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The Roanoke Park Place. Wednesday. Dollar taco night. On one TV, a scoreless Mariner game. On the other, a scoreless Sounders game. Who would score first?

"I'll take Seattle over the field," childhood friend Jason said.

We didn't lay odds, but he was right. The Mariners did score first, on a seventh-inning Bill Hall double. Two more runs in that inning gave them a 3-0 lead, enough for Felix Hernandez' 14th win.

Meanwhile the Sounders, who'd squandered chance after chance in their U.S. Open Cup final by aiming shots directly at D.C. United goalie Josh Wicks, finally broke through when Fredy Montero sent a rebound home in the 67th minute.

The goal was not as memorable as its aftermath: Goalie Wicks expressed his frustration by stomping Montero's chest. When the ref ejected Wicks, he had the audacity to aggressively argue the call.

"Goalies are psychopaths," Jason said. Right again. The Sounders soon scored another goal, with former USL Sounder Roger Levesque finishing a gorgeous Seba Le Toux cross. 2-0.

We began discussing...