They left it late, and despite having a majority of the possession never really looked like much of a threat for most of the evening. Alonso had a great strike go over the bar in the first half and that was really about it until deep into injury time.
Despite not really making Nielson in the KC goal work too hard tonight Seattle came away with the win. The only really sustained pressure on the KC goal came in the last 15 minutes. Fucito came on as a substitute and almost immediately had two open shots blocked, Seattle followed that up with a number of corners in the last 10 minutes or so and the goal came in the last minute of injury time. Wahl hit a wonderful in-swinging corner, the keeper did not come for it and Parke got onto the end of it and headed it into the corner of the net. It was a well taken chance, not taking anything away from Parke. 
Up to that point the feeling in the stadium was not good, restless is a good way of putting it. Seattle never really threatened, and this is against the team with the worst defensive record in the league. Not to win tonight would have raised a lot of questions, questions that still need to be asked despite a defender scoring from a set piece.
Again Jaqua looked awful when he came on, no pace, no first touch and created nothing. Levesque as an out and out striker was anonymous and I don’t recall a real shot from Montero all game despite all his running around. The team has problems going forward, it looks very similar to the first part of last year. They seem to run out of ideas in the last third, take too many touches waiting for something to open up and as a result, nothing happens.
The game was not helped by some atrocious officiating tonight, very inconsistent and it affected play. It seems there are a number of officials in the MLS who feel that the fans came to see them. It’s a real issue across the league and needs to be addressed.
There are positives; another clean sheet kept by the defence is top of the list. Keller was perhaps a little busier than usual, but was only seriously tested once a few minutes in when he made a good stop on a breakaway and controlled the rebound. Kansas City did look happy to sit back and give Seattle the midfield for most of the game, they absorbed a lot of pressure and did a decent job at hitting Seattle on the break.
Continuing what worked; Fucito came on and made a difference, he was willing to have a shot, something that had been largely missing all evening. Fernandez again had a good game, he was a little squeezed for space at times, but worked hard and his distribution was excellent. Alonso was superb again, every attacking move seems to go through him at some point, he is so valuble to this team.
Not a great game, and three very important points. But KC are a side that other teams have happily put to the sword this year, they came out to keep the game tight, but Seattle’s offence is in desperate need of something to get them going. They really miss Zakuani, that’s clear.