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SEATTLE — Antony Alves Santos scored in the second half to help the Portland Timbers earn a 1-1 draw with the Seattle Sounders in a Decision Day match to close out the regular season. The draw drops Seattle (16-9-9) into the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference, meaning the Sounders will host the fifth-seeded Houston Dynamo in a first-round match next weekend. Portland (12-11-11) had already wrapped up a berth in the wild-card match and will travel to play the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday with regular-season champion Los Angeles FC awaiting the winner. Seattle grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 37th minute on defender Yéimar Gomez Andrade's first goal of the season. Albert Rusnák notched his career-high 16th assist this season on the score.
