SEATTLE - Clint Dempsey tallied a second-half brace, Cristian Roldan added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute and the Seattle Sounders cruised to a 3-1 Cascadia Cup triumph over the Portland Timbers at CenturyLink Field on Sunday evening.
Dempsey opened the scoring with a 61st-minute penalty kick and tacked on another in the 80th, bringing his goal tally up to eight on the 2016 season, before Roldan headed home the dagger off a Nicolas Lodeiro corner kick.
Fandendo Adi pulled one back for Portland in second-half stoppage time, sealing the 3-1 scoreline that would hold as the final, moving Seattle (9-12-3, 30 pts.