The League's Best Cancel One Another Out

Leading into tonight's match, for the past five play-off and regular season games the Galaxy has dominated the Sounders, outscoring them 11-2. Back in the season opener the Sounders fought hard and pushed, but the Galaxy left Qwest Field the victors off of a somewhat lucky goal from distance courtesy midfielder Juninho. Tonight was a different story however, the Sounders proving that they can come toe to toe with the Galaxy in a scoreless draw. While a scoreless draw isn't exactly a result any fan wants to see, it really goes to prove that the Sounders are indeed one of Major League Soccer's elite. Each had their fair share of chances on the others goal, the most noteworthy being an early penalty call on a debatable handball by Omar Gonzalez. Montero stepped up to the spot, but rookie keeper Bryan Perk correctly guessed the right direction and smothered Montero's shot on goal. There were several great chances throughout the rest of the game, but none game quite near as close as the PK opportunity. Now the Sounders look forward to a trip to Jeld-Wen field for the second leg of their face off against their struggling Cascadia rivals the Portland Timbers.

Notes

• You may have noticed the Sounders wearing their electricity third kits in the highlights video, that is the first time they've donned the neon yellow kits in regular league play.
• Right before the Sounders-Galaxy match, Real Salt Lake welcomed the New England Revolution into Rio Tinto which proved to be an exciting and entertaining affair seeing two penalty kicks and ejections, and a final scoreline of 3-3.
• Saturday Portland continued on their nose dive, conceding two goals to Sporting Kansas City in the first twenty minutes. They managed to cut the deficit in half thanks to a brilliant goal by rookie midfielder Darlington Nagby but they just could not pull even.
• New York proved their desperate need to find a new goalkeeper to rely upon Saturday night, Bouna Coundoul fumbling a perfectly controllable ball and effectively handing San Jose a goal in what was ultimately a 2-2 draw.