MLS

FT Saturday, September 1, 2018
Sporting Kansas City LWWWW 1
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Seattle Sounders FC WWWWW 3
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SKC101
SEA123
Lumen Field · 39,530 att.

Match Report

Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports

Ten-man Seattle Sounders beat Sporting KC for eighth straight win

Nicolas Lodeiro and Raul Ruidiaz scored as the Seattle Sounders set an MLS record in the post-shootout era with their eighth consecutive victory.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
4
61.1
Possession
38.9
19
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
413
Accurate Passes
232
499
Passes
317
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
59
20
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
7
14
Effective Clearances
27
14
Clearances
27

Head to Head

series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Stefan FreiG
  2. 14Chad MarshallCD-L
  3. 20Kim Kee-HeeCD-R
  4. 11Brad SmithLB
  5. 18Kelvin LeerdamRB
  6. 10Nicolás LodeiroAM
  7. 6Osvaldo AlonsoLM
  8. 4Gustav SvenssonRM
  9. 9Raúl RuidíazF
  10. 19Harry ShippAM-L
  11. 7Cristian RoldanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Alex RoldanSUB
  2. 17Will BruinSUB
  3. 23Henry WingoSUB
  4. 35Bryan MeredithSUB
  5. 5Nouhou ToloSUB
  6. 21Jordy DelemSUB
  7. 29Román TorresSUB

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 21Felipe GutiérrezLM
  8. 17Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 11Diego RubioF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 12GersoRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Krisztian NemethSUB
  2. 26Jaylin LindseySUB
  3. 10Yohan CroizetSUB
  4. 13Gianluca BusioSUB
  5. 7Johnny RussellSUB
  6. 30Andreu FontàsSUB
  7. 18Eric DickSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerso Fernandes.
  2. 12' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Raúl Ruidíaz (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brad Smith.
  3. 27' Kim Kee-hee (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 32' Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45'+1' Ike Opara (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 52' Own Goal by Graham Zusi, Sporting Kansas City. Seattle Sounders FC 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
  8. 56' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 3, Sporting Kansas City 1. Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  9. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Dániel Sallói.
  10. 75' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Krisztián Németh replaces Diego Rubio.
  11. 81' Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the red card.
  12. 81' VAR: Red Card. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  13. 82' Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 85' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Román Torres replaces Harry Shipp.
  15. 86' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Seth Sinovic.
  16. 89' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Will Bruin replaces Raúl Ruidíaz.
  17. 90'+6' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Nouhou Tolo replaces Nicolás Lodeiro.

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