Sounders in US Open Cup Final

WHAT A FREAKING GAME!!!!!!! Our boys came back from a 0-1 deficit against Houston to score with less than two minuted to play. This is the second time in two weeks that the Sounders have come back against the best defense in the MLS.

Jaqua was everywhere, and I mean everywhere tonight. That guy has hockey player blood in him. He got his head split open in the first 15 minutes, went and got a civil-war style head bandage put on, came back in the match, and proceeded to lead the Sounders to a come-from-behind win over the best defence in the MLS for the second time in two weeks. The blood continually soaked through his bandage so he had to keep running to the sidelines to get it changed. He also had to change to a fresh jersey with no name on it because his first one was covered in blood. Him and Andrew Hainault were mixing it up HARD all game.

Houston opened the scoring about 30 minutes in on a decent goal by Akinbiyi (who is that???). Houston controlled the rest of the first half. The Sounders gradually got stronger as the second half progressed, and by the 80 minute mark all the play was in the Houston zone. Zakuani was put in for Nyassi at about 60 minutes, which definitely improved the runs down the side. Then in went Alonso for Vagenas at 65 minutes, and Levesque replaced Tyson Wahl at about 80 minutes. Then it was GAME ON for the Sounders. They owned the rest of the match, with Jaqua evening the score on a sweet pass from Le Toux. Stephen King stole the ball in front of the net and blasted home the game winner early in overtime. Houston was broken after this and couldn't put up any serious offensive effort for the final 25 minutes. The Dynamo had subbed in defenders late in regular time to protect their lead and had no-one who could take the ball up the field. They ended up resorting to long shots from well outside the box, all of which Keller handled easily.

The fans were incredible. As loud as at XBox Pitch. Definitely some intimidation of the refs and the Dynamo going on.

Don't ask about the reffing. The guy did as best he could. Houston should have been playing man-down for all the dirty tackles and dangerous plays that they did, but the ref didn't have the cojones to pull the yellow card. When Houston figured this out, it became open season on Montero, Nyassi, and Jaqua. Nevertheless the Ravers persevered and pulled out a huge victory.

The US Open Cup final will be in DC unfortunately, but hopefully it will be televised.