At times it felt like the Seattle Sounders were sure to score, and at times it felt like it would be another very frustrating evening at CenturyLink, but Andreas Ivanschitz dropped in a perfect ball from the corner, Clint Dempsey did what he had to do to score, and Seattle can finally put a few precious points in their 2016 bank account.
Sigi Schmid and his players expressed relief in their comments after the match, but they also said they knew the points were coming. As Stefan Frei said: "We have enough veterans to know that and not start to panic.