VANCOUVER. Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps draw 1-1. F. Montero scored the first goal (8′) for Seattle Sounders. R. Gauld settled the score (20′).

The match was played at the BC Place Stadium stadium in Vancouver on Sunday and it started at 11:00 pm local time. The referee was Fotis Bazakos who had the assistance of Chris Wattam and Jeffrey Greeson. The 4th official was Alain Ruch. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.3 degrees Celsius or 43.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Vancouver Whitecaps was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Seattle Sounders that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Vancouver Whitecaps was was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Vancouver Whitecaps to win the match​.

Vancouver Whitecaps shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Seattle Sounders shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Vancouver Whitecaps didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Seattle Sounders received 3 yellow cards (Y. Gomez, N. Tolo and D. Leyva).

Standings

After playing this match, Vancouver Whitecaps will have 48 points like Minnesota United and New York RB to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Seattle Sounders will have 59 points to drop in the 1st place.

Next matches

Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation

Vancouver Whitecaps started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Vanni Sartini decided to play with the following team: Maxime Crépeau (7.2), Florian Jungwirth (7.3), Ranko Veselinović (7.0), Jakob Nerwiński (6.9), Javain Brown (6.5), Russell Teibert (7.1), Leonard Owusu (6.7), Cristián Gutiérrez (7.5), Ryan Gauld (7.2), Brian White (6.3) and Cristián Dájome (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Pedro Vite, Thomas Hasal, Ryan Raposo, Lucas Cavallini, Bruno Gaspar (6.7), Andy Rose, Michael Baldisimo, Janio Bikel (6.6) and Marcus Godinho.

Substitutions

Vancouver Whitecaps made 3 changes: C. Dajome for J. Bikel (70′), J. Brown for B. Gaspar (75′) and B. White for L. Cavallini (90′).

Best player: Cristián Gutiérrez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Vancouver Whitecaps was Cristián Gutiérrez.

His rating is (7.5) with 46 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Seattle Sounders – Formation

Seattle Sounders started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the opposite side, Brian Schmetzer played with: Stefan Frei (6.2), Yeimar Gómez Andrade (6.6), Xavier Arreaga (7.4), Nouhou Tolo (7.0), Alex Roldan (6.2), Josh Atencio (6.5), Kelyn Rowe (7.6), Bradley Smith (6.5), Cristian Roldán (7.1), Nicolas Benezet (7.4) and Fredy Montero (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Reed Baker-Whiting, Jordan Morris (6.2), Léo Chú (6.5), Shane O’Neill, Ethan Dobbelaere, Stefan Cleveland, Abdoulaye Cissoko and Danny Leyva (6.8).

Substitutions

Seattle Sounders made 3 changes: J. Atencio for J. Morris (46′), B. Smith for D. Leyva (63′) and K. Rowe for L. Chu (85′).

Best player: Kelyn Rowe​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Seattle Sounders was Kelyn Rowe.

His rating is (7.6) with 46 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Cincinnati – Atlanta United – 1-2
• Columbus Crew – Chicago Fire – 2-0
• Nashville SC – New York RB – 1-1
• New England – Inter Miami – 0-1
• New York City – Philadelphia Union – 1-1
• Toronto – DC United – 1-3
• Montreal Impact – Orlando City – 0-2
• Colorado Rapids – Los Angeles FC – 5-2
• LA Galaxy – Minnesota United – 3-3
• Portland Timbers – Austin – 3-0
• SJ Earthquakes – Dallas – 1-1
• Sporting KC – Real Salt Lake – 0-1
• Vancouver Whitecaps – Seattle Sounders – 1-1