FRISCO, Texas — The Seattle Sounders are Western Conference Championship bound.
The Sounders defeated FC Dallas 4-2 on aggregate on their Western Conference Semifinals series, despite losing 2-1 in the second leg at Toyota Stadium on Sunday evening. Tesho Akindele opened the scoring for Dallas in the 25th minute and the game opened up considerably from there.
FC Dallas had been knocking on the door for much of the first 20 minutes, mercilessly attacking the Sounders’ left flank and whipping in an unusually high number of crosses. FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja started a conservative 5-3-2 lineup in the first leg, but was far more aggressive with a 4-3-3 on Sunday, with his outside backs Atiba Harris and Maynor Figeruoa even acting as faux-wingers.