| Open Cup Final | | The Sounders FC will host the Columbus Crew in the Open Cup final October 5th at Qwest Field. Tickets go on sale to the public Tuesday at 10 am. There will be a presale to Season Ticket Holders beginning Thursday morning at 10 am. Check your e-mail for a link to purchase tickets. |
| Note | | With 3 goals on the night, all Sounders FC fans can get a free haircut at Great Clips with a ticket stub from tonight's match. |
| Final |  | After three minutes of stoppage time, the final whistle is blown. Sounders FC 3, Chivas USA 1. |
| 92+ |  | Sounders FC goal!!! Nate Jaqua nods in a cross from Roger Levesque for his second goal of the night and a 3-1 Sounders lead. That is his fifth goal of the tournament, evening him up for the tournament lead. |
| 92+ |  | Jeff Parke subs on for Steve Zakuani. |
| 91+ | | Justin Braun gets away up the middle, but is flagged offsdie. |
| 88 | | Jesus Padilla continues the thuggish tactics that earned him a red card in the last meeting between Seattle and Chivas, kicking at Steve Zakuani's ankles every time he touches the ball, then going chest-to-chest with Zakuani after a ball is played out of bounds. |
| 87 | | Mike Seamon goes up the right side and crosses to Steve Zakuani crossing the box from the left side for a header that misses just outside the right post for a goal kick. |
| 83 | | Roger Levesque subs on for Alvaro Fernandez. |
| 79 |  | Osvaldo Alonso is issued a yellow card for a tackle at midfield. |
| 76 | | A giant smoke cloud covered Chivas USA's defensive side after the ECS let off some smoke bombs in their section. After a couple of minutes the smoke lifted with Seattle on the attack. |
| 73 | | Steve Zakuani works for some space at the top of the box, then shoots a right-footer, but it's deflected away for a corner kick. |
| 72 | | Jesus Padilla sends a cross to the far post, but can't get it to a runner and it goes clear for a goal kick. |
| Notes | | Attendance is announced at 4,547. |
| 71 | | Osvaldo Alonso snaps a corner kick into the box and it bounces around before it is shot over the top for a goal kick. |
| 69 | | Rodolfo Espinoza winds up a shot from distance, but Kasey Keller dives to his left to make the save. |
| 68 |  | Jesus Padilla catches a pinballing ball that bounced around in the box and knocked it past Kasey Keller for a goal. Sounders FC 2, Chivas USA 1. |
| 66 | | Mike Seamon subs on for Nathan Sturgis. |
| 63 | | Sal Zizzo subs on for Giancarlo Maldonado. |
| 62 | | Steve Zakuani gets the ball on the left side and Mariano Trujillo drops him with a foul, drawing the ire of referee Ricardo Salazar. |
| 61 | | Taylor Graham momentarily remains on the turf after a collision on a 50-50 ball. |
| 60 | | Steve Zakuani carries into the box and shoots through a defender, but Zach Thornton drops to make the save. |
| 59 | | Sounders FC goal!!! Steve Zakuani pops a ball into the middle from the left side and Fredy Montero puts it away for the goal. Sounders FC 2, Chivas USA 0. |
| 58 | | Jesus Padilla misses high on a header off of a corner kick from the right side. |
| 55 | | Jesus Padilla usbs on for Marcelo Saragosa. |
| 52 | | Fredy Montero blasts the free kick on frame and Zach Thornton gets his massive gloves out to knock it down, leaving his defender to knock it away for a Seattle corner kick. |
| 51 | | Paulo Nagamura is issued a yellow card for a tackle in the middle of the field. |
| 50 | | Steve Zakuani gets the ball up the left side, touches it between two defenders to Nata Jaqua at the top of the box, who touches it back to Zakuani cutting across the middle for a right-footed shot, but Zach Thornton makes the save. |
| 46 | | Chivas takes the opening kick and the second half is under way. |
| Halftime | | Michael Lahoud subs on for Jonathan Bornstein. |
| Halftime | | Shots: Sounders FC 10, Chivas USA 2. SOG: Sounders FC 4, Chivas USA 1. Fouls: Sounders FC 4, Chivas USA 1. Offside: Sounders FC 1, Chivas USA 2. Corner Kicks: Sounders FC 4, Chivas USA 2. Saves: Sounders FC 1, Chivas USA 3. |
| 46+ | | After one minute of stoppage time, the referee blows his whistle for halftime. Sounders FC 1, Chivas USA 0. |
| 45 | | Justin Braun gets away on a run, but is flagged offside. |
| 44 | | Taylor Graham gets his head on a Nathan Sturgis corner kick, but misses over the top for a goal kick. |
| 44 | | James Riley races up the right side of the box with the ball and shoots to the near post, where Zach Thornton knocks it away for a corner kick. |
| 42 | | Osvaldo Alonso shoots on the free kick from the left side. Zach Thornton knocks it down and Fredy Montero and Nate Jaqua pounce on the rebound, but can't get enough of it and it trickles wide for a goal kick. |
| 41 | | A rough foul by Chivas USA leaves Steve Zakuani on the turf 27 yards out on the left side. |
| 40 | | Ante Jazic knocks a header toward the left post, but Kasey Keller calmly collects it for the save. |
| 38 | | Great move by Tyrone Marshall to knock the ball away from Mariano Trujillo just outside the box, sliding in from behind for a clean knock on the ball. Justin Braun comes up with it and shoots, leaving Kasey Keller to make a save at the near post. |
| 34 | | Taylor Graham and Tyrone Marshall jump after a Nathan Sturgis corner kick at the far post, but it misses over their heads for a goal kick. |
| 32 | | Justin Braun got the ball into the box on the left side, but was turned away by Seattle's defense and Alvaro Fernandez took control of possession. |
| 29 | | Nate Jaqua fields a pass at the top of the box and turns it to Alvaro Fernandez all alone coming up the right side, but Fernandez's shot misses outside the near post for a goal kick. |
| 28 | | Osvaldo Alonso gets ahold of a ball in the midfield and takes two windups on the ball before finally blasting a shot that misses well wide for a goal kick. |
| 26 | | Fredy Montero just got physical with the Chivas midfield to steal a ball, then turned a pass to Steve Zakuani before being stopped with a shoulder to the chest. Zakuani shot, but Zach Thornton dove to poke away the save. |
| 23 | | Fredy Montero slices and dices around the Chivas defense and rolls a ball into the box for Nate Jaqua, but Jaqua is shielded and Zach Thornton slides out to grab it near the top of the box. |
| 22 | | Fredy Montero lobbed a ball in to Nate Jaqua in the box, but Jaqua's attempt at a sidewinding kick over his shoulder goes wide. |
| 20 | | Nathan Sturgis goes down at the top of the box with an apparent injury. Paulo Nagamura did the same earlier and now has a red wrap around his head. |
| Note | | Nate Jaqua has all four Seattle goals in the Open Cup. |
| Note | | That was the Sounders FC's first goal against Chivas USA in 370 minutes. They were scoreless in four matches before this. |
| 10 | | Sounders FC goal!!! Steve Zakuani jukes his defender on the left side, cuts to the end line and passes to Nate Jaqua for a one-touch goal. Sounders FC 1, Chivas USA 0. |
| 07 | | Osvaldo Alonso plays a left-footed pass forward for Fredy Montero, but Montero is flagged offside. |
| 05 | | Nathan Sturgis plays a corner into the box, but it's headed away by Justin Braun. |
| 04 | | Steve Zakuani gets away on a run up the left side, but his cross for Osvaldo Alonso is played away for a corner kick. |
| 03 | | Justin Braun gets to a ball in Seattle's end, but his pass to the right side goes nearly over the byline before it is played away for a Seattle throw in the far corner. |
| 02 | | Jonathan Bornstein gets away on a run, but his leading ball up the right side eludes Giancarlo Maldonado for a goal kick. |
| Kickoff | | Seattle takes the opening kickoff, attacking the west goal. |
| Pregame | | The Sounders are wearing electricity shirts, shorts and socks. Chivas USA is wearing navy blue shirts, shorts and socks. |
| US Open Cup | | The Columbus Crew advanced to teh final with a 2-1 win over DC United after extra time. Guillermo Barros Schelotto netted a 98th minute penalty kick for the game-winning goal. The Crew will face the winner of the Sounders-Chivas match. |
| Note | | Happy 29th birthday to Terry Boss. |
| Webcast | | Watch the match online by clicking the blue button above. |
| Officials | | Referee: Ricardo Salazar. Referee's Assistants: Colin Arblaster and Mike Kampmeinert. 4th Official: Josh Wilkens. |
| Weather | | Partly Cloudy and 67 degrees. |
| Chivas USA | | Starters: Zach Thornton, Michael Umana, Mariano Trujillo, Ante Jazic, Dario Delgado, Marcelo Saragosa, Paulo Nagamura, Rodolfo Espinoza, Jonathan Bornstein, Justin Braun, Giancarlo Maldonado. Subs: Kevin Guppy, Carlos Borja, Yamith Cuesta, Michael Lahoud, Jesus Padilla, Ben Zemanski, Sal Zizzo. |
| Sounders FC | | Starters: Kasey Keller, James Riley, Tyrone Marshall, Taylor Graham, Leo Gonzalez, Alvaro Fernandez, Osvaldo Alonso, Nathan Sturgis, Steve Zakuani, Fredy Montero, Nate Jaqua. Subs: Terry Boss, David Estrada, Michael Fucito, Roger Levesque, Jeff Parke, Zach Scott, Mike Seamon. |