US Open Cup community ratings
First, let's take a look at the reader ratings from the Real Salt Lake Open Cup match in which the Sounders advanced to the quarterfinals on penalties. There won't be site ratings for this match, so we'll have to go with the wisdom of the crowd on this one. Tyler Miller had an absurdly high score, but then again had an absurdly good match:
(97 Responses)
Starters
GK Tyler Miller - 9.1 (MOTM)
RB Oniel Fisher - 5.8
CB Zach Scott (C) - 6.7
CB Tony Alfaro - 6.4
LB Dylan Remick - 5.9
CM Nathan Sturgis - 5.0
CM Cristian Roldan - 5.5
CM Zach Mathers (Off 64') - 4.7
RF Herculez Gomez - 5.6
CF Nelson Valdez (Off 100') - 6.9
LF Oalex Anderson (Off 79') - 5.5
Subs
(64') Erik Friberg - 6.5
(79') Jordan Morris - 6.1
(100') Joevin Jones - 5.3
Referee
Alex Chilowicz - 5.4
Real Salt Lake MOTM
Yura Movsisyan - 37.1%
Joao Plata - 19.1%
Juan Manuel Martinez - 18%
Kyle Beckerman - 13.5%
Javier Morales - 10.1%
Sounders vs. Toronto FC
Lets turn our attention to another hard-fought road draw, this one all the way in Toronto. A depleted TFC side couldn't dispatch the Sounders, but they were able to at least take a point from their home match.
Tony Alfaro again had to step into big shoes to replace a centerback in this one, how did he hold up? Once again, Sigi sent out the young guns up top, but with Andreas Ivanschitz looking to provide combinations and service from the left. What did you think of the performance of the forwards?
Here's the scale:
(Substitutes can be left blank if the player did not play enough to judge)
1 - not a pro (USL/NASL/MLS) quality performance
4 - average USL starter
6 - average MLS starter
9 - MLS All Star
10 - MLS MVP-quality performance