SEATTLE -- Both sides had their chances in an entertaining and up-and-down affair but the Seattle Sounders battled expansion side Atlanta United to a scoreless draw in front of 40,182 onlookers at CenturyLink Field on Friday.
The Sounders found themselves without three of their regular starters on their backline for the match, starting with center back Roman Torres who got the night off after logging heavy minutes during World Cup qualifying this week with the Panamanian national team. Torres’ fellow starting center back, Chad Marshall, was a late scratch from the starting XI due to an illness.