SEATTLE – Already with four goals to his name in 2019 coming into the Seattle Sounders’ home matchup with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday, Kelvin Leerdam picked quite the occasion for his fifth.
Seattle’s Dutch right back broke the scoreless deadlock with a 96th-minute strike past Whitecaps goalkeeper Zac MacMath, continuing his high-scoring season in dramatic fashion. After scoring once in his first 31 MLS games, Leerdam has now netted five times in his first 16 contests to start 2019, putting him at second on the team – just one behind striker Raúl Ruidíaz.