NY Times · Nov 9, 2018
A Whistle, a Celebration and Then a Reminder About the Rules
The Major League Soccer playoff game on Thursday night had all the ingredients to be a memorable one. The Seattle Sounders-Portland Timbers rivalry is one of the fiercest in the league, and after a one-goal home victory by the Timbers in the first leg, both teams were feeling good about advancing.
And the game was memorable all right, just for a wholly unexpected reason.
Minutes from elimination, Seattle scored a late goal to forge a 2-1 victory in regulation time. Since that was the same score as in the first leg, tying the teams in the series aggregate, that sent the game into extra time. Both teams scored again in the extra period, making it 3-2 in the game, but 4-4 over the two legs.