Go behind the scenes of Seattle's Leg 1 win at Houston

A fiery pregame speech from Nicolas Lodeiro.


Some inspirational talk from Brian Schmetzer.


Dozens of slow-mo looks at key plays.


A postgame celebratory rendition of “Jingle Bells”?


Yeah, there was a lot going on in SoundersFC.com’s behind the scenes look at Seattle’s 2-0 win at the Houston Dynamo in the first leg of the Western Conference Championship series last week.


Check out their full video above. The Sounders will host Houston in the second leg of the West final on Thursday (10:30 pm ET; ESPN, ESPN Deportes in the US | TSN1, TVAS2 in Canada).