US Soccer: Seattle Sounders defeat Portland Timbers

April 29, 2015

In, on Sunday, beat the  1–0 in the  battle. notched his fourth shutout this season while scored the winning goal in the 77th minute with an assist from. Seattle is now 1–0 in the cup while Portland falls to 0–2.

almost scored minutes later when sub rattled the crossbar in the 81st minute. The Timbers also led the Sounders in shots with 11–10. Seattle was glad to have points before hitting the road. Head Coach added "We've got 13 points now in seven games, so we're happy with that and we want to come back from these three road games with as many as possible."

The total crowd on Sunday was tallied at 41,451. Seattle now stands at 4-2-1 with Portland struggling at 2-3-3. Portland hosts the next weekend and Seattle travels to face.