MLS

FT Thursday, September 10, 2020
San Jose Earthquakes LLLDL 1
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Seattle Sounders FC WWDLW 7
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Match Report

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Seattle Sounders crush San Jose Earthquakes 7-1 in record-breaking win

Defending MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders scored four times in the opening 20 minutes en route to a 7-1 victory against San Jose Earthquakes.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
4
43.6
Possession
56.4
11
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
11
0.5
On Target %
0.7
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
340
Accurate Passes
473
405
Passes
538
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
5
0.1
Cross %
0.6
53
Long Balls
63
34
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
6
4
Effective Clearances
18
4
Clearances
18

Head to Head

SEA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Stefan FreiG
  2. 3Xavier ArreagaCD-L
  3. 28Yeimar GómezCD-R
  4. 5Nouhou ToloLB
  5. 18Kelvin LeerdamRB
  6. 10Nicolás LodeiroAM
  7. 6João PauloLM
  8. 7Cristian RoldanRM
  9. 9Raúl RuidíazF
  10. 13Jordan MorrisAM-L
  11. 33Joevin JonesAM-R

SJ · 4-4-2

  1. 17Daniel VegaG
  2. 4Oswaldo AlanísCD-L
  3. 23Florian JungwirthCD-R
  4. 27Marcos LópezLB
  5. 33Paul MarieRB
  6. 96Luis Felipe FernandesCM-L
  7. 93JudsonCM-R
  8. 11Valeri QazaishviliLM
  9. 10Cristian EspinozaRM
  10. 25Andrés RíosCF-L
  11. 8Chris WondolowskiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xavier Arreaga.
  2. 12' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Raúl Ruidíaz (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolás Lodeiro.
  3. 15' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 3, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Kelvin Leerdam (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joevin Jones.
  4. 20' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 4, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Joevin Jones (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Raúl Ruidíaz.
  5. 30' Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 33' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 5, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Raúl Ruidíaz (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Morris with a through ball.
  7. 45' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Shane O'Neill replaces Yeimar Gómez.
  8. 48' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 6, San Jose Earthquakes 0. João Paulo (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kelvin Leerdam.
  9. 57' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Will Bruin replaces Raúl Ruidíaz.
  10. 57' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Jordy Delem replaces Cristian Roldan.
  11. 58' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Alex Roldan replaces Kelvin Leerdam.
  12. 59' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 7, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Joevin Jones (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan Morris following a fast break.
  13. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Shea Salinas replaces Valeri Qazaishvili.
  14. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Eric Calvillo replaces Andrés Ríos.
  15. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Nick Lima replaces Judson.
  16. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Cade Cowell replaces Cristian Espinoza.
  17. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy Thompson replaces Paul Marie.
  18. 71' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 7, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  19. 85' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Joshua Atencio replaces Nicolás Lodeiro.

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