Eddie Johnson sprinted to CenturyLink Field's south end zone and subtly beckoned the frenzied crowd to raise its decibel level, casting a dramatic glance he's offered routinely in his two seasons with the Seattle Sounders. The striker scored in the 53rd minute, taking a precision pass from midfielder Geoff Cameron, and the U.S. Men's National Team was on its way to a convincing 2-0 win over Panama in a World Cup qualifier Tuesday night. 

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Apparently Seattle is not on the verge of a one-night “Carmageddon.” When I called the Seattle Police Dept. Monday to ask about what the cops have planned for Tuesday night traffic in SoDo, the detective said, “What’s going on?” Hmmm. As Yoda might say, a big deal this not is.

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The U.S. Men's National Team, which includes Sounders Eddie Johnson and Brad Evans, plays a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Panama at CenturyLink Field Tuesday that coach Jurgen Klinsmann called huge.

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So many Sounders players were missing that it was almost neighborly of Canadian fans to help fill the Cascadia Cup party void Saturday. But there weren't nearly enough in the crowd of 53,679 at CenturyLink to make the Whitecaps feel comfortable. Seattle's come-from-behind 3-2 triumph kept Vancouver's MLS Cup-era record winless.

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A day after becoming American soccer's newest hero, midfielder Brad Evans managed to get from Kingston, Jamaica, to the Clink Saturday night in time to see his Sounders team triumph over the Vancouver Whitecaps.

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MATCH: Vancouver Whitecaps (4-4-4, 16 points, 7th, MLS West) at Seattle Sounders FC (5-4-3, 18 points, 6th, MLS West). TYPE: MLS. WHEN: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., CenturyLink Field. MEETING: 130th all-time (Sounders lead 62-46-21); 6th MLS (Sounders lead 2-0-3). TV: NBCSN. RADIO: 97.3 KIRO FM; SPANISH: KOMO2 (Comcast Ch. 114) and La Gran D 99.3 FM.

For the first time this season, the Sounders will "open the bowl" when they play their second Cascadia Cup match against long-time rival Vancouver. In eight previous games featuring crowds in excess of 40,000, the Sounders are 6-0-2 with a +14 goal differential.

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Seattle Sounders midfielder Brad Evans saved the U.S. Men's National Team from a late-match collapse by scoring a last-minute goal Friday night in a 2-1 road win over Jamaica in a critical World Cup qualifier. Forward Jermaine Beckford shocked the Americans (2-1-1) with a goal in the 89th minute to knot the match at 1-1, but Evans scored in the second minute of stoppage time to seal the dramatic victory.

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Defender DeAndre Yedlin of the Sounders has been named to the U.S. under-20 Men's National Team for the 2013 FIFA World Cup in Turkey June 21-July 13. The Sounders'  first homegrown player, the 19-year-old Yedlin, of O'Dea High School, started 11 of 12 MLS matches this season and logged the second-most minutes (989) of any Seattle field player.

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A third Sounder has been called to the World Cup qualification round. Midfielder Mario Martinez will join his native Honduras for three matches  June 7-18. Martinez, 23, will join Honduras to play Costa Rica Friday, Jamaica June 11, and the U.S. June 18 in Sandy, UT. Martinez will miss Saturday's home match against Vancouver.

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Timing couldn't have been better for the Sounders. Facing a struggling Chivas USA (3-8-2), a club that fired coach José Luis Sánchez Solá on Wednesday and hadn't won in its last seven matches, Seattle (5-4-3) cruised to a 2-0 victory Saturday night in front of 9,053 fans at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.

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MATCH: Seattle Sounders FC (4-3-3, 15 points, 6th, MLS West) at Chivas USA (3-7-2, 11 points, 9th, MLS West). TYPE: MLS. WHEN: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Home Depot Center, Carson, CA. MEETING: 11th (Sounders lead 4-2-4). TV: KONG. RADIO: 97.3 KIRO FM; SPANISH: KOMO2 (Comcast Ch. 114) and La Gran D 99.3 FM.

Eight days ago, the Sounders were riding the momentum of a six-match unbeaten streak and coming off back-to-back, four-goal games. Since then, the Sounders have been humiliated by the LA Galaxy (4-0) and humbled by the Tampa Bay Rowdies (1-0) of the second-tier North American Soccer League.

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The Seattle Sounders entered their Wednesday night U.S. Open match against the Tampa Bay Rowdies short-handed. They came away from St. Petersburg, FL., empty-handed, dropping a 1-0 decision that eliminated them from Open Cup competition to the lower-tier, North American Soccer League team at windy Al Lang Stadium.

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MATCH: Seattle Sounders FC (4-4-3, 15 points, T6, MLS West; 0-0 U.S. Open Cup) at Tampa Bay Rowdies, (3-2-2, NASL). TYPE: Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. WHEN: Wednesday, 4:30 p.m., Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg, FL. MEETING: 1st. TV: None. BROADCAST COVERAGE: Sounders FC.com Audio.

Denied a chance to win a fourth consecutive Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in August when they lost on penalty kicks to Sporting Kansas City, the Sounders begin their quest to reclaim the Cup Wednesday when they contest the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League in St. Petersburg, FL. Seattle is 17-1-1 in Open Cup play since joining Major League Soccer in 2009.

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The Seattle Sounders (4-4-3) did little to change their recent road woes against the LA Galaxy (6-4-2) Sunday night and their six-game unbeaten streak came to an unceremonious end in a 4-0 loss. The Home Depot Center continued to plague the Sounders, as they failed to avenge their defeat in the 2012 Western Conference Championship.

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MATCH: Seattle Sounders FC (4-3-3, 15 points, 6th, MLS West) at L.A. Galaxy (5-4-2, 17 points, 4th, MLS West). TYPE: MLS. WHEN: Sunday, 8 p.m., The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA. MEETING: 10th (Galaxy leads 4-3-2). TV: ESPN2. RADIO: 97.3 KIRO FM; SPANISH: KOMO2 (Comcast Ch. 114) and La Gran D 99.3 FM.

After spending the first 9½ weeks of the season in last place in MLS West, the Sounders, winners of three in a row and unbeaten over their last six, now roost in sixth, a point behind the fifth-place Colorado Rapids. Having played the fewest games in MLS, the Sounders have two to four games in hand on the top six teams with the LA Galaxy due up next, Sunday in Carson, CA.

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Midfielder Brad Evans will join Sounders FC teammate Eddie Johnson on the U.S. National Team that will play in three qualifier matches in pursuit of a berth 2014 World Cup bid. Evans reports to training camp Monday after the Sounders game at 8 p.m. Sunday in Los Angeles against the Galaxy.

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Seattle Sounders forward Eddie Johnson has been voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 12 after he tallied two goals in a 4-2 win over league-leading FC Dallas last Saturday at CenturyLink Field. Johnson's brace helped the Sounders extend their unbeaten streak to six games.

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Following a sluggish seasonal start that saw them win once in their first seven matches, the Sounders have won three in a row after a convincing, 4-2 win over Western Conference-leading FC Dallas at CenturyLink Field Saturday night.

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MATCH: FC Dallas (7-1-3, 24 points, 1st, MLS West) at Seattle Sounders FC (3-3-3, 12 points, T7, MLS West). TYPE: MLS. WHEN: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., CenturyLink Field. MEETING: 10th (Sounders lead 4-1-4). TV: KING 5. RADIO: 97.3 KIRO FM; SPANISH: KOMO2 (Comcast Ch. 114) and La Gran D 99.3 FM.

Seemingly recovered from an early-season stretch in which they were vexed by injuries, national team commitments, suspensions and personal problems, the Sounders host Western Conference leader FC Dallas Saturday night riding a five-match unbeaten streak (3-0-2) with four shutouts and an 8-2 goal advantage in that span. Dallas, though, hasn't lost since March 10, its nine-game undefeated streak the best in MLS this season.

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Forward Eddie Johnson will miss Sounders home matches June 1 at Chivas USA and June 8 vs. Vancouver while he participates in three 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica (June 7), Panama (June 11) and Honduras (June 18). CenturyLink Field will host the June 11 match against Panama.

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