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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2568797" data-attributes="member: 1">&nbsp;The rivalry between the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/teams/sea/" target="_blank">Seattle Sounders</a> and the Vancouver Whitecaps goes back to their days in the old NASL in the 1970s, but the final 10 minutes of their first MLS match against each other on Saturday night might have been the best yet. The Sounders&#039; Mauro Rosales pulled the score even at 1-1 with a goal in the 81st minute and Osvaldo Alonso put them up 2-1 in the 84th. Just one minute later, Vancoucer&#039;s Eric Hassli equalized with his second goal of the night and it just might prove to be the goal of the season in MLS.&nbsp;Hassli chipped the ball over the defender and ran around him to volley it into the far side of the net from the edge of the box. The match would end 2-2 and showed exactly why Vancouver made the largely unknown Frenchman their highest paid player.&nbsp;With six goals and three red cards in 10 matches so far, Hassli has had a strange yet productive season that, to this point, has been highlighted by the fact that he was sent off after celebrating a goal by <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/eric-hassli-sent-off-for-removing-jersey-to-reveal-another-jersey;_ylt=A2KJ3CYYU_RNUHcAhR5NbK5_?urn=sow-wp700" target="_blank">removing his jersey to reveal the exact same jersey</a>. Now it&#039;s highlighted by that and a pretty great goal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="admin, post: 2568797, member: 1"] [CENTER][/CENTER] The rivalry between the [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/teams/sea/"]Seattle Sounders[/URL] and the Vancouver Whitecaps goes back to their days in the old NASL in the 1970s, but the final 10 minutes of their first MLS match against each other on Saturday night might have been the best yet. The Sounders' Mauro Rosales pulled the score even at 1-1 with a goal in the 81st minute and Osvaldo Alonso put them up 2-1 in the 84th. Just one minute later, Vancoucer's Eric Hassli equalized with his second goal of the night and it just might prove to be the goal of the season in MLS. Hassli chipped the ball over the defender and ran around him to volley it into the far side of the net from the edge of the box. The match would end 2-2 and showed exactly why Vancouver made the largely unknown Frenchman their highest paid player. With six goals and three red cards in 10 matches so far, Hassli has had a strange yet productive season that, to this point, has been highlighted by the fact that he was sent off after celebrating a goal by [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/eric-hassli-sent-off-for-removing-jersey-to-reveal-another-jersey;_ylt=A2KJ3CYYU_RNUHcAhR5NbK5_?urn=sow-wp700"]removing his jersey to reveal the exact same jersey[/URL]. Now it's highlighted by that and a pretty great goal. [/QUOTE]

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