The Fredy and Eddie show

The Sounders kicked off their defense of the Cascadia with a performance that was what could only be described as a tale of two halves, as they went on to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw at BC Place thanks to their reunited attacking force.

The first half had to be one of the worst that the Sounders had ever had the misfortune of playing. While Vancouver allowed them a fair share of the possession, the Sounders offense just couldn't click. To make matters worse, Vancouver was content to catch the Sounders on the counter with disconcerting ease which resulted in the Whitecap's first goal and two other golden opportunities that rookies Omar Salgado and Darren Mattacks sent wide. That first goal came courtesy of left back Alain Rochat, who came streaking down the lefthand side of midfield completely unnoticed and gathered up a pass from Salgado and easily made his way into the penalty area and deposited the ball into the net past Bryan Meredith. Heading into halftime the Sounders were incredibly lucky not to be down two or three goals.

Coming out of halftime, it was abundantly clear that the Sounders got the message. Just two minutes in they found an equalizer, Fredy Montero lobbing the ball across into the path of Mauro Rosales who gathered it up and crossed it into the box for Eddie Johnson who powered the header in past Joe Cannon. The Sounders would continue to press, Montero getting two excellent looks on goal in the space of two minutes, both of which were skillfully denied by Cannon. Despite the constant pressure from the Sounders, the Whitecaps regained the lead through an excellent free kick from substitue Camilo Sanvenzzo who served the ball into the box which managed to evade everyone including Meredith into the Sounders' goal. The Sounders would not let that be the killing blow, and immediately fought back with increased pressure and urgency. It all paid of in the ninetieth minute, when after receiving a headed pass from Eddie Johnson Fredy Montero worked his magic, evading the Whitecaps defense and cooly curling the shot past a helpless Cannon for the equalizer. The Sounders nearly got the game winner in the dying moments of stoppage time, as Zach Scott sent a free header directly off of a free kick from Montero just wide.

Next up the Sounders face the Columbus Crew on Wednesday.