After the high of Tuesday's USOC final, the Sounders came crashing back down with tonight's 2-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union. Not only were they coming off of that emotional high, they played the match without multiple key players with Fredy Montero out on yellow card accumulation, Mauro Rosales still not one hundred percent and Alvaro Fernandez on the bench coming off of a concussion.
The first half saw Philadelphia dominate in terms of possession and the Sounders largely pinned back in their defensive third, clearing and shrugging off any sort of offensive attempts made by the Union. The second half is when things got a lot more exciting. Brad Evans just barely got the Sounders onto the board first in the early stages of the half, chipping a shot over Philadelphia GK Zac MacMath and having only the woodwork keep the ball out. Then in the sixtieth minute the Union finally struck. Michael Farfan gathered a long ball over the top and took it to the touch line, getting a foot in at the last second as James Riley was trying to shield it out of play and knocking it over to a waiting Freddy Adu who roofed it it over Kasey Keller. The Union then found a second goal ten minutes later catching the Sounders on the break, Sebastian Le Toux crossing the ball over into the path of Brian Carroll who easily finished it past Keller inside the far post.
With this loss, the race for the Supporter's Shield officially ends. To keep it alive the Sounders needed to get all three points, and sadly they left Century Link empty handed tonight. Next-up the Sounders face the San Jose Earthquakes in their final home match of the season.
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