Dwayne De Rosario and Freddie Ljungberg had their share of near-misses Saturday, but no one found the back of the net as Toronto FC and Seattle played to a 0-0 tie.
The expansion Sounders (8-6-10) have gone three straight games and 314 minutes overall without scoring at home. Toronto (8-8-7), in the middle of a three-game road stretch, bounced back from a 2-0 loss at Chivas last Saturday.
TFC, which took 13 shots but put none on goal last week at Chivas, had five shots that nearly went into the Seattle net in the opening half.
In the third minute, a long distribution downfield by goalkeeper Stefan Frei found De Rosario. The Toronto native got behind the Sounders defence into the penalty area, went one on one against goalkeeper Kasey Keller and had a wide-open net from six yards, but poked his shot wide to the right.
In the ninth minute, De Rosario had another try from the top of the box, but headed one wide left. In the 22nd minute, Chad Barrett headed a perfectly placed De Rosario target ball just wide left from the top of the box.
One minute after that, Amado Guevara's shot from inside the top left corner of the box bounced off the far side of the crossbar.
