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FT Saturday, September 17, 2022
Seattle Sounders FC LLWWL 1
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Vancouver Whitecaps LLLWW 2
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Match Report

Gressel scores, Whitecaps win 2-1 over Sounders

— Julian Gressel’s goal was pivotal for the Vancouver Whitecaps in a 2-1 win against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
66.2
Possession
33.8
15
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
516
Accurate Passes
227
597
Passes
306
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
13
Accurate Crosses
3
27
Crosses
11
0.5
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
42
31
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
2
2
Effective Tackles
16
6
Tackles
22
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
13
17
Effective Clearances
20
17
Clearances
20

Head to Head

SEA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

VAN · 3-4-3

  1. 1Thomas HasalG
  2. 4Ranko VeselinovicCD
  3. 6Tristan BlackmonCD-L
  4. 28Jakob NerwinskiCD-R
  5. 31Russell TeibertCM-L
  6. 20Andrés CubasCM-R
  7. 14Luís MartinsLM
  8. 19Julian GresselRM
  9. 24Brian WhiteF
  10. 45Pedro ViteCF-L
  11. 25Ryan GauldCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Alessandro SchöpfSUB
  2. 26Florian JungwirthSUB
  3. 17Leonard OwusuSUB
  4. 55Cody CropperSUB
  5. 27Ryan RaposoSUB
  6. 23Javain BrownSUB
  7. 87Tosaint RickettsSUB
  8. 2Marcus GodinhoSUB
  9. 11Cristián DájomeSUB

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Stefan FreiG
  2. 3Xavier ArreagaCD-L
  3. 28Yeimar GómezCD-R
  4. 5Nouhou ToloLB
  5. 16Alex RoldanRB
  6. 10Nicolás LodeiroAM
  7. 84Joshua AtencioLM
  8. 75Daniel LeyvaRM
  9. 9Raúl RuidíazF
  10. 11Albert RusnákAM-L
  11. 13Jordan MorrisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Stefan ClevelandSUB
  2. 94Jimmy MedrandaSUB
  3. 45Ethan DobbelaereSUB
  4. 25Jackson RagenSUB
  5. 17Will BruinSUB
  6. 12Fredy MonteroSUB
  7. 22Kelyn RoweSUB
  8. 23Léo ChúSUB
  9. 99Dylan TevesSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Alex Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, Seattle Sounders FC 0. Pedro Vite (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Gauld.
  3. 33' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Leonard Owusu replaces Andrés Cubas because of an injury.
  4. 37' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Seattle Sounders FC 0. Julian Gressel (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Fredy Montero replaces Danny Leyva.
  6. 71' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Jimmy Medranda replaces Alex Roldan.
  7. 71' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Will Bruin replaces Joshua Atencio.
  8. 71' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Kelyn Rowe replaces Nouhou Tolo.
  9. 75' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Ryan Gauld because of an injury.
  10. 75' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Marcus Godinho replaces Luis Martins.
  11. 81' Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Léo Chú replaces Jordan Morris.
  13. 82' Julian Gressel (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 84' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Cristian Dájome replaces Pedro Vite.
  15. 84' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Tosaint Ricketts replaces Brian White.
  16. 89' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Will Bruin (Seattle Sounders FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fredy Montero with a cross.

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