| FINAL |  | After three minutes of stoppage time, the final whistle blows. Sounders FC 2, Dynamo 0. |
| 88 |  | Sounders FC Goal!!! Fredy Montero slides a ball out to Alvaro Fernandez all alone up the middle of the field. El Flaco slots it past Tally Hall for his first MLS goal and second in a Sounders uniform. Sounders FC 2, Dynamo 0. |
| 87 |  | Nate Jaqua subs on for Blaise Nkufo. |
| 87 | | Blaise Nkufo gets out after a bouncing ball, but is pulled off of the ball by Bobby Boswell. |
| 86 | | Alvaro Fernandez and Blaise Nkufo get out on a run but Fernandez plays it to Nkufo's back foot and Houston turns it the other way. |
| 85 | | Mike Seamon subs on for Sanna Nyassi. |
| 83 | | Fredy Montero races up the right side to take a pass and crosses it into the box, but it eludes Blaise Nkufo and Alvaro Fernandez can't get Nkufo the ball after he recovers it on the far side. |
| 82 | | Sanna Nyassi is throttled from behind by Eddie Robinson for a foul. |
| 79 | | Nathan Sturgis shoots from distance and Tally Hall makes the save, but before that, Fredy Montero is bulldozed from behind with no call from the referee. |
| 76 | | Dominic Oduro subs on for Danny Cruz. |
| 72 | | Apparently it takes five handballs to get a call ... Houston was just called for their first, though I have counted five in the match. |
| 70 |  | Nathan Sturgis is issued a yellow card for a tackle in the midfield. |
| 69 | | Albaro Fernandez subs on for Steve Zakuani. Fernandez received a thundering ovation from the sellout crowd - this is his Qwest Field debut. |
| 67 | | Sanna Nyassi goes down with an apparent right ankle injury and is taken off the |
| NOTES | | That marks Montero's ninth straight MLS match with a goal or an assist, he has four goals and five assists in that stretch. |
| NOTES | | Attendance is announced at 36,111. |
| 64 | | Sounders FC Goal!!! Kasey Keller punts a ball that bounces high to Fredy Montero at the top of the box with Eddie Robinson on his back. Montero turns and beats Tally Hall inside the far post for his eighth goal of the season. Sounders FC 1, Dynamo 0. |
| 61 | | Osvaldo Alonso thunders a shot in from 26 yards out, but Tally Hall knocks it away diving to his right. |
| 59 | | Mike Chabala and Brian Mullan are both issued yellow cards after Sanna Nyassi is tackled from behind on a run up the right side. |
| 58 | | Geoff Cameron subs on for Brad Davis. |
| 58 | | Brian Mullan subs on for Corey Ashe. |
| 57 | | Joseph Ngwenya heads in a ball for an apparent goal, but is flagged offside. The replay shows him to be way offside. |
| 52 | | Steve Zakuani crosses a ball for Blaise Nkufo, but puts too much pace on it and it goes through to the other side for a goal kick. |
| 50 | | Blaise Nkufo is issued a yellow card, but I didn't see what it was for. |
| 48 | | On the Seattle corner kick Jeff Parke is hit hard from behind, leaving him holding his back as Seattle lined up for a second corner kick. He retreats to help defend a potential counter and Seattle begins warming up some possible substitutes. |
| 47 | | Steve Zakuani gets one-on-one with Tally Hall off a pass from Fredy Montero, but Hall deflects his shot away for a corner kick. |
| 46 | | Houston takes the second half kickoff, defending the south goal. |
| HALFTIME | | Shots: Sounders FC 5, Dynamo 2. SOG: Sounders FC 3, Dynamo 0. Fouls: Sounders FC 6, Dynamo 9. Offside: Sounders FC 0, Dynamo 3. Corner Kicks: Sounders FC 5, Dynamo 5. Saves: Sounders FC 0, Dynamo 3. |
| HALFTIME | | The referee blows his whistle for halftime. |
| 44 | | Blaise Nkufo is crushed from behind on a cross from Sanna Nyassi, but there is no call on the play. |
| 37 | | Blaise Nkufo shoots from 22 yards out, but Tally Hall knocks it away for a corner kick. |
| 36 | | Sanna Nyassi gets through up the right side and shoots to the near post, but Tally Hall makes the save, smothering the ball against the line just outside the near postto keep it from spilling out for a corner kick. |
| 35 | | Brian Ching knocks a second ball down with his hand before shooting it. Seattle defends it away and a long ball is played for Fredy Montero, but Montero is called for a foul before the ball even arrives. |
| 33 | | Blaise Nkufo is tackled hard from behind for a second time, this time after he'd already passed the ball up the left sideline. |
| 32 | | James Riley is issued a yellow card. |
| 31 | | Another late whistle by referee Michael Kennedy. Leo Gonzalez collides with Danny Cruz and turns up the field, taking two dribbles before the flag goes up and Kennedy blows his whistle. |
| 28 | | Andrew Hainault is tackled by Sanna Nyassi and while no foul was called on the play, even after Seattle gained possession, Sanna Nyassi is issued a yellow card on the play. |
| 25 | | Fredy Montero works around two Houston defenders, but Tally Hall knocks Montero's shot away for a corner kick. Great look from just inside the top of the box. |
| 23 | | This one's getting physical. A pair of collsiions in the box off a Houston corner kick leads to some more pushing and shoving after the ball is played away for a second corner kick. That effort is stopped before it starts because of further jockeying in the box. |
| 17 | | Blaise Nkufo gets the ball into the box, but Tally Hall leaps to grab his attempt at flicking it over a defender. |
| 16 | | Jeff Parke heads a Houston cross away, but Brian Ching knocks it down before shooting wildly. It looked like he knocked the ball down with his hand, but in the end Seattle got the ball anyway. |
| 15 | | Steve Zakuani gets the ball in deep on the left side and his attempt to push the ball to the middle is defended for another Seattle corner kick. |
| 14 | | Fredy Montero shoots the free kick from 30 yards out, but misses just outside the far post. It was apparently deflected as Seattle earned a corner kick. |
| 13 | | Terrible foul from behind by Brad Davis knocks Blaise Nkufo to the turf. Davis had no chance to defend Nkufo and just lowered a shoulder into his back to knock him down. |
| 08 | | Great ball by James Riley to get Sanna Nyassi open in space up the right side. Nyassi carries into the box, but his pass for Fredy Montero is knocked clear. |
| 07 | | Houston sends a ball forward for Danny Cruz, but Houston is flagged offside. |
| 06 | | Incredible defending by Osvaldo Alonso to force Houston into conceding a goal kick. |
| 04 | | After a slew of collisions in the midfield Sanna Nyassi crosses a ball into the box. Houston defends it away, right back to James Riley for a second cross, but Houston again defends it clear. |
| 02 | | Brad Davis takes a corner kick from the right side and while Kasey Keller is shielded, Seattle still defends the ball away and Keller ends up grabbing the return effort by Houston. |
| KICKOFF | | Seattle takes the opening kick, attacking the north goal. |
| NOTES | | The Sounders are wearing green shirts, blue shorts and green socks. Houston is wearing white shirts, orange shorts and white socks. |
| GOLDEN SCARF | | Today's Golden Scarf recipients were the Washington Special Olympics soccer team, including Travis Bjork, Tyler Bjork and Shey Thommasen from Des Moines and Cory Dempsey, John Kalvin Emmett, Laura Gorgen, Cody Peterson, Keith Stamper and Alexander Wells from Federal Way, along with coach Sharon Boyle. |
| REF | | REFEREE: Michael Kennedy. REFEREE'S ASSISTANT: Chris Strickland & Jeff Hosking. 4TH OFFICIAL: Alejandro Mariscal |
| WEATHER | | Partly Cloudy & 67 Degrees |
| HOU | | STARTERS: GK Tally Hall, D Eddie Robinson, D Bobby Boswell, D Andrew Hainault, D Mike Chabala, M Corey Ashe, M Danny Cruz, M Richard Mulrooney, M Brad Davis, F Joseph Ngwenya, F Brian Ching (C). RESERVES: Deric, Cameron, Mullan, Navas Cobo, Obodai, Oduro, Weaver. |
| SEA | | STARTERS: GK Kasey Keller (C), D James Riley, D Patrick Ianni, D Jeff Parke, D Leo Gonzalez, M Sanna Nyassi, M Osvaldo Alonso, M Nathan Sturgis, M Steve Zakuani, F Fredy Montero, F Blaise Nkufo. RESERVES: Boss, Fernandez, Jaqua, Levesque, Marshall, Scott, Seamon |