Seattle Sounders tops Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

SEATTLE. Seattle Sounders overcomes Real Salt Lake with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Morris (35') and a goal from Héber (58').

Seattle Sounders tops Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

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

Jordan Morris(goal)
35'
58'
60'
60'
A. Gómez- sub ->Maikel Chang
62'
Braian Ojeda- Yellow
72'
Diego Luna- sub ->Scott Caldwell
72'
N. Tolo- Yellow
73'
Josh Atencio- sub ->Jordan Morris
81'
Léo Chú- sub ->Jordan Morris
80'
Raúl Ruidíaz- sub ->Héber
81'
Léo Chú- Yellow
86'
Léo Chú- Yellow
86'

Standings

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
G
Stefan Frei 24.United States
6.8
D
Yeimar Gómez Andrade 28.Colombia
7.2
D
N. Tolo 5.Cameroon
7.2
73'
D
Jackson Ragen 25.United States
7.5
D
Álex Roldán 16.El Salvador
8.2
M
Nicolás Lodeiro 10.Uruguay
8.0
M
João Paulo 6.Brazil
7.6
M
Albert Rusnák 11.Slovakia
7.1
M
Cristian Roldán 7.United States
7.0
M
Jordan Morris 13.United States
7.8
80' Goals35'
F
Héber 19.Brazil
7.4
81' Goals58'
Substitutes
G
Stefan Cleveland 30.United States
D
Xavier Arreaga 3.Ecuador
M
Léo Chú 23.Brazil
6.1
80' 86'
M
Danny Leyva 75.United States
M
Kelyn Rowe 22.United States
M
Reed Baker-Whiting 21.United States
M
Dylan Teves 99.United States
M
Josh Atencio 84.United States
6.1
81'
F
6.2
81'

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 (6.8), Alex Roldán (8.2), Yeimar Gómez Andrade (7.2), Jackson Ragen (7.5), Nouhou Tolo (7.2), Albert Rusnák (7.1), João Paulo (7.6), Cristian Roldán (7.0), Nicolás Lodeiro (8.0), Jordan Morris (7.8) and Héber (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Raúl Ruidíaz (6.2), Stefan Cleveland, Léo Chú (6.1), Daniel Leyva, Kelyn Rowe, Xavier Ricardo Arreaga Bermello, Reed Baker-Whiting, Dylan Teves and Josh Atencio (6.1).

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 (8.2) 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
G
Zac MacMath 18.United States
7.4
D
Bryan Oviedo 3.Costa Rica
6.2
D
Marcelo Silva 30.Uruguay
6.4
D
Justen Glad 15.United States
7.5
D
Andrew Brody 2.United States
6.7
M
Antonio Hidalgo 8.Croatia
6.7
72'
M
Maikel Chang 16.Cuba
6.8
60'
M
Scott Caldwell 12.United States
6.7
72'
M
Braian Ojeda 6.Paraguay
6.8
62'
M
Jefferson Savarino 10.Venezuela
6.2
F
Anderson Julio 29.Ecuador
6.2
60'
Substitutes
G
Tomas Gomez 24.United States
D
Bode Davis 19.United States
D
Erik Holt 20.United States
M
A. Gómez 11.Colombia
6.6
60'
M
Moses Nyeman 33.United States
M
Diego Luna 26.United States
6.6
72'
F
Justin Meram 9.Iraq
6.8
72'
F
Rubio Rubín 14.Guatemala
6.1
60'
F
Daniel Musovski 17.United States

Also Real Salt Lake adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath (7.4), Andrew Brody (6.7), Justen Glad (7.5), Marcelo Silva (6.4), Bryan Oviedo (6.2), Scott Caldwell (6.7), Braian Ojeda (6.8), Maikel Chang (6.8), Damir Kreilach (6.7), Jefferson Savarino (6.2) and Anderson Julio (6.2).

They had on the bench: Bode Davis, Justin Meram (6.8), Andres Gomez (6.6), Moses Nyeman, Erik Holt, Tomas Gomez, Rubio Rubin (6.1), Daniel Musovski and Diego Luna (6.6).

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 (7.5) 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.​