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Final: Sounders come from behind to get a point and a 1-1 draw at Houston.
James Riley started the scoring play with a nice run and cross to Steve Zakuani, who headed back across the box to Nate Jaqua, who finished with a right-footed volley.
Both Jaqua and Zakuani had amends to make. An earlier goal had been waved off due to Jaqua being offside. And Zakuani missed the widest openest goal imaginable, somehow sending the ball over the crossbar from about 4 yards.
Freddie Ljungberg went 88 minutes and for my money was the best player on the pitch and perhaps his best game as a Sounder. (Will/should he stay up front next week with Montero available?)
And neither Ljungberg nor Tyrone Marshall picked up yellows, so everyone should be eligible for Toronto on Saturday.
The Sounders are now 8-6-9 on the season with seven games left. (And 1-1-0 in their blue kits.)
(Here's The News Tribune's report. And here's an MLSnet.com report on the game, with video of both goals.)
And here are some postgame quotes, provided by the Dynamo media relations department:
The long coundown has begun to the kickoff of a very big game for the Sounders and Dynamo: 5:30 our time on KONG.
To prepare:
Here' my game preview from today, largely on the stadium situation in Houston. Unfortunately, I didn't travel for this game, but I've been to Robertson before and while the stadium isn't much, I remember them having a pretty active fan base. And Sig Schmid pointed out this week that it's a thin pitch ... maybe something like San Jose, and I don't have to remind you how that turned out. And finally, as a former Southerner and even Texan, I can tell you it's hot and humid down there.
Here's the Dynamo coverage from the Houston Chronicle.
And here are the MLS standings, which are getting scarier by the moment for the Sounders. Remember: top two in each conference make the playoffs, then the next four regardless of conference. Seattle is sixth right now, but there are three teams right behind setting up a cluster of nine teams competing for eight spots. Getting even a point today could end up being crucial.
