Sounders Continue Perfect CCL Run

With their victory over CS Herediano tonight, the Sounders continue their perfect run in the CONCACAF Champions League and become the one and only team in the tournament to receive all nine points from their first three games.

Fredy Montero was the key to the match, putting the Sounders on the board extremely early in the third minute. Nate Jaqua got a hold of the ball at the top of the box and sent an excellent pass over to Montero who easily knocked the ball in past the Herediano keeper. The Sounders nearly doubled their lead in the twenty sixth minute, Roger Levesque awkwardly knocking the ball towards Jaqua who attempted the volley only to see it ring off of the post. Herediano managed to draw level heading into the half, drawing and converting a penalty kick.

Herediano started the second half strong, looking plenty threatening, but Montero soon put a damper on their hopes. In the fifty fourth minute Jaqua knocked down a long ball in the penalty area, Levesque gathered the ball and fired, the keeper saving it but letting it fall to Montero who easily tapped it to allow the Sounders to regain the lead for good. For the rest of the match the Sounders dropped off and soaked up plenty of pressure from Herediano, but any attempts to get the ball into a dangerous situation were either promptly cleared out by the defense over saved by Kasey Keller.

Next up the Sounders face Herediano once again, up in at Century Link. Three points there could clinch their spot in the knock-out rounds.