Facing Club Necaxa with a depleted roster, the Seattle Sounders took a one-nil lead but failed to hold on to it in the last minutes of the match. The 1-1 draw in a friendly means little. It was the Rave Green veterans that showed the best form in the game.
The young Nouhou Tolo, to now be known as just Nouhou, had difficulty defending. Both the final goal and the last two significant Necaxa attacks went right at the Cameroon U20 player. His stabby defensive technique was beaten which allowed the space to cross for the drawing goal in the 90th minute.