SEATTLE — Ethan Finlay had a objective and an help and Austin FC handed the Western Conference-leading Seattle Sounders their second straight loss at residence with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday evening.

Finlay took passes from Adam Lundkvist and Emiliano Rigoni and scored within the thirty sixth minute. Finlay’s first objective of the season gave Austin (3-5-4) a 1-0 lead at halftime.

Gyasi Zardes stretched the result in 2-0 with a objective within the 57th minute off assists from Finlay and Jon Gallagher.

Fredy Montero pulled the Sounders (7-4-3) inside a objective when he scored within the 79th minute. Héber and Jordan Morris picked up assists on Montero’s first netter of the season.

Brad Stuver completed with three saves to assist Austin beat Seattle for the primary time after going 0-2-2 within the earlier 4 match-ups. Stefan Frei had two saves for the Sounders.

The San Jose Earthquakes are actually the one crew Austin has performed not less than 4 occasions with out a victory.

PHOTOS: Finlay sparks Austin to 2-1 victory over Sounders

Austin entered the match with an 0-4-4 document in its final eight matches, tying a club-record winless streak. Austin was shut out in 5 of its earlier eight matches.

Seattle tied a membership document set in 2015 with seven shutouts via its first 12 matches, however the Sounders have surrendered 4 targets of their final two residence matches after a 2-1 loss by the hands of Sporting KC final week.

Seattle leads second-place and defending-champion Los Angeles FC by a degree within the Western Conference standings after LAFC managed solely a 1-1 tie at residence towards Sporting KC.

Seattle travels to play the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. Austin returns residence to host Toronto FC on Saturday.

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