Jordan Morris’ 80th-minute header lifted the Sounders over rival Vancouver 1-0 on Saturday afternoon in front of an announced attendance of 47,111 at CenturyLink Field.
These are my first impressions:
– The first half was all kinds of fun.
The opening 45 minutes of Saturday’s match mixed moments of irrational confidence with a sense that neither team was entirely sure of itself, like college freshmen without a firm grip of their alcohol tolerance.
The pattern made sense: Both sides were fully aware of the need to win but are scarred from a season’s worth of setbacks.