 Seattle equalized in the 38th minute . Montero passed to Tyson Wahl , who crossed the ball into the 18 @-@ yard @-@ box , where Crew goalkeeper Gruenebaum hesitated on how to handle the ball . He knocked it away , and it fell to Nathan Sturgis , who passed the ball between the legs of Gaven to find teammate Sanna Nyassi 18 yards out . Nyassi turned on the ball and shot it past Gruenebaum , who was still out of position . Following the goal few scoring opportunities were created before halftime . After one minute of stoppage time , the first half ended with a tie score , 1 – 1 . 
