Sounders vs. FC Cincinnati Summary: Seattle opens season with style

SEATTLE – It may be just a game, but the Seattle Sounders have done everything in their power to reverse the slow story. Despite giving up FC Cincinnati, the Sounders dominated the entire season and won 4-1 on Saturday. It was the first time they had had an early season since 2015 and only gave them their second win in March since the start of the 2016 season.

It did not start exactly that way. After Raúl Ruidíaz scored on a perfect center from Cristian Roldan, FC Cincinnati took advantage with an absolutely incredible strike from Leonardo Bertone and threatened to take a 2-0 lead over the 40-minute blast. Alvas Powell's yards.

The Sounders, however, were well balanced and tied for Kelvin Leerdam's second-minute 27-minute Sounders goal. They went at half-time with a 3-1 lead after two strikes from Jordan Morris.

The Morris attack will legitimately make headlines, but there was a lot of positive things to say from Kelvin Leerdam's overture to the continued dominance of Nicolas Lodeiro and Victor Rodriguez to the ways to score goals Raúl Ruidíaz. In the end, the Sounders beat FC Cincinnati 16-2 inside the penalty area and made nearly twice as many passes in the final third.

Morris is back: Even before scoring twice in the first half, Morris's return was almost destined to be one of today's hot topics. The fact that he ended up being the star of the game only made things easier. Do not twist Morris's first-ever home double, but even without scoring two goals, he just looked like a player who has spent the past 18 months getting in shape and understanding some nuances of the game. There was a Tactical awareness level never seen before with the way he moved into an open space and selected the races of his teammates. The explosive speed was still good and, for good measure, he managed to place some nice crosses on his left foot and score one of his goals with his back foot.

No redux LAFC: In the first 15 minutes, things seemed too familiar. Despite their dominance, the Sounders found themselves 1-0 after taking over Bertone 22 yards. But unlike the LAFC match, the Sounders were able to respond relatively quickly to the expansion team's surprise with an equalizer pretty quickly when Leerdam blocked Nicolas Lodeiro's cross. The Sounders never looked back from there, dominating possession and completing the firing chart. On the contrary, they will probably blame themselves for not marking a few more.

Hammering a weak point: Relatively early, the Sounders seemed to identify a weak point in Cincinnati's defense – back defender Alvas Powell – and attacked him relentlessly. In addition to the three goals scored in the first half by the Sounders, starting from the left side, they had two other high quality opportunities since the start of the second period. The FCC coaches finally pulled Powell in the 86th minute after being beaten again by Rodriguez, while the left midfielder put a cross that Ruidiaz had almost finished.

There were a lot of awesome moments coming out of this game, but the one that really caught our attention was a game in the middle of the second half when Morris got a ball in the defensive third and hit a switch of 50 yards per piece. Victor Rodriguez near the midfield. Do not think we've ever seen this kind of Morris pass before.