What more do you want?

Well, we didn't win. Houston took our best shot and is still standing. A couple thoughts on last night's game.

1) Houston is *way* more talented than we are, up and down the field. Brad Evans played out of his mind last night, Ljungberg had a good game, our defense was ok, Keller earned his paycheck, that was for sure. But Houston came in on short rest, lots of travel, and dictated large parts of the first half. They were always dangerous on the counter.

2) That "goal" that was whistled dead? Would never have happened had Houston not stopped playing due to the whistle. So I'm not too angry about that.

3) They still haven't beaten us. Sure, they'll leave fat and happy, but at this point we're used to going into hostile environments and getting a result. And let's not forget, last year Houston went to New York and finished the game 0-0. We all know what happened after that.

4) Damn if Houston isn't the most petulant, bitchy, (dirty?) team in the league. People talk about Kreis and RSL being undisciplined, Houston is riding right on the crest of physicality and insanity. Ching should have gotten a yellow for that challenge from behind. I'm amazed no one from their team got sent off. Onstad is insane.

5) Salazar. WTF. Every game that guy calls is messed up. This one was no exception. Does he drop acid before he comes out on the field? Fucking rave green and orange had to have him totally messed up.

6) Yeah, the turf sucks. I know. I hate it too.

So yeah, we had chance after chance, they cleared one off the line, but I can't say it's not a fair result. If you've been watching Seattle all year, then last night's game would have looked very familiar to you. It's all the same - we go out, create chances, put up a clean sheet, and Kasey Keller bitches about the strikers in his blog.

And God forbid we didn't have 35,000 fans behind us that whole game. Can you imagine how bad we'd be then? Much love Sounders fans. You were impressive.

Deep inside right now, last night's game feels like a loss. It feels like we're going to lose the series. I know I shouldn't say that out loud, but let's face it - we had them right where we wanted them and let them get away. Then again, Houston's lack of discipline is always an issue. Montero *really* pisses those guys off (and why shouldn't he). I'm totally hoping Clark goes all Ruiz on Montero and gets tossed, or Ching or Onstad, or whoever. Houston has a great shot at losing this series. Do not under estimate their petulance.

Anyway, later I'll have some behind the scenes stuff. In the meantime, don't lose hope, Sounders fans. Spend today looking at flickr pictures of yourselves, youtube video of yourselves, and tweets about how great you were last night. Don't worry about the performance of the team. We already got a trophy, remember?

Fake Sigi out.