The Good -
Overall Team Effort
You knew from the opening whistle the Whitecaps showed up to play. They pressed the attack and weren't sitting back defensively. It was a big derby game and the players showed the fans that they knew it.
Whenever the defenders were rushed they calmly passed it back to Ousted who reset the formation and attacked the slower Sounder defenders.
The holding midfielders Laba and Koffie were great shutting down the, albeit weakened, midfield of the Sounders and linked up well with Morales and Fernandez.
Morales was great in spreading the ball all over the front third of the pitch. Over the top, out wide or right down the middle he showed up to play.
The Average -
Carlyle Mitchell and Johnny Leveron
Yes they got the clean sheet, yes they cleared the box when they had to and after a rocky ten minutes to start the game they settled down.
They need more games to gel and grow together. Will be a good pair moving forward with more games like Saturday night under their belts.
A few communication errors to start the game had Ousted a little frustrated but as the game went on they settled into a nice groove.
The Ugly -
Kekuta Manneh
He looked lost on the wing on the pitch. At times he is really good, then he has a average spell and then he has a bad spell where he looks like he doesn't know what to do. A few times he was caught running at a Sounders defender with his head down not looking to see who was open in the box.
With Hurtado's recent success Robbo has no other options but to play him on the wing or bring him in as a sub to attack the tired defenders.
Personally I like him coming off the bench and having a player like Teibert or Mezquida starting on that wing position.