SEATTLE (AP) — Fredy Montero collected a loose ball off a corner kick scramble and slid it past Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson in the 78th minute, and the Seattle Sounders FC won the U.S. Open Cup for the third straight year with a 2-0 win over the Fire on Tuesday night.
Playing before a record crowd of 35,615 — the largest ever for any game in the competition — Montero was in the perfect position to clean up after Johnson made a diving save on Jeff Parke’s header off a corner kick. The goal capped three minutes of massive pressure by the Sounders. Osvaldo Alonso capped the victory with a breakaway goal in the final minute of stoppage time.
Seattle is the first club in more than 40 years to win three straight titles in the oldest competition in American soccer.
