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Sounders edge Aviators 1-0

June 4, 2004 - USL First Division (USL-1)
Seattle Sounders News Release


Edmonton, AL- The Seattle Sounders scored early then held on to beat the Edmonton Aviators, 1-0, in A-League action Thursday at Commonwealth Stadium.

The victory earned Seattle a split of their two-game road swing through Alberta and pushed their record back to .500 at 3-3-1. The win was the first of the season for the Sounders away from Seahawks Stadium

Sounder forward Welton, who had come off the bench to score twice in two Seattle wins, was inserted into the starting lineup, a move that paid off in the 16th minute. Sounder midfielder Sean Michael Callahan chased a deep ball down the right side, just outside the penalty box. He sent the ball across the penalty area just over the head of teammate Roger Levesque. Welton, in behind Levesque, leaned his head into the ball and skipped it inside the right post past the outstretched arms of Edmonton 'keeper Jose Louis Campi in the 16th minute.

Edmonton came close to tying in the 31st minute when Chris Lemire, avoiding a Chad Brown slide tackle, took the ball deep down the left side, only to have Sounders goalkeeper Preston Burpo knock down his shot at the right post.

The Aviators continued the assault on the Seattle goal early in the second half. Three times within a five minute span they came within inches of tying the match. The best opportunity being a Lemire blast from just inside the penalty area that banged off the left post. The ball ricocheted out to Edmonton's Fred Akok six yards out but his strike went up and over the crossbar.

Minutes later Akok got to another ball off a Burpo save but again sent the ball over the bar.

The Sounders return to Seahawks Stadium Sunday at 5:00 p.m. to play host to the Calgary Mustangs.



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