following their activities in southern california, sounders fc's returned to the pacific northwest to continue their training. on the evening of february 20, 2009, sounders fc defeated the university of portland pilots 4–1. nate jaqua and kasey keller received a pregame ovation because they both had played collegiate soccer with the pilots. jaqua, along with trialist jeff clark, fredy montero, and brad evans scored goals for seattle. two days later, the club played their first preseason match at qwest field as they defeated the vancouver whitecaps 4–0. forwards nate jaqua and fredy montero scored two goals apiece.