Last weekend’s game had a little of everything, and it was exciting when the Sounders scored an unlikely 94th minute goal to win 1-0 away in San Jose. The game was very disjointed and neither team seemed interested in winning for long stretches of time. Seattle did make some smart tactical changes based on their previous match against San Jose’s man-to-man style. They pushed Jordan Morris high and central in the left channel to help force the Earthquakes to pull back, and the entire team defended well from the midfield forward. There seemed to be few upgrades at half, though, and even more perplexing was a failure to change things up after the Earthquakes went down a man.
Frei puts in an otherworldly performance, and Morris chips in with a late winner.
