SEATTLE—Prior to the Seattle Sounders’ derby matchup with the Vancouver Whitecaps at CenturyLink Field on Saturday, Sounders midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro shared a pregame prediction with teammate Jordan Morris.
“I told him before the game that he was going to score a goal,” Lodeiro said afterward.
That premonition would prove correct.
Lodeiro found Morris for a diving header past Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted in the 81st minute, sending the Sounders to a massive 1-0 victory over their Cascadia Cup foes.
The goal for Morris, his 10th of the season, also marked his fifth game-winner of 2016, vaulting the first-year forward past Cyle Larin (Orlando City) and Damani Ralph (Chicago) for the previous MLS rookie record of four.