There was no shortage of goals scored last night at Husky Field, but unfortunately, most of them were for the other team.

Led by the four goals of Roger Levesque, and some timely saves from ex-Husky Chris Eylander, the Seattle Sounders defeated the Washington men's soccer team 6-2 in an exhibition match.

"I think we gained more from this than rolling over some lesser team," Washington coach Dean Wurzberger said. "We want opposition better than us so we can be challenged."

It was a homecoming for three former Huskies: Eylander, Matt Fischer, who didn't play due to an ankle injury, and Adam West.

The Sounders took an early lead on a Levesque goal in the 11th minute, and extended it promptly when West headed home a rebound in the 17th minute. Levesque netted his second goal of the game in the 33rd.

"We were disappointed with the beginning [of] our first half because we were kind of in a sleepwalk," Wurzberger said.

The Huskies regained their form late in the first half and earned points on the scoreboard when forward Ely Allen intercepted a pass and buried it past goalkeeper Eylander in the 41st minute.

It was Allen's fourth consecutive goal for the UW in the spring season, and it gave Washington the momentum heading into the break.

"When we were down 3-1, we said 'We only need one goal and we're back in this,' " Kevin Forrest said.

Once the second half started, they earned just that.

Forrest, the reigning Pac-10 Player of the Year, missed a scoring chance a couple minutes in, but redeemed himself in the 54th minute. Allen crossed the ball to Forrest, who headed it, burying it home.

"We had so many chances, so there's definitely a lot we can take from this," Forrest said.

The Washington attack, consisting largely of Forrest and Allen, the two Husky forwards, caught the eye of Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer.

"They are definitely two players [who] have a great future, and not just here at their college careers," Schmetzer said. "They both have the potential to play at the next level, either my level with the Sounders, the MLS or even further than that."

The Forrest goal made it 3-2, and a second-half comeback looked very possible.

But just two minutes later, on a Sounders corner kick, the ball slipped though goalkeeper Rylan Hawkins' hands to the feet of Levesque, who buried the shot for his third goal of the game.

Then, in the 60th minute, the Sounders' Leighton O'Brien was awarded a questionable penalty kick. Hawkins saved his initial attempt, but O'Brien, the 2001 A-League MVP, scored on the rebound.

Levesque capped the night's eight goals with his fourth in the 75th minute. Second-half substitute Andre Schmid, formerly of the MLS, crossed a ball to Levesque, who buried it home.

Forrest tried desperately to get the Huskies another goal in the second half, but the rest of his attempts were either saved or off-target.

"Overall, it's a learning experience, and [it] gives us stuff to work on," Allen said. "I can assure you we'll be 10 times better after something like this. There's light in the darkness."

Reach reporter Josh Mayers at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.