HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo know what to expect from the Seattle Sounders in Leg 2 of the Western Conference Championship series on Thursday night (9:30 pm CT; ESPN, ESPN Deportes, WATCH PARTY).
The problem is trying to stop it.
“They use their wide guys to open the field and give freedom to [Nicolas] Lodeiro and [Clint] Dempsey to move freely between the lines,” Dynamo head coach Wilmer Cabrera said. “So we need to be aware of that.”
That task proved difficult in Leg 1, as Seattle jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the 11th minute via a Gustav Svensson header off a corner kick.