I haven't read the comments yet, but I've got a hunch Sounders fans weren't any happier than the Sounders themselves.

Even playing on the road with four starters missing, coach Sigi Schmid and his players clearly thought of this as a missed opportunity.

“We should be pretty down,” Schmid said. “I feel a little more like we left two points here. We had a chance to get three here. We left two points on the table. These guys are professionals. They know it wasn’t a good effort.”

The result seemed to hurt all the more because Seattle dominated the first half so soundly that they could have take a 3- or 4-0 lead that would have finished the Hoops early.

“In the first half, it could have been four or five (goals) easily before they scored,” Seattle midfielder Steve Zakuani said. “The game should have been settled in the first half.”

The game turned a lot in the second half, when Dallas switched to a 3-5-2. I don't know how it came across on TV, but I thought the Sounders looked frustrated and seemed to get a little chippy with each other. Soon enough, it was Dallas getting the chances, and as the Hoops walked off the field, they also were grumbling about two points that got away.

“I didn't think we played that well in the first half,” said Dallas forward Brek Shea, who played so well I can't believe he didn't start. “In the second half, I think we could have won it, but we missed a few chances.”

The end result was Seattle’s third straight draw and failed to close ground on Western Division leader Chivas USA, which drew against DC United.

“Certainly it’s a point; it’s better than a loss,” Schmid said. “But we don’t want to be the inchworm, just inching forward a point at a time. We want to get a little bit more than that when we get those opportunities.”

Here are the cold hard facts:

Seattle Sounders FC (4-2-3) ­ Kasey Keller, Zach Scott (Tyson Wahl 18),
Tyrone Marshall, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Steve Zakuani, Osvaldo
Alonso, Brad Evans (Sanna Nyassi 79), Sebastien Le Toux, Fredy Montero, Nate
Jaqua (Stephen King 74)

Subs not used: Ben Dragavon, Peter Vagenas, Roger Levesque, Taylor Graham

FC Dallas (1-6-2) ­ Ray Burse, Drew Moor, George John (Daniel Torres 28),
Steve Purdy (Bruno Guarda 46), Marcelo Saragosa, Pablo Ricchetti, Dave van
den Bergh, David Ferreira, Andre Rocha, Kenny Cooper, Jeff Cunningham (Brek
Shea 24)

Subs not used: Josh Lambo, Dax McCarty, Alvaro Sanchez, Anthony Wallace

Scoring Summary
SEA: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Nate Jaqua) 18
DAL: Rocha (Saragosa) 48+

Misconduct Summary
DAL -- Andre Rocha (caution; Reckless Tackle) 20
SEA -- Steve Zakuani (caution; Dissent) 48+
SEA -- Tyrone Marshall (caution; Persistent Infringement) 64
DAL -- Marcelo Saragosa (caution; Dissent) 75
DAL -- Bruno Guarda (caution; Reckless Tackle) 80

Referee: Terry Vaughn
Referee's Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry; Jeff Muschik
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Time of Game: 90:00
Weather: Cloudy, 66 degrees
Attendance: 8,247

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Tacoma Tide 1 - 1 Kitsap Pumas
Two days after the Tide drew with one puget sound rival, they fought back to grab a point against another local rival. The professional newcomers to the PDL, the Kitsap Pumas, got out to a lead from a Spencer Schomaker goal. The former Tacoma Tide striker found the net for his new team in the 12th minute. The Tide showed resilience in their second game away from home, and eventually it paid off in the form of a Machael David equalizer. The UCSB freshman made it 1-1 after Rory Agu’s effort to drive the ball in from the side met the goal keepers touch. When he couldn’t hold it, Machael David was there to tap it home less than 20 minutes from the final whistle. The match would end with that score and put the Tide on 2 points from two draws. The Pumas move to 7 points on the season from 3 games.

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The Tide play their PDL season opener on this Sunday, May 17 vs the Cascade Surge. The match will kick off at 3:00pm at Curtis HS. Tickets are available online for $9-adults and $4-students or $10 and $5 at the gate.