MLS Seattle Sounders FC

Game Notes - Sounders FC Vs. Houston Dynamo

Published on October 28, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Riding a wave of momentum and backed by the biggest, loudest legion of fans in league history, the Seattle Sounders FC will face the Houston Dynamo in the Western Conference Semifinal of the MLS Cup Playoffs beginning this week.

Seattle (12-7-11) takes a three-game win streak into Thursday's first leg against the Dynamo (13-8-9). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field.

The second leg of the series is Sunday, November 8, at Houston's Robertson Stadium at 12 p.m. PT.

To purchase playoff tickets, visit www.SoundersFC.com, any Ticketmaster outlet or the Qwest Field Box office.

The Sounders FC finished third in the Western Conference, a single point behind the Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston. The Galaxy prevailed in a tiebreaker over the Dynamo. Seattle won the season series with both Houston and L.A.

Conference Semifinal series are conducted in a home-and-home, aggregate-goal format. The lower seeded team hosts the first game. The team that scores the most goals in the home-and-home series advances to the single-elimination Conference Championship. If the teams are tied after 180 minutes in the Conference Semifinal series, a 30-minute extra time period (divided into two 15-minute periods) will be played, followed by kicks from the penalty spot, if necessary.

The winners of the four series advance to a single-game Conference Championships that will determine the MLS Cup Finalists. The team with the higher seed between the two finalists will host the game, between November 12 and November 15.

MLS Cup 2009 will be played on Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field on November 22 at 5:30 p.m. PT.

Seattle is the first expansion team to qualify for the playoffs in 11 years and the third altogether. The Sounders FC concluded the regular season by rallying to beat the league's hottest team, FC Dallas, 2-1 last Saturday. Seattle has lost just once in the last eight outings (4-1-3).

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