Sounders win, 2-0. (Here's my game story.) Seattle moves to 4-2 on the season, and those 12 points keep them four points behind West-leading Chivas USA, who also won tonight.

Naturally, the Sounders were happy to end the two-game losing streak, and coach Sigi Schmid seemed pleased with the new-look lineup -- especially

“It’s nice to get back on the wining track,” he said. “I thought our team played very well at times. We moved the ball around, and I thought we created a number of opportunities in the first half. Steve Zakuani gave us a good boost starting on the left side. He was running at people and he was creating problems for people early on. … I though defensively we came up with plays when we had to. … And obviously, what can you say about Keller?”

Keller is 389 minutes into his MLS career and he hasn’t given up a goal yet. As the closing minutes played out Saturday, he passed Ronald Waterreus’ previous record of 375 scoreless minutes to start a season.

I asked him after if the record means anything to him.

“No. I just like the fact that we’re winning home games, and I stayed on the pitch this time, which was nice,” he said, referring to his return from a red-card suspension. “(The record is) nice for the team, it’s nice for the club. I think we’ve been solid defensively, so it’s nice to have those little credits. But it’s not something for me, it’s something for the whole team.”

Keller ended the night with five saves, four of those coming in the second half.

Looking ahead, Schmid said he would probably field a team mixed of regulars and reserves Tuesday for the US Open Cup play-in game against Real Salt Lake at Starfire. The Sounders return to league play next Saturday at Chicago, where the Fire is the only unbeaten team left in MLS.

Scoring Summary:
SEA -- Steve Zakuani 2 (Tyrone Marshall 1, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado 1) 42
SEA -- Brad Evans 2 (Nate Jaqua 2, Steve Zakuani 2) 50

San Jose Earthquakes - Joe Cannon, Chris Leitch, Nick Garcia, Kelly Gray, Eric Denton,
Arturo Alvarez, Ramiro Corrales (Simon Elliott 46), Shea Salinas (Quincy Amarikwa 65), Bobby
Convey, Pablo Campos (Cam Weaver 77), Ryan Johnson.

Substitutes Not Used: Brandon McDonald, Jamil Roberts, Davide Somma, Andrew Weber.

TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Ryan Johnson 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Ryan Johnson 4); FOULS: 13
(Quincy Amarikwa 4, Pablo Campos 4); OFFSIDES: 2 (Pablo Campos 1, Ryan Johnson 1);
CORNER KICKS: 4 (Arturo Alvarez 4); SAVES: 1 (Joe Cannon 1)

Seattle Sounders FC -Kasey Keller, James Riley, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Tyrone Marshall,
Nathan Sturgis, Brad Evans, Osvaldo Alonso, Freddie Ljungberg (Roger Levesque 87), Steve
Zakuani (Sebastien Le Toux 67), Nate Jaqua, Fredy Montero (Sanna Nyassi 80).

Substitutes Not Used: Chris Eylander, Patrick Ianni, Zach Scott, Tyson Wahl.
TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (4 tied with 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1); FOULS: 8 (Osvaldo
Alonso 2); OFFSIDES: 2 (Nate Jaqua 1, Steve Zakuani 1); CORNER KICKS: 5 (Fredy Montero 4); SAVES: 5 (Kasey Keller 5)

Misconduct Summary:
SJ -- Bobby Convey (caution; Reckless Foul) 4
SEA -- Osvaldo Alonso (caution; Reckless Tackle) 30
SJ -- Nick Garcia (caution; Reckless Tackle) 41

Referee: Kevin Stott
Referee's Assistants: -Rob Fereday; Hector Vergara
4th Official: Yader Reyes
Attendance: 28,838
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-52-degrees

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