Seattle Sounders score late penalty to see off Vancouver Whitecaps
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Brad Evans scored on a penalty kick in
the 81st minute and the Seattle Sounders beat the Vancouver Whitecaps
2-1 on Sunday night in a game where both teams finished with 10 players.
The
Sounders (13-13-5) have won four straight and are fifth in the Western
Conference in the race for six playoff spots. The Whitecaps (9-15-8)
were eliminated from playoff contention.
Evans earned the penalty
when his cross struck sliding Vancouver defender Jordan Harvey's arm in
the Whitecaps' box. Evans buried his first of the season into the middle
of the net past goalkeeper David Ousted.
Pedro Morales scored on a
penalty kick for Vancouver (9-15-8) in the 25th minute, and Osvaldo
Alonso tied for Seattle in the 39th.
Morales was ejected by
referee Ricardo Salazar in the 53rd for an elbow to the head/throat area
of Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan. Evans was sent off in the 84th
minute for what appeared to be an attempted head butt on Whitecaps
defender David Edgar.
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