Time Event Description
FULLAfter three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blows his whistle and the Sounders win 2-1.
92+Jesus Padilla finds himself on the right end of a Rodolfo Espinoza cross from the right side and he heads it inside the left post for the goal. Sounders FC 2, Chivas USA 1.
89 Chivas sends a bouncing ball into the box, but Kasey Keller leaps to grab it before Sal Zizzo can get to it.
88 Osvaldo Alonso snares a ball away from Chivas and rips a left-footed shot, but he misses high for a goal kick.
86Nate Jaqua subs on for Fredy Montero.
84Fredy Montero is issued a yellow card, his fifth of the season, which means he will be suspended for the season finale in Houston on yellow card accumulation.
83 Seattle gets the ball into the box, but a failed Chivas clearance finds its way to Fredy Montero's feet, but he can't get a shot away before the defense recovers.
82 Sal Zizzo shoots from 24 yards out, but Kasey Keller makes the stop.
76Sal Zizzo subs on for Giancarlo Maldonado.
75 Osvaldo Alonso goes down after a kick to the knee. The ball went away for a Chivas throw-in.
72 Tyrone Marshall collects a Seattle corner kick on the left side of the box, but his left-footed shot misses just wide of the net for a goal kick.
NOTE Attendance is announced at 36,356, bringing the record-breaking season average to 36,173.
NOTEPatrick Ianni suffered a right ankle sprain.
65 Jorge Flores tries to cross the ball in from the left side, but James Riley slides out in front to deflect the ball away for a corner kick. Flores gets another attempt off the corner kick, but he is well-defended by Nathan Sturgis and the ball goes away for a Seattle goal kick.
62 Great save by Zach Thornton on a header by Steve Zakuani. Fredy Montero crossed teh ball in form the right side and Zakuani got the header away, but Thonton made the stop. The ball came back out for Nathan Sturgis, but his chip-shot attempt missed wide.
61 Fredy Montero winds up and blasts a shot to the far post from the left side, but Zach Thornton makes a diving save to keep the ball out of the net.
60Alvaro Fernandez subs on for Sanna Nyassi.
60 Giancarlo Maldonado knocks a ball into the net off the free kick, but he was flagged offside.
59Steve Zakuani is issued a yellow card after Paulo Nagamura is taken down near the right sideline.
55 Great ball to Blaise Nkufo from the left side, but the Chivas defender cuts him off before he can get a shot.
51 Fredy Montero is flagged offside and Zach Thornton is not happy with Montero not giving the ball directly to Chivas. Referee Edvin Jurisevic intercepts him though before anything escalates.
51Tyrone Marshall subs on for Patrick Ianni.
46 No second half substitutions to start the second half. Also, a stat correction, Paulo Nagamura was issued a yellow card in the 26th minute.
STATS Halftime Stats (SEA-CHV): Shots 6-6, SOG 2-0, Fouls 3-4, Offsides 3-0, Corners 3-3, Saves 0-0
HALFAfter one minute of stoppage time, the referee blows his whistle for halftime.
46+ Fredy Montero sends a great ball into the box for Blaise Nkufo, but he's shielded off by Michael Umana and Zach Thornton picks it up.
42 Sanna Nyassi goes down to the turf after Kasey Keller nabs a long ball into the box with nobody from Chivas attacking. It is unclear what the issue is, though it appears tha he may have gotten something in his eye.
39 Nathan Sturgis sends a corner kick through the box from the left side, but it takes a bounce before it gets to Blaise Nkufo and he just gets a piece of it to knock it away for a corner kick.
36 Clever ball by Fredy Montero to touch it through to Sanna Nyassi for a no-look pass, but Jonathan Bornstein beats him to it and play it out for a Seattle throw-in.
35 Great defense by Seattle to stop Chivas in the box, then the ball is played to Blaise Nkufo on a bounce and he is wrapped up and taken to the ground by Michael Umana for the foul.
34 Fredy Montero chips a ball forward for Blaise Nkufo all alone, but he is flagged offside.
32 Fantastic ball by Fredy Montero to lead Sanna Nyassi and Nyassi is taken down by the Chivas defender with no call.
25Sounders FC goal!!! Osvaldo Alonso with his first goal of the season. First Alonso crept in to pick off a ball in the center circle. Then he passed it forward to Fredy Montero, who rolled it out to Steve Zakuani on the left side. Zakuani carried it to the endline and cut it back to the middle, where Alonso came screaming into the box to peg it past Zach Thornton for the goal. Sounders FC 2, Chivas USA 0.
23 Fredy Montero is hounding Chivas for the ball and when he beats Michael Lahoud, the Chivas defender grabs him by the arm for the foul.
11 Chivas USA gets the ball into the box, but Jorge Flores misses high with his side-winding shot from 10 yards out.
09Sounders FC goal!!! Jeff Parke picks off the ball in the midfield and leads Steve Zakuani through a gauntlet of Chivas defenders. He still gets into the box, jukes around Zach Thornton, then rolls it past the Chivas goalkeeper for his 10th goal of the season. Sounders FC 1, Chivas USA 0.
08 Leo Gonzalez gets the endline and crosses for the middle to Sanna Nyassi, but Chivas beats him to the header and the ball goes away.
07 James Riley leads Steve Zakuani into the box with a long throw-in, but it is cleared away by Chivas for a corner kick.
05 Steve Zakuani cleans up a loose ball and pushes it up the field. Leo Gonzalez sends a long cross to Sanna Nyassi, but Nyassi's return ball to the middle is picked off and the ball goes the other way.
03 Patrick Ianni gets his head on the corner at the far post, but misses wide for a goal kick.
02 Great possession for Seattle, winning every ball in the box, though they haven't been able to get beyond the line of defense. Finally, a shot is redirected out of play ofr a Seattle corner kick.
KICKOFF Chivas takes the opening kick, defending the north goal.
PREGAME Seattle is in green shirts and socks with blue shorts. Chivas is in red and white striped shirts with navy blue shorts and socks.
GOLD SCARF Olympic Gold Medalist in women's soccer and former University Washington goal keeper, Hope Solo received today's honorary Golden Scarf from Jhon Kennedy Hurtado. Her arm was in a sling so the poor young lady had to wave her scarf up!
WEA Weather is clear and 50 degrees with NNW winds at 5mph
REF Ref: Edvin Jurisevic, RA: Craig Lowry, RA: C.J. Morgante, 4th: Yader Reyes
CHV STARTERS: GK Thornton, D Trujillo, D Umana, D Jazic, D Bornstein (cpt), M Espinoza, M Lahoud, M Nagamura, M Flores, F Padilla, D Maldonado. RESERVES: Guppy, Borja, Braun, Cuesta, Romero, Zemanski, Zizzo.
SEA STARTERS: GK Keller (cpt), D Riley, D Parke, D Ianni, D Gonzalez, M Nyassi, M Alonso, M Sturgis, M Zakuani, F Montero, F Nkufo. RESERVES: Boss, Fernandez, Fucito, Jaqua, Levesque, Marshall, Wahl.