US Open Cup Play-in: Sounders FC 1: :0 Colorado Rapids

Seattle defeated the Rapids on Tuesday night 1-0 to secure one of the 8 spots in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup that are reserved for MLS clubs.

Playing Colorado for the second time in four days, some new faces (and some familiar) saw playing time. Kasey Keller, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Nate Sturgis, and Sebastien LeToux all found themselves starting in the Play-in Match.

The game’s lone score came in the 61st minute and started on a long Sanna Nyassi throw-in to Roger Levesque who passed the ball on to Kevin Forrest‘s head for the goal.

Official Scoring Scoring Summary: 
SEA — Kevin Forrest (Roger Levesque, Sanna Nyassi) 61 

Colorado Rapids — Preston Burpo, Kosuke Kimura, Ty Harden, Rob Valentino, Michael Holody, Jacob Peterson, Mehdi Ballouchy (Nick LaBrocca 46), Terry Cooke, Ciaran O’Brien (Jordan Harvey 70), Ross Schunk (Scott Palguta 71), Gregory Richardson.

Substitutes Not Used: Colin Clark, Omar Cummings, Ivan Guerrero, Matt Pickens.

TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Terry Cooke 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 tied with 1); FOULS: 8 (Jordan Harvey 2, Gregory Richardson 2); OFFSIDES: 8 (Gregory Richardson 6); CORNER KICKS: 5 (Terry Cooke 4); SAVES: 4 (Preston Burpo 4)

Seattle Sounders — Kasey Keller, Evan Brown, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Tyson Wahl, Sanna Nyassi (Nate Jaqua 80), Stephen King, Nathan Sturgis, Kevin Forrest (James Riley 72), Roger Levesque, Sebastien Le Toux.

Substitutes Not Used: Brad Evans, Fredy Montero, Peter Vagenas, Steve Zakuani, Ben Dragavon.

TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Sanna Nyassi 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Stephen King 2, Sanna Nyassi 2); FOULS: 3 (3 tied with 1); OFFSIDES: 4 (Roger Levesque 3); CORNER KICKS: 5 (Sebastien Le Toux 5); SAVES: 4 (Kasey Keller 4)

Referee: Tony Russo 
Referee’s Assistants: -Mike Rottersman; Baboucarr Jallow 
4th Official: Josh Wilkens 
Attendance: 4,007 
Time of Game: 1:50 
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-64-degrees