MLS Soccer Fire vs. Sounders US Open Cup Final Recap  US Open
Cup Champs  The Seattle Sounders scored their 3rd straight Lamar
Hunt US Open Cup title with a 2-0 win over the Fire in front of
a frantic 35,615 fans at CenturyLink Field.  Seattle G Kasey
Keller, who kept a clean sheet in the match stopping 4 shots,
stated after the match, “Winning is winning.  It never gets old.
Three in a row is a tremendous accomplishment and to be able to
have two of them here at home, unbelievable.”  The first half of
the match was a fast-paced affair where the Sounders and Fire
combined for 15 shots and the play was very physical with the
teams combining for 17 fouls.  It looked as if the Sounders
would take a 1-0 lead heading into the half when Fredy Montero
sent a missile past Chicago G Sean Johnson, but the ball crashed
off the post.  The 2nd half began and the pace was also very
fast and the Sounders may have gotten a lift as the scoreless
half progressed, as the fans just kept getting louder.  Fire vs.
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