Once the third goal found the back of the Sounders’ net, the home side apparently had their opponent right where they wanted them.
The Sounders, after all, have been used to falling behind in games and rallying late to force draws. But this time around, they outdid even their own late heroics with four second-half strikes in as unlikely a 4-3 victory over D.C. United as most in attendance could have imagined.
That crowd of 42,714 at CenturyLink Field had booed the Sounders off the field after a disastrous first half in which they fell behind by two and were fortunate it wasn’t double that score.