Over the past weeks I’ve put much of RSL’s poor play on the shoulders of the coach. I put tonight’s performance squarely on Petke’s shoulders, too.
This was absolutely a well-executed game plan and my hat’s off to Petke and his coaching staff for bringing this together. The personnel choices worked great and the team played the game their way.
No shots the first half. I was worried. I can’t harp on finishing if there isn’t anything to finish. But it was obvious that this was entirely the idea: hold the Sounders off and get into the half with a clean scoreline.