SEATTLE. Seattle Sounders tops Real Salt Lake with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Morris (35′) and a goal from Héber (58′). Seattle Sounders capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the CenturyLink Field stadium in Seattle on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Víctor Rivas assisted by Jeffrey Greeson and Mike Rottersman. The 4th official was Elijio Arreguin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.6 degrees Celsius or 38.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 8 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 123 Attack 73
- 45 Dangerous attack 44
- 75 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Seattle Sounders was in firm control of the ball 57% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Seattle Sounders was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Seattle Sounders won the match.
Seattle Sounders shot 19 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Seattle Sounders received 3 yellow cards (N. Tolo, Léo Chú and Léo Chú). Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (B. Ojeda).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this contest, Seattle Sounders has 6 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake stays with 3 points (9th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Seattle Sounders will play away with Saint Louis City on the 20th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Real Salt Lake will play away agasint Colorado Rapids on the 20th of October with a 26-15 head to head stats in favor of Real Salt Lake (13 draws).
Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake will play the return match on the at the Rio Tinto Stadium
Seattle Sounders – Formation
Seattle Sounders
73'
80'
35'
Seattle Sounders adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Brian Schmetzer decided to play with the following team: Stefan Frei , Alex Roldán , Yeimar Gómez Andrade , Jackson Ragen , Nouhou Tolo , Albert Rusnák , João Paulo , Cristian Roldán , Nicolás Lodeiro , Jordan Morris and Héber .
The home team had on the bench: Raúl Ruidíaz , Stefan Cleveland, Léo Chú , Daniel Leyva, Kelyn Rowe, Xavier Ricardo Arreaga Bermello, Reed Baker-Whiting, Dylan Teves and Josh Atencio .
Substitutions
Seattle Sounders made 3 changes: Jordan Morris for Joshua Atencio (81′), Jordan Morris for Leonardo Alves Chú Franco (80′) and Héber for Raúl Ruidíaz (81′).
Best player: Alex Roldán
The player that probably impressed the most for Seattle Sounders was Alex Roldán even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
Also Real Salt Lake adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath , Andrew Brody , Justen Glad , Marcelo Silva , Bryan Oviedo , Scott Caldwell , Braian Ojeda , Maikel Chang , Damir Kreilach , Jefferson Savarino and Anderson Julio .
They had on the bench: Bode Davis, Justin Meram , Andres Gomez , Moses Nyeman, Erik Holt, Tomas Gomez, Rubio Rubin , Daniel Musovski and Diego Luna .
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 4 changes: Anderson Julio for Rubio Rubin (60′), Maikel Chang for Andres Gomez (60′), Scott Caldwell for Diego Luna (72′) and Damir Kreilach for Justin Meram (72′).
Best player: Justen Glad
The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was Justen Glad.
His rating is with 53 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Seattle Sounders – Real Salt Lake – 2-0
- SJ Earthquakes – Vancouver Whitecaps – 2-1
- Colorado Rapids – Sporting KC – 0-0
- Saint Louis City – Charlotte – 3-1
- Dallas – LA Galaxy – 3-1
- Chicago Fire – New York City – 1-1
- Austin – Montreal Impact – 1-0
- Orlando City – Cincinnati – 0-0
- New York RB – Nashville SC – 0-0
- New England – Houston Dynamo – 3-0
- Inter Miami – Philadelphia Union – 2-0
- Columbus Crew – DC United – 2-0
- Atlanta United – Toronto – 1-1
