MLS

FT Sunday, April 21, 2019
Seattle Sounders FC WWDWW 1
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LAFC WWWWL 4
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BMO Stadium · 22,221 att.

Match Report

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Carlos Vela double sees LAFC thrash Seattle to pad Western Conference lead

Carlos Vela scored a goal either side of half-time as LAFC beat the Seattle Sounders to improve on its league-leading point total in a 4-1 win.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
1
41.6
Possession
58.4
6
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
293
Accurate Passes
487
382
Passes
555
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
27
23
Accurate Long Balls
9
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
8
27
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
11
11
Effective Clearances
19
11
Clearances
19

Head to Head

LAFC leads series 2-0

Lineups

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tyler MillerG
  2. 4Eddie SeguraCD-L
  3. 25Walker ZimmermanCD-R
  4. 2Jordan HarveyLB
  5. 3Steven BeitashourRB
  6. 20Eduard AtuestaCM
  7. 7Latif BlessingLM
  8. 14Mark-Anthony KayeRM
  9. 21Christian RamírezF
  10. 9Diego RossiLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Adrien PerezSUB
  2. 13Mohamed El-MunirSUB
  3. 24Lee NguyenSUB
  4. 18Joshua PérezSUB
  5. 11Peter VassellSUB
  6. 6Danilo SilvaSUB
  7. 23Pablo SisniegaSUB

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Stefan FreiG
  2. 20Kim Kee-HeeCD-L
  3. 29Román TorresCD-R
  4. 11Brad SmithLB
  5. 18Kelvin LeerdamRB
  6. 10Nicolás LodeiroAM
  7. 7Cristian RoldanLM
  8. 4Gustav SvenssonRM
  9. 13Jordan MorrisF
  10. 8Víctor RodríguezAM-L
  11. 19Harry ShippAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Nouhou ToloSUB
  2. 12Saad Abdul-SalaamSUB
  3. 23Henry WingoSUB
  4. 35Bryan MeredithSUB
  5. 16Alex RoldanSUB
  6. 70Handwalla BwanaSUB
  7. 21Jordy DelemSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Seattle Sounders FC 0. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mark-Anthony Kaye with a through ball.
  2. 22' Román Torres (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 39' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, Seattle Sounders FC 0. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mark-Anthony Kaye.
  5. 44' Kim Kee-hee (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Harry Shipp (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Víctor Rodríguez.
  7. 55' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta with a through ball.
  8. 58' Kelvin Leerdam (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 4, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Christian Ramirez (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark-Anthony Kaye with a through ball.
  10. 64' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Nouhou Tolo replaces Víctor Rodríguez.
  11. 64' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Jordy Delem replaces Kim Kee-hee.
  12. 67' Jordy Delem (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 68' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Henry Wingo replaces Jordan Morris.
  14. 80' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Adrien Pérez replaces Christian Ramirez.
  15. 80' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Lee Nguyen replaces Steven Beitashour.
  16. 89' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Peter-Lee Vassell replaces Eduard Atuesta.

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