Sounders Take Down the Union.

Posted by Mike on March 25, 2010 · Under Philadelphia Union, Results · View Comments 

Fredy Montero races for the ball against the Union. (jT, GoSounders.com)

Sounders FC opened up their sophomore campaign with a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union on Thursday night. In front of 36,241 fans in Rave Green, Seattle spoiled the start of the Union’s first ever match.

The game started off on a rough foot as Philly’s Danny Califf took down Fredy Montero in the first 45 seconds to earn a yellow card. In the 12th minute, the Sounders got on the board when Montero and Steve Zakuani fed Brad Evans who slipped the ball past Chris Seitz for the first goal of the 2010 MLS Season.

Montero continued his magic right before the intermission, with a Goal of the Week candidate as he placed a diving header off of an Osvaldo Alonso volley.

In total, the Union earned 5 yellow cards, including two to Toni Stahl which left Philly playing with 10 for 50 minutes.

Scoring Summary:
SEA — Brad Evans 1 (Steve Zakuani 1, Fredy Montero 1) 12
SEA — Fredy Montero 1 (Osvaldo Alonso 1) 43

Seattle Sounders — Kasey Keller, Zach Scott, Tyrone Marshall, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Leo Gonzalez, Roger Levesque, Brad Evans, Osvaldo Alonso, Steve Zakuani (Michael Fucito 76), Freddie Ljungberg (Sanna Nyassi 60), Fredy Montero.

Substitutes Not Used: Patrick Ianni, Nathan Sturgis, Tyson Wahl, David Estrada, Terry Boss.

TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Fredy Montero 7); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Fredy Montero 2); FOULS: 13 (5 tied with 2); OFFSIDES: 3 (Roger Levesque 2); CORNER KICKS: 9 (Brad Evans 5); SAVES: 4 (Kasey Keller 4)

Misconduct Summary:
PHI — Danny Califf (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 1
SEA — Osvaldo Alonso (caution; Reckless Tackle) 14
PHI — Toni Stahl (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 23
PHI — Toni Stahl (caution; Reckless Foul) 41
PHI — Toni Stahl (ejection; Second Caution) 41
PHI — David Myrie (caution; Reckless Tackle) 63
PHI — Alejandro Moreno (caution; Reckless Tackle) 86

Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee’s Assistants: -Corey Rockwell; Peter Manikowski
4th Official: Paul Ward
Attendance: 36,241
Time of Game: 1:52
Weather: Rain-and-52-degrees

  • cheese steak

    Unsporting Behavior FTW!!!

    Anyone who disliked our kits last season has got to be howling after Philly’s unveiling tonight. My goodness! 

  • john

    kits so ugly. more treadmarks on that field than my toilet.

  • jt

    I thought we were done playing in the rain after the Portland match!  I’ve got soo much wet tifo that I can’t figure out how to dry it any better :(

  • Tim

    We need to work on controling the ball. How many times did they lose the ball all by there self? To many. Overall I’m pressed with the two goals. Evans will have many more. Would have like to Estrada.

  • beowuff

    I think part of the ball losing was that they were playing in a swamp… I did see issues on both sides…

    That said, most people would expect the Sounders to be experts in the rain… 

  • Brian

    They would be better, but they don’t practice on field turf and they spent their pre-season in Spain and Arizona.

  • Tim

    Starfire has a fieldturf field. And yeah the Sounders should be wet weather experts.

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