Saturday’s 3-3 draw was a wild tactical whirlwind for the Seattle Sounders. The Sounders flailed fruitlessly against the New England goal for 75 minutes while succumbing to three immaculately crafted counterattacks —yes, Stefan Frei totally gaffed but it was a knuckler from an unmarked man in a zone overload on a counter from 35 yards — before overloading New England with a ferocity of attacks that was as desperate as it was unyielding for the final 15 minutes.
The heart and attitude showed by the Sounders was impressive but it doesn’t diminish the easy way the Sounders were shutdown for the first 65 minutes.