 Despite Seattle 's continued control of the tempo of gameplay early in the second half , they were unable to create many scoring opportunities . In the 58th minute James Riley was alone on the edge of the penalty area after receiving a pass from Montero . However , Riley 's cross was deflected for a corner kick . Two minutes later Seattle 's Zakuani created a scoring threat when he received an aerial pass into the penalty area , but Crew goalkeeper Gruenebaum was quick to get to the play causing Zakuani to fall down and the ball to bounce away before being cleared by Columbus . In the 64th minute , Kasey Keller made a diving save to stop Gaven 's shot from 30 yards out , his fourth shot on goal in the game . Two minutes later , the score line finally changed as Seattle completed 18 consecutive passes . Montero got open on the right side of the field to receive the 19th and then crossed a ball into the penalty area . Gruenebaum decided not to chase the pass as Zakuani ran inside of Crew defender Hejduk and headed a shot that hit the crossbar . The Crew defenders failed to clear the ball before Nyassi ran in and easily scored the go @-@ ahead goal . 
