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MLS Reserve League: Seattle Sounders FC 1 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1

March 26, 2012 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release


VANCOUVER, BC - Seattle Sounders FC kicked off the 2012 MLS Reserve League with a 1-1 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at the University of British Columbia's Thunderbird Stadium on Monday morning.

Alex Caskey gave Seattle a 1-0 lead but a stoppage time equalizer from Vancouver's Carlyle Mitchell left the final score level.

Sounders FC controlled most of the play in the first half and had their best chance when Andy Rose slid in on a ball across the goal mouth by Caskey in the 37th minute, but the ball barely eluded him and the teams went into halftime scoreless.

In the 72nd minute, Caskey gave the Sounders the lead. Sounders FC U-18 forward Dominique Dismuke got the ball to Leo Gonzalez on an overlapping run into the box. The Vancouver defense clamped down on Gonzalez, but the ball fell to Caskey, who knocked in a thunderous shot to put Seattle up 1-0.

Seattle held the lead into stoppage time when Mitchell got on the end of a cross from Omar Salgado and hammered the header for the equalizer. Salgado retrieved a ball that was headed clear by Jeff Parke, then chipped a left-footed cross in from the left side, finding Mitchell streaking to the middle of the box for a header to the top left corner.

Sounders FC held the best record in the MLS Reserve League in 2011 at 8-1-1.

Seattle will host the Portland Timbers in their next Reserve League match on April 10. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. PT at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila, Wash. There is no charge for admission at Sounders FC Reserves home matches. However donations will be accepted at the gate ($5 suggested) with proceeds directed toward the Sounders FC community partners. Parking is $5 or free with a Starfire membership.

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