Nicolás Lodeiro scored a free-kick game-winner in the 63rd minute, pacing the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over Western Conference foe FC Dallas at CenturyLink Field on Sunday night.
Chad Marshall netted Seattle’s other goal, the second tally of the season for the veteran center back. Dominique Badji found the equalizer for the visitors in the 52nd minute, but Lodeiro would cash home the dagger just 11 minute later off a bending set piece that snuck past FCD goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez – a tally that would stand as the deciding goal.
Marshall opened the scoring in the 41st minute after getting on the end of a pinpoint corner kick from Lodeiro, nodding home a vintage header and staking Seattle to a 1-0 advantage it would take into the halftime break.