PORTLAND, Ore. — For large portions of the game, the Portland Timbers dictated the pace and tempo of the match. In the end, it didn’t matter.
The Sounders were out-shot 22-6 and only held 45 percent of possession, but eeked out a 1-0 win over the Timbers on Sunday. The match’s only goal came off a Timbers own goal, when Julio Cascante redirected Kim Kee-hee’s cross into his own net.
It was probably the Sounders’ ugliest win of what is now a seven-game winning streak — tied for the longest in a single season since the league stopped settling draws with shootouts following the 1999 season — and also runs their unbeaten streak to 10 games.