Nicolás Lodeiro scored a penalty kick in the first half, but Josef Martinez found an equalizer, and the Seattle Sounders survived a second-half red card to escape with a 1-1 draw against Atlanta United at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday.
The Sounders bagged the lead on the stroke of halftime after referee Baldomero Toledo awarded a penalty kick following Video Review for a handball in the Atlanta penalty box. Lodeiro stepped up and slotted home the ensuing look from the spot, affording Seattle the 1-0 lead that they would hold into the halftime break.
Martinez would find the leveler just after second-half kickoff, however, lofting a perfectly weighted header over Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei off a feed from Julian Gressel, knotting the contest at one apiece.