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Nkufo scores 3 goals, Sounders beat Crew 4-0
Sep 19, 2010 - 1:50 AM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Blaise Nkufo scored the first three goals of his Major League Soccer career to help the Seattle Sounders beat the Columbus Crew 4-0 on Saturday night.Nkufo, playing his sixth MLS game, scored on a rebound in the fourth minute, struck again in the 39th and completed the hat trick in the 75th.
Nathan Sturgis converted a penalty kick in the 42nd minute for his first MLS goal.
Seattle (10-9-6) is 6-1-3 in its last 10 games.
Columbus (13-7-5) missed an opportunity to increase its Eastern Conference lead over New York and tied the team record for margin of defeat last set in a 4-0 loss at New York on May 19, 2007.
- MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 4
COLUMBUS 0 FINAL
Sep 18 9:27 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 4
COLUMBUS 0 END 2ND HALF
Sep 18 9:27 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 4
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE GOAL: Blaise Nkufo in the 75th minute
Sounders 4, Crew 0 75'Sep 18 9:10 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 3
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE PENALTY GOAL: Nathan Sturgis in the 42nd minute
Sounders 3, Crew 0 42'Sep 18 9:10 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 2
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE GOAL: Blaise Nkufo in the 39th minute
Sounders 2, Crew 0 39'Sep 18 9:10 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 1
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE GOAL: Blaise Nkufo in the 4th minute
Sounders 1, Crew 0 4'Sep 18 8:28 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 3
COLUMBUS 0 HALFTIME
Sep 18 8:26 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 3
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE PENALTY GOAL: Nathan Sturgis in the 41st minute
Sounders 3, Crew 0 41'Sep 18 8:19 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 2
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE GOAL: Blaise Nkufo in the 40th minute
Sounders 2, Crew 0 40'Sep 18 8:17 PM - MLS UPDATE
SEATTLE 1
COLUMBUS 0
SEATTLE GOAL: Blaise Nkufo in the 5th minute
Sounders 1, Crew 0 5'Sep 18 7:46 PM
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