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COUVA, Trinidad - Alex Caskey scored a goal and set up another to lead Seattle Sounders FC to a 3-1 win over host Caledonia AIA Thursday night and put it control of Group 4 in in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Seattle improved to six points atop Group 4, five points ahead of Caledonia AIA and Marathon, which has played just one game.
The Sounders FC also defeated the Trinidadians by the same score line at CenturyLink Field on August 2.
Seattle jumped in front just before halftime on Caskey's 45th-minute goal. Zach Scott had to slide to win Sammy Ochoa's cross and he pushed the ball in front of goal where Caskey pounced and touched the ball into the net from seven meters.
The U.S. Major League Soccer squad doubled its advantage in the 60th when Fredy Montero found Ochoa, who placed his strike from just inside the 18-yard box into the upper corner of the net. It was his second goal in as many Champions League games.
Caledonia AIA, which has one point from three matches, pulled within a goal in the 67th minute as Kareem Joseph converted a penalty after Puerto Rican referee Javier Santos ruled Scott pulled down Jamal Gay inside the box.
However, two minutes later Montero put Seattle in front 3-1, tapping in a Caskey cross from the edge of the six-yard box. The Colombian scored three in a 6-2 win over Chivas USA in domestic play and has scored in five consecutive games in all competitions.
Ochoa had the first quality scoring chance in the 10th minute, but Caledonia AIA goalkeeper Glenroy Samuel saved his open header from seven meters.
The hosts nearly took a lead in the 36th minute, but Joseph's dangerous cross toward the back post was touched out for a corner kick by Seattle goalkeeper Michael Gspurning.
In the 42nd minute, Marc Burch found himself with an open shot at the back post on a second attempt after a corner, but the ball was cleared off the line.
Seattle will head to San Pedro Sula on September 19 to take on Marathon in its next CONCACAF Champions League tilt, while Caledonia will meet Marathon in Honduras on September 26.




