It was a night of equals for the Chicago Fire and hosts Seattle, as each club saw a man ejected and each pocketed a point from the 0-0 Major League Soccer draw.
John Thorrington was issued a second yellow and shown the gate for a 54th minute foul on Freddi Ljungberg, who was ejected for two bookings at once near the hour.
The closest anyone came to a winner was when Sounders ace Fredy Montero rang the woodwork with 10 minutes left.
Chicago Fire -- Jon Busch, Tim Ward, Wilman Conde, Gonzalo Segares, C.J. Brown, Marco Pappa (Justin Mapp 77), Baggio Husidic (Brandon Prideaux 65), John Thorrington, Chris Rolfe, Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Calen Carr 86), Patrick Nyarko,
Substitutes Not Used: Mike Banner, Andrew Dykstra, Peter Lowry, Dasan Robinson
Seattle Sounders FC -- Kasey Keller, James Riley, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Tyson Wahl, Freddie Ljungberg, Osvaldo Alonso, Nathan Sturgis (Peter Vagenas 68), Steve Zakuani (Sebastien Le Toux 75), Nate Jaqua (Roger Levesque 89), Fredy Montero.
Substitutes Not Used: Terry Boss, Stephen King, Tyrone Marshall, Zach Scott
Misconduct Summary:
SEA -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; Delaying a Restart) 28
CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; Persistent Infringement) 39
CHI -- John Thorrington (caution; Dissent) 40
CHI -- John Thorrington (ejection; Second Caution) 54
SEA -- Patrick Ianni (caution; Reckless Tackle) 57
SEA -- Freddie Ljungberg (caution; Simulation) 59
SEA -- Freddie Ljungberg (ejection; Second Caution) 59
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