Late goal restores hope for Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders will need to overcome a 2-1 deficit in the second leg of their MLS Western Conference semi-final against Portland Timbers.

By Michael Penkman, Reporter

Published: November 3 2013 | 04:21

Last updated: November 3 2013 | 08:48

Osvaldo Alonso has struck late at Centurylink Field to give Seattle Sounders hope coming back from behind to defeat Portland Timbers and reach the MLS Western Conference final.

Caleb Porter's men will take a 2-1 lead into Thursday's second leg, with the Sounders needing what would be a first win in eight games to keep their faltering MLS Cup dreams alive.

Ryan Johnson got the visitors up and running in the 15th minute with a header from Jack Jewsbury's cross.

Things got worse for the hosts in the second half, as Darlington Nagbe stole in front of his marker before burying the ball between Marcus Hahnemann's legs.

However, Alonso has set up an exciting finale at Jeld-Wen Field after latching onto Shalrie Joseph's flick on to fire past Donovan Ricketts in the final minute.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21