The Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers rarely disappoint when playing one another, and Thursday night was no exception.
Their storied rivalry between Pacific Northwest powers added another memorable chapter, with Portland outlasting Seattle 4-2 in penalty kicks after a 4-4 aggregate draw to advance to the MLS Western Conference final.
Portland had carried a 2-1 edge into the second leg after a win at home last Sunday, and it nursed its aggregate lead until the 68th minute. It was then that Timbers goalkeeper Jeff Attinella failed to catch a cross he had come off his line to grab, resulting in a goal for Raul Ruidiaz–the goal Seattle needed to go ahead by virtue of the away-goal tiebreaker.