Bhoys see off Sounders in friendly

Celtic bounced back from their friendly defeat against Manchester United with a 2-1 win over MLS franchise Seattle Sounders. Seattle lost the initiative after 29 minutes when goalkeeper Terry Boss was dismissed for a foul on Georgios Samaras, who converted the penalty.The 45,631 strong crowd then saw second-half goals from Patrick McCourt and David Estrada as the Scots held on.Seattle started well, Blaise Nkufo feeding Miguel Montano who fired wide with just two minutes gone.Both defences held their shape well early - Morten Rasmussen and Sanna Nyassi getting caught offside.Nkufo had a chance after 10 minutes but Jos Hooiveld headed clear.The Sounders continued to have the better of things, Taylor Graham volleying over the crossbar and Montano seeing his shot charged down.The tide turned after half an hour when Samaras found space to run at the Sounders back line and tempted Boss into a trip that cost his side a penalty and him a red card.Jordan Jennings was immediately summoned from the bench but could not stop Samaras' spot-kick.Andreas Hinkel went close for the Hoops nine minutes into the second period, Jennings keeping his shot out.He could not repeat the trick 10 minutes later when Milan Misun played in McCourt, who finished with aplomb.To their credit, the MLS franchise hit back within two minutes, Estrada combining with Graham before hammering his shot high into the net.There were a raft of substitutions thereafter, with one half chance from Marc-Antoine Fortune the only real attempt from either side in the closing 20 minutes.

Source: Team_Talk