SEATTLE (AP) — Pedro de la Vega scored early in the first half and Stefan Frei made it stand up as the Seattle Sounders edged the Portland Timbers 1-0 on Saturday night.

Seattle Sounders 1, Portland Timbers 0: Match detail

The Sounders (13-9-10) had gone 0-2-2 since beating Inter Miami 3-0 on Aug. 31 to win the Leagues Cup for the first time in club history. They beat the Timbers (11-11-11) at home for the first time since 2017.

The Sounders grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute when de la Vega used assists from Álex Roldán and Jesús Ferreira to score his fourth goal in 24 appearances after scoring once as a rookie last season in 16 appearances. Roldán’s assist was his fifth of the campaign and Ferreira notched his seventh.

Frei finished with four saves and notched his seventh shutout

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