SEATTLE. Seattle Sounders and Austin didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Seattle Sounders was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Lumen Field stadium in Seattle on Saturday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Rafael Santos assisted by Raidel Toledo Andino and Andrew Hanks. The 4th official was . The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.24 degrees Celsius or 39.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 23 Total 2
- 3 On Target 1
- 11 Off Target 1
- 9 Shots blocked 0
- 91 Attack 71
- 100 Dangerous attack 30
- 68 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 0
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 18
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Seattle Sounders had a superior ball possession 58% while Austin was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Seattle Sounders was more aggressive with 100 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Seattle Sounders to win the match.
Seattle Sounders shot 23 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Austin shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Seattle Sounders received 3 yellow cards (Jordan Morris, Xavier Arreaga and Josh Atencio). Regarding the opposition, Austin received 6 yellow cards (Owen Wolff, O. Wolff, Julio Cascante, Alexander Ring, Jhojan Valencia and Žan Kolmanič).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this encounter, Seattle Sounders has 1 points to occupy the 12th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Austin has 1 points (11th).
Next matches
Seattle Sounders – Formation
Seattle Sounders
22'
63'
Seattle Sounders started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Brian Schmetzer decided to play with the following team: Andy Thomas , Álex Roldán , Xavier Arreaga , Jackson Ragen , N. Tolo , Josh Atencio , Obed Vargas , Cristian Roldán , Pedro de la Vega , Léo Chú and Jordan Morris .
The home team had on the bench: Raúl Ruidíaz, Paul Rothrock, Jon Bell, Daniel Musovski, Jacob Castro, Cody Baker, Danny Leyva and Dylan Teves.
Seattle Sounders could not rely on the presence of Raúl Ruidíaz (injured).
Substitutions
Seattle Sounders made 2 changes: Pedro de la Vega for Raúl Ruidíaz (63′) and Léo Chú for Daniel Musovski (82′).
Player of the match: Josh Atencio
The player that probably impressed the most for Seattle Sounders was Josh Atencio.
His rating is with 76 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 5 crosses.
Austin – Formation
Austin
Austin started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Josh Wolff played with: Jhojan Valencia, Jader Obrian, Diego Rubio, Brad Stuver , Jon Gallagher , Julio Cascante , Matt Hedges , Žan Kolmanič , Daniel Pereira , Alexander Ring and Emiliano Rigoni .
They had on the bench: Héctor Jimenez, Calvin Fodrey, Valentin Noël, Guilherme Biro, Stefan Cleveland, Antonio Gomez, Ethan Finlay , Owen Wolff and Gyasi Zardes .
Substitutions
Austin made 4 changes: Jader Obrian for Ethan Finlay (66′), Daniel Pereira for Owen Wolff (86′), Diego Rubio for Gyasi Zardes (66′) and Žan Kolmanič for Guilherme Biro (71′).
Player of the match: Julio Cascante
The most impressive player for Austin was Julio Cascante.
His rating is with 43 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Charlotte – 1-1
- Chicago Fire – Cincinnati – 1-2
- Dallas – CF Montréal – 1-2
- Houston Dynamo – New York RB – 1-2
- Sporting KC – Philadelphia Union – 1-1
- St. Louis City – New York City – 2-0
- Colorado Rapids – Nashville SC – 1-1
- Portland Timbers – DC United – 2-2
- SJ Earthquakes – LA Galaxy – 1-3
- Seattle Sounders – Austin – 0-0
- New England – Toronto – 0-1
