Time Event Description
FINALSeattle controls possession as the time winds down on the clock and the referee blows his whistle to end the match. Sounders FC 1, Fire 0.
92+ Chicago bounces a ball aorund the top of the box and it bounces off several heads before Seattle gets it clear. Fredy Montero comes away with it and is fouled in the midfield.
91+Tyrone Marshall subs on for Steve Zakuani.
88Sounders FC goal!!! Blaise Nkufo plays a ball to Steve Zakuani cutting into the middle. Zakuani then sends a ball back to Nkufo going up the left side of the box. Nkufo fakes a shot to get Bratislav Ristic to hit the deck, then shot a right-footed shot the caromed off a Fire defender and past Sean Johnson for a goal. Sounders FC 1, Fire 0.
84 James Riley loops a ball in for Fredy Montero, but Sean Johnson leaps out to make the grab.
83Collins John subs on for Logan Pause.
82Roger Levesque subs on for Sanna Nyassi.
79 Sanna Nyassi goes down with an apparent hamstring issue. He comes back on a minute later.
77Alvaro Fernandez subs on for Nathan Sturgis.
76 Freddie Ljungberg shoots from the top of the box, but Kasey Keller dives to knock it away for a corner kick.
73 Blaise Nkufo sends Sanna Nyassi on a run up the left side, but his shot is saved by Sean Johnson.
70Marco Pappa takes out Osvaldo Alonso after a pass and is issued a yellow card.
NOTES Attendance is announced as 17,477.
68 Patrick Nyarko takes down Jeff Parke on a clearance and is whistled for a foul.
66 Marco Pappa rolls a soft ball into the box where Kasey Keller scoops it up.
64Brian McBride subs on for Calen Carr.
63 James Riley skips a ball into the box for Fredy Montero, who heads it off the bounce, but Sean Johnson is there to make the save.
59 Sanna Nyassi blasts a left-footed shot coming on after a blocked corner kick, but his shot misses high for a goal kick.
58Deris Umanzor subs on for an injured Gonzalo Segares.
56 Sanna Nyassi gets past the Chicago defense to get to a loose ball and Steve Zakuani shoots it past an oncoming Sean Johnson, but it misses wide for a goal kick.
54 Leo Gonzalez crosses the ball for Blaise Nkufo, but it takes a bad bounce and he drops it back to Osvaldo Alonso. He gets a shot away, but it goes wide for a goal kick.
52 A Leo Gonzalez foul gives Chicago a free kick from 27 yards out at the right post. Freddie Ljungberg takes the kick and Kasey Keller makes the save at the right post.
NOTES Patrick Ianni's head is heavily bandaged to start the second half.
46 Freddie Ljungberg picks off a Seattle pass, but then plays the ball over for a goal kick.
46 Seattle takes the opening kick to start the second half, attacking the north goal.
HALFTIME Shots: Sounders FC 5, Fire 3. SOG: Sounders FC 2, Fire 2. Saves: Sounders FC 2, Fire 2. Fouls: Sounders FC 4, Fire 3. Corner Kicks: Sounders FC 6, Fire 3. Offside: Sounders FC 0, Fire 1.
HALFTIME A very busy first half, but they go into the intermission tied up at 0-0.
HALFTIMEAfter just over two minutes of stoppage time, the referee blows his whistle for halftime.
47+ Gonzalo Segares crosses a ball from the left side, but it goes through the box for a goal kick.
46+ Marco Pappa crunches in a shot on a bouncing ball in the box, but Kasey Keller makes the point blank save.
45 Fredy Montero shoots from distance, but it goes wide for a goal kick.
44 Osvaldo Alonso sends a ball to Sanna Nyassi for a header, but it misses wide for a goal kick.
43 Chicago lifts a ball into the box, but Patrick Nyarko is flagged offside.
41 CJ Brown tries to bully Fredy Montero on a dead ball and the referee will have non of it, reprimanding Brown before the restart.
40 James Riley crosses a ball for Sanna Nyassi, but it goes just over his head and Sean Johnson makes the grab.
39 Steve Zakuani tries to get to the ball in the box, but he is shielded by CJ Brown. Sean Johnson tries to clear the ball, but it bounces off of Brown and away for a corner kick.
37 Sanna Nyassi crosses a ball into the box from the right side that goes just over the head of Blaise Nkufo and is nearly poked in by Nathan Sturgis, but he misses the ball and it goes through for a goal kick.
33 Steve Zakuani gets out on a run, but his left-footed shot from just inside the box is saved by Sean Johnson.
32 Freddie Ljungberg sends a corner kick in from the left side, but it bounces in front of a few players and goes through for a goal kick.
29 Calen Carr slides in front of Jeff Parke to get on the end of a cross, but he knocks the ball over for a goal kick.
29 CJ Brown barrels through Fredy Montero, but the referee plays the advantage.
28John Thorrington is issued a yellow card after he takes down Osvaldo Alonso in the midfield.
27 Steve Zakuani gets away up the left side, but his attempt to roll the ball into the middle for Sanna Nyassi is cleared away.
24 Marco Pappa gets out on a run off a counter attack, but Leo Gonzalez knocks down his attempt to put the ball into the middle and it goes away for a corner kick.
23 Fredy Montero lobs a ball for Sanna Nyassi into the box. Nyassi works around Bratislav Ristic and gets a shot off, but Sean Johnson knocks it down for a corner kick.
20 John Thorrington runs through Fredy Montero on one end with no call, then on the other side, Calen Carr goes down with limited contact to try to draw a penalty to no avail.
19 Freddie Ljungberg sends a cross from the left side to the far post, but it goes through without a Fire runner for a goal kick.
16 A hard foul by Freddie Ljungberg takes out Patrick Ianni on the sideline. Ianni is now wearing a jersey without a number.
15 Patrick Ianni returned to the field. In his absence, Nathan Sturgis played as a center back alongside Jeff Parke.
NOTES There are about 170 Sounders FC fans making up Section 134 here at Toyota Park and scattered throughout the stadium.
12 Gonzalo Segares gets some room up the left side, but Sanna Nyassi knocks the ball away for a corner kick.
10 On the second corner kick, Patrick Ianni took a knock from Kwame Watson-Siriboe and is left on the ground at the top of the six-yard box. After a minute, he is taken off the field with a towel covering the side of his face.
09 Nathan Sturgis takes one corner that is knocked away for another attempt from the right corner. The second attempt finds the head of Osvaldo Alonso six yards out, but his shot misses wide for a goal kick.
08 James Rilay makes a run up the right side and crosses to Sanna Nyassi, but it's headed away for a corner kick.
08 Great ball by Blaise Nkufo finds Steve Zakuani goinog up the left side, but his croos for Sanna Nyassi is defended away.
04 Marco Pappa gets deep into Seattle's box, but Kasey Keller knocks away his shot. It goes to Calen Carr for a second effort, but his shot misses high for a goal kick.
02 Seattle gets the ball into Chicago's end, but Steve Zakuani is shielded and the ball is knocked away for a corner kick.
01 Chicago swings a ball in from the right side, but Kasey Keller makes the uncontested grab just in front of the net.
KICKOFF The Fire takes the opening kickoff, defending the south goal.
PREGAME The Sounders are in blue shirts, green shorts and blue socks. Chicago is in red shirts, shorts and socks.
WEATHER 60 degrees with a forecast for rain.
OFFICIALS Referee: Jasen Anno. Referee's Assistants: Peter Balciunas and Claudio Badea. 4th Official: Michael Kennedy.
FIRE Starters: Sean Johnson, Bratislav Ristic, CJ Brown, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Gonzalo Segares, Patrick Nyarko, John Thorrington, Logan Pause, Marco Pappa, Calen Carr, Freddie Ljungberg. Subs: Andrew Dykstra, Dasan Robinson, Deris Umanzor, Corben Bone, Baggio Husidic, Collins John, Brian McBride.
SOUNDERS FC Starters: Kasey Keller, James Riley, Patrick Ianni, Jeff Parke, Leo Gonzalez, Sanna Nyassi, Osvaldo Alonso, Nathan Sturgis, Steve Zakuani, Fredy Montero, Blaise Nkufo. Subs: Terry Boss, Tyrone Marshall, Zach Scott, Alvaro Fernandez, Mike Seamon, Mike Fucito, Roger Levesque.