistled for the foul and admonished by the referee, but no card is given. | |
| 43 | Sanna Nyassi makes run up the left side and is shoved to the ground by Marvell Wynne, who recovers the ball with no foul called. | |
| 39 | Conor Casey drops a pass back for Mehdi Ballouchy, but his shot skips off the turf into Kasey Keller's arms for a save. | |
| 38 | Blaise Nkufo touches a ball off to Sanna Nyassi on a run up the middle, but he is defended closely and the ball goes the other way. | |
| 35 | Osvaldo Alonso and Jeff Larentowicz slide after the ball against the near sideline. Alonso clearly beats him to the ball and takes a boot the thigh, but the referee awards a throw to Colorado. He is corrected by the fourth official and Seattle ends up taking the throw. | |
| 33 | Colorado lofts a ball over the top for Omar Cummings running into the box, but Kasey Keller beats him to the ball and makes the sliding grab. | |
| 31 | Steve Zakuani runs down Marvell Wynne on the right side and knocks the ball clear for a corner kick. On the first offering Colorado misses wide, but is awarded another corner kick. On the second, it goes long for a Seattle throw. | |
| 30 | Sanna Nyassi is flagged offside, but it looked to me like Drew Moor had played him onside. | |
| 29 | | Zach Scott tussles with Omar Cummingswhile going for a ball on the right sideline and Scott is issued a yellow card. |
| 28 | Conor Casey is complaining about people getting too rough with him ... that's rich. | |
| 25 | Low corner kick by Pablo Mastroeni is headed by Jeff Larentowicz and misses just outside the near post for a goal kick. | |
| 19 | Fantastic play by Kasey Keller. Marvell Wynne crosses a ball to Conor Casey just inside the penalty spot and Keller parries it over the bar for a corner kick. | |
| 17 |  | Sounders FC goal!!! Fredy Montero splits a great ball to Sanna Nyassi up the right side of the box and Nyassi draws out Matt Pickens before rolling it to the middle for Steve Zakuani making the run through the box. He touches it in for his second goal of the match. Sounders FC 2, Rapids 1. |
| 15 | Fredy Montero outworks Marvell Wynne for a ball in the midfield and is fouled almost immediately by Drew Moor, giving Seattle a free kick from 35 yards out. Osvaldo Alonso rolls it off to Montero for a shot, but it caroms off the wall. Jeff Parke heads the ball forward but it drops wide for a goal kick. | |
| 13 | Omar Cummings hits the ground with an apparent injury on teh right sideline. After play stops for him, he rubs his ankle a bit and returns to his feet. | |
| 13 | Conor Casey shoots from long range and misses well wide of the net for a goal kick. | |
| 09 |  | Just 30 seconds later, Omar Cummings gets the ball on the corner of the box and hammers a left-footed shot into the far corner of the net to even the score. Sounders FC 1, Rapids 1. |
| 08 | | Sounders FC goal!!! Fredy Montero gets the ball in traffic in the box and the ball spills to Steve Zakuani. With four defenders forming a wall in front of him, Zakuani blasts a shot that beats Matt Pickens to the left post, but bounces off the post and back off of Pickens' back and into the net for a goal. It was his sixth goal of the season. Sounders FC 1, Rapids 0. |
| 07 | Now it's Conor Casey who goes down after a collision with Jeff Parke - replay shows much less contact than when Casey brought down Parke just before his goal in Colorado. | |
| 06 | Nathan Sturgis picks up the ball at midfield and is almost immediately brought down from behind by Mehdi Ballouchy. | |
| 04 | Pablo Masroeni goes down after a collision with Patrick Ianni. He remains downed on the field for almost two minutes before play resumes. | |
| 03 | Omar Cummings shoots from the right side outside the box, 10 yards off the line, but misses well wide for a goal kick. | |
| 02 | Great cross to Fredy Montero from Sanna Nyassi but it gets there just before Montero can and he ends up sliding into Matt Pickens, who takes a boot to the hand for his efforts. | |
| 01 | Fredy Motnero is fould on the left wing and Seattle takes a quick restart from just inside midfield. | |
| Note | The Sounders are wearing green shirts, blue shorts and green socks. Colorado is wearing burgundy shirts, white shorts and burgundy socks. | |
| Kickoff | Colorado took the opening kickoff, attacking the south goal. | |
| Golden Scarf | Congratulations to Teddy Mitalas, our Golden Scarf recipient for tonight's match. He has been a local youth coach since 1982 and really infulential on soccer in the northwest. | |
| Referees | Referee: Yader Reyes, Referee's Assistant: Kermit Quisenberry, Referee's Assistant: Chris Strickland, 4th Official: Landis Wiley | |
| Weather | A warn 84 degree at the XBOX Pitch at Qwest Field with 22% humidity | |
| Rapids | Starters: Matt Pickens, Julien Baudet, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Danny Earls, Omar Cummings, Pablo Mastroeni, Mehdi Ballouchy, Jeff Larentowicz, Jamie Smith, Conor Casey. Subs: Ian Joyce, Colin Clark, Kosuke Kimura, Claudio Lopez, Wells Thompson, Quincy Amarikwa, Scott Palguta. | |
| Sounders FC | Starters: Kasey Keller, James Riley, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni, Zach Scott, Sanna Nyassi, Nathan Sturgis, Osvaldo Alonso, Steve Zakuani, Fredy Montero, Blaise Nkufo. Subs: Terry Boss, Nate Jaqua, Roger Levesque, Tyrone Marshall, Tyson Wahl, Miguel Montano, Mike Seamon. |
