Nicolas Lodeiro scores twice, Sounders beat Whitecaps 2-0
SEATTLE — Nicolas Lodeiro was spot on again from the penalty spot — and the Seattle Sounders once again got a result to show for it.
Lodeiro opened the scoring on a penalty kick and added another first-half goal in Seattle’s 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.
The Sounders (5-9-5) extended their season-high unbeaten streak to four games (2-0-2). Vancouver (7-9-5) lost for the fourth time in the last five games.
Lodeiro opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he converted the penalty kick, this one after defender Doneil Henry was called for hand ball in the box. After putting one in straight down the middle in last week’s 1-1 tie at MLS-leading Atlanta, Lodeiro drilled this one into the back left corner past Whitecaps goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic.