LA denies Seattle a much-needed win, Kansas City tops Portland
Sebastian Lletget scored with 12 minutes remaining to earn the LA Galaxy a 1-1 draw vs. the Seattle Sounders, who earlier took the lead through Cristian Roldan four minutes after half-time.
Seattle, playing for the first time since head coach Sigi Schmid left the club, opened the scoring when Roldan took a layoff from Nelson Valdez and, from the edge of the penalty area, shot through a crowd of players and beyond goalkeeper Bryan Rowe.
The Galaxy, who struggled to create openings throughout the game, capitalized on a Sounders mistake to level. After a speculative Steven Gerrard through ball, home goalkeeper Stefan Frei hesitated, which allowed substituteLletget to tap in from close range.
Both sides then had a chance to win the game in stoppage time. First, Chad Marshall cleared Robbie Keane's goalbound shot off the Seattle line, before Jordan Morris volleyed over from close range with the LA goal gaping.
Jacob Peterson flicked in a 50th-minute header off a free kick by Benny Feilhaber to help Sporting Kansas City beat the Portland Timbers 1-0 and, in doing so, claim its second straight win.
Alec Kann made a diving from Darlington Nagbe in the 10th minute to keep out Portland's only shot on goal. The Timbers went close in stoppage time when Jack McInerney hit the bar and Fanendo Adi headed wide.
