Despite dominating all the stats except for the one that matters, the Seattle Sounders suffered through their earliest-ever exit from the MLS Cup playoffs. Real Salt Lake did not manage to take a single shot during 120 minutes, but converted all six of their shots in the penalty shootout while David Ochoa saved the Sounders’ final attempt.
The loss snaps several MLS record the Sounders already held: they entered the night riding a 15-game home winning streak in the playoffs, a 12-year streak of qualifying for the conference semifinals and a 10-year streak of winning at least one playoff game.