Juninho strike sends 星雲 into MLS Cup final
Nov 30 (Reuters) - LA 星雲 reached the MLS Cup final on Sunday after a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders put them through to the 選手権 game on the away goals 支配する.
星雲, who 進歩d after a 2-2 draw on aggregate, will 会合，会う the New England 革命 in the final and will be looking for a 記録，記録的な／記録する fifth MLS 肩書を与える at their own stadium on Dec. 7.
In 氷点の 気温s in Seattle, the Sounders, 追跡するing 1-0 from the first 脚 in Los Angeles, opened the 得点する／非難する／２０ing in the 27th minute when a Clint Dempsey 成果／努力 fell to Brad Evans, who slid the ball home from の近くに 範囲.
Five minutes later former Fulham striker Dempsey put Seattle 2-0 up with a 発射 that took a slight deflection and snuck under 星雲 goalkeeper Jaime Penedo, who will be disappointed he failed to smother the ball.
The 人工的な surface made it difficult for both 味方するs to keep 所有／入手 but there was no 不足 of 活動／戦闘 or 緊張 after the break.
星雲 striker Robbie Keane went の近くに with a curling 発射 that Sounders' keeper Stefan Frei 押し進めるd wide, but L.A. got the 決定的な goal in the 54th minute when midfielder Juninho 衝突，墜落d home a first-time 成果／努力 from 20 yards that went in off the 地位，任命する.
This is the first year that MLS has 含むd the away goals 支配する in their プレーオフs, although that 面 would have been irrelevant if not for some 罰金 work from Frei, who did 井戸／弁護士席 to keep out a Landon Donovan 発射 and a header from Stefan Ishizaki
Roared o n by a 46,758 （人が）群がる, Seattle threw themselves into a 一連の late attacks but when their best chance fell to Dempsey, he ボレーd wide.
The result means that Donovan, who has 発表するd he will retire at the end of the season, has the perfect 別れの（言葉，会） 適切な時期 with the 肩書を与える-decider at his home field.
"I'm excited and so proud of our guys," the league's かつてない 最高の，を越す scorer told ESPN.
"After a bad 10 minutes in the first half, what character to 答える／応じる. We have been at Juninho to 得点する／非難する／２０ all year and we deserved it."
The Sounders, who had the league's best 正規の／正選手 season 記録，記録的な／記録する, have been unable to reach an MLS Cup final in the six seasons they have been in the league.
(報告（する）／憶測ing By Simon Evans; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
