Ten-man Minnesota United rallied to eliminate Seattle 7-6 on penalty kicks after playing to a 3-3 draw in a Saturday thriller to advance in the MLS Cup playoffs.

Not until the 10th round of shots from the spot was the matter decided when Seattle goalkeeper Andrew Thomas, injured making a save in the opening round after being inserted for the shootout, clanged the ball off the crossbar.

Minnesota won the best-of-three Western Conference first round series 2-1 to book a second round match against the winner of Sunday's first-round series decider between Portland and top seed San Diego.

Seattle equalized at 3-3 on a goal by Jordan Morris in the 88th minute set up by Cristian Roldan from Albert Rusnak's corner kick.

Ten minutes of stoppage time could not determine a winner so the match wen

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