Zakuani’s Brace Gives Seattle 3 Points
Two first half goals by 2nd-year player, Steve Zakuani, proved to be too much for the Colorado Rapids as Sounders FC won 2-1 on Sunday night.
Zakuani opened up his scoring sheet in the 8th minute after putting away a pass from Fredy Montero. The Rapids managed an amazing response a mere 30 seconds later evening the score 1-1 on a goal by Omar Cummings.
10 minutes later, Montero started the play up the right side by lofting a pass to Sanna Nyassi who slid the ball to Zakuani for the game winning goal.
Kasey Keller came up huge in the win again as he recorded three saves- all noteworthy and important. In the first half, his fingertip diverted Conor Casey’s header over the net and in the 61st Keller made a diving save on a backheel shot.
The Sounders return to Qwest Field on Wednesday as they host El Salvador’s Metapán in a play-in for the CONCACAF Champions League. Kickoff is slated for 7p.
Scoring Summary
SEA — Steve Zakuani 6 (unassisted) 8
COL — Omar Cummings 5 (Pablo Mastroeni 1) 9
SEA — Steve Zakuani 7 (Sanna Nyassi 2, Fredy Montero 
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Seattle Sounders — Kasey Keller, James Riley, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni, Zach Scott, Sanna Nyassi (Roger Levesque 81), Nathan Sturgis (Mike Seamon 74), Osvaldo Alonso, Steve Zakuani, Fredy Montero, Blaise Nkufo (Nate Jaqua 70).
Substitutes Not Used: Tyrone Marshall, Tyson Wahl, Miguel Montano, Terry Boss.
TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Fredy Montero 5); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Fredy Montero 2, Steve Zakuani 2); FOULS: 12 (Fredy Montero 5); OFFSIDES: 3 (Steve Zakuani 2); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Nathan Sturgis 2); SAVES: 3 (Kasey Keller 3)
Misconduct Summary:
SEA — Zach Scott (caution; Tactical Foul) 28
COL — Jamie Smith (caution; Reckless Tackle) 58
SEA — Osvaldo Alonso (caution; Reckless Tackle) 90
Referee: Yader Reyes
Referee’s Assistants: -Kermit Quisenberry; Chris Strickland
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Attendance: 36,333
Time of Game: 1:56
Weather: Clear-and-75-degrees
