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On Saturday afternoon, the Seattle Sounders beat Sporting Kansas City 3-0, with Jordan Morris and Christian Rodin scoring goals and assists, respectively.
Will Bruin also scored the Streaking Sounders (7-6-2, 23 points). The Sounders have improved to 5-1-1 in the last seven games, surpassing the Western Conference playoffs.
Goalkeeper Stephen Fry was forced to save once in the 90th shutout, the third most in league history.
Sporting KC (4-10-4, 16 points) has suffered a third defeat in the last four games. Goalkeeper Tim Melia made 5 saves in the defeat.
12-year veteran Bruin, who started in place of the injured Raul Ruidías, scored in the 8th minute. Morris was in 71st place and Roldan was in 76th place.
The first goal is for Sounders defender Alex Roldan to dribble the ball towards the upper right corner of the 18-yard box after sending a pass to his brother Christian and then on a distant post. The top of the 6 yard box. Bruin returned the header to the other side of the goalmouth, leaving no chance when Melia tried to scramble from post to post.
Morris' goal was similar, but a cross from left-wing Nouhou Tolo to the top of a 6-yard box near the right post.
The Sounders maintained the pressure to make it 3-0. Leo Chu, the substitute, drove the ball from the left side and then slid the pass to Morris. Morris won the ball just before the hard-charged Melia. Morris chipped a pass to Roldan, who opened wide across the goalmouth, and Roldan tapped the ball into the open net.
Fly's only save was made by Johnny Russell of Kansas City in the header 65 minutes from the corner kick of Felipe Hernandez.
– Field-level media
