SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders stretched their unbeaten run to open the season by beating Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Wednesday night. Despite numerous absences, the Sounders still managed to put out a strong lineup. The opening half was open with the Sounders creating plenty of quality chances — most notably Fredy Montero and Raúl Ruidíaz both had great looks inside the area within three minutes of each other — but no goals were forthcoming. That changed in the second half.
Kelyn Rowe got the scoring started in the 63rd minute, scoring his first goal as a Sounder and his first MLS goal since 2018.