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FT Saturday, July 12, 2025
Seattle Sounders FC LLWDW 3
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Sporting Kansas City LWDWL 2
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Match Report

Sounders strike for three early goals, hold off Sporting KC

Albert Rusnak had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Sounders built a three- goal halftime lead and held on to defeat host Sporting Kansas City 3-2 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
3
52.4
Possession
47.6
13
SHOTS
23
7
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
2
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
433
Accurate Passes
364
491
Passes
437
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
22
0.6
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
43
22
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
8
7
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
1.0
10
Interceptions
13
37
Effective Clearances
7
37
Clearances
7

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 24JoaquínCD-L
  3. 15Jansen MillerCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 11Khiry SheltonRB
  6. 21Manu GarcíaAM
  7. 22Zorhan BassongLM
  8. 8Memo RodríguezRM
  9. 9Dejan JoveljicF
  10. 10Dániel SallóiAM-L
  11. 93Shapi SuleymanovAM-R

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Andy ThomasG
  2. 15Jon BellCD-L
  3. 25Jackson RagenCD-R
  4. 5Nouhou ToloLB
  5. 16Alex RoldanRB
  6. 11Albert RusnákAM
  7. 7Cristian RoldanLM
  8. 18Obed VargasRM
  9. 13Jordan MorrisF
  10. 14Paul RothrockAM-L
  11. 9Jesús FerreiraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Paul Rothrock with a cross.
  2. 27' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Seattle Sounders FC 2. Albert Rusnák (Seattle Sounders FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 36' Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Jon Bell (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+6' Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+8' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Seattle Sounders FC 3. Jesús Ferreira (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Albert Rusnák following a fast break.
  7. 45' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Danny Musovski replaces Jordan Morris.
  8. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Santiago Muñóz replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
  9. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jake Davis replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  10. 63' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Ryan Kent replaces Paul Rothrock.
  11. 63' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Pedro de la Vega replaces Jesús Ferreira.
  12. 67' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Seattle Sounders FC 3. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  13. 77' Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 78' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Reed Baker-Whiting replaces Alex Roldan because of an injury.
  15. 80' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Mason Toye replaces Dániel Sallói.
  16. 80' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja replaces Logan Ndenbe.
  17. 81' Obed Vargas (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 82' Albert Rusnák (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 82' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Danny Leyva replaces Albert Rusnák.
  20. 84' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Andrew Brody replaces Khiry Shelton.
  21. 90'+4' Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the red card.
  22. 90'+6' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Seattle Sounders FC 3. Santiago Muñóz (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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