HOUSTON (AP) - Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer would not call the Sounders' dominant first leg win on Tuesday night a statement.
"I think it's just who we are," Schmetzer said.
The Sounders are 90 minutes from the MLS Cup championship game.
Gustav Svensson and Will Bruin scored in the first half, and Seattle Sounders FC beat the 10-man Houston Dynamo 2-0 in the first leg of the Western Conference championship.
The second leg is Nov. 30 in Seattle.
"We tried to dictate tempo throughout our strengths," Schmetzer said. "It just manifested itself in a good way for us.