"The whole game everybody fought until the end. That's something with this team, you won't see the spirit drop no matter what. You won't see the fight go away. That's one thing we really can control, how we come out on a given day." -Brad Evans
Counterattacks and an accidental goal by Diego Valeri were the undoing of the Seattle Sounders at Providence Park. Chad Marshall banged in a signature header to give Seattle life in the match, but the more they pushed forward the more space Portland found to exploit when a ball fell to someone in red.