After efficiently disposing of an expansion team last week, Seattle welcomed the newly revamped, veteran Colorado Rapids to CenturyLink Field. The Sounders came ready to play and throttled the Rapids in the first ten minutes. Scoring twice in a dominant first half performance, they had an obscene 82 percent possession that could have led to an even more lopsided score. Although Seattle had numerous other solid chances, the second half was a more even affair as Colorado tested the home team’s defense on a number of occasions but ultimately the 2-0 halftime score held up.

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Frei’s management of his back line was near-perfect, and Colorado had no miracle shot to ruin his clean sheet.