Heading into halftime of their road MLS playoff match against the Portland Timbers on Sunday, there was a feeling of justified unease among Seattle Sounders supporters. After a dream start that saw Seattle go up 1-0 in the 10th minute, things went from great, to good, to OK, to horrible over the span of 30 minutes.
In the 17th minute, after winning a duel near half, it took Portland just two passes to find Jeremy Ebobisse on a run that split Seattle’s center backs and find the equalizer (no more arguing about the offside call that wasn’t).