Seattle Sounders prevails over Toronto 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

TORONTO. Seattle Sounders overcomes Toronto with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Teves (39') and a goal from F. Montero (60').

By
Luke Meyer
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Seattle Sounders prevails over Toronto 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

TORONTO. Seattle Sounders prevails over Toronto with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Teves (39′) and a goal from F. Montero (60′). Toronto was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the BMO Field stadium in Toronto on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Silviu Petrescu with the collaboration of Andrew Bigelow and Lyes Arfa. The 4th official was Ismir Pekmic. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.2 degrees Celsius or 73.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Toronto

0 - 2

Team 1

Seattle Sounders

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 13 Total 11
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 7 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 142 Attack 89
  • 64 Dangerous attack 34
  • 55 Ball safe 55
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 3
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 16
  • 1 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Toronto was in firm control of the ball 62% while Seattle Sounders was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Toronto was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Seattle Sounders was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Toronto shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Seattle Sounders shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Toronto received 1 yellow card (C. Salcedo). On the other side, Seattle Sounders received 4 yellow cards (L. Alves Chu Franco, N. Tolo, N. Lodeiro and D. Leyva).

Match Timeline

14'
Léo Chú- Yellow
31'
34'
N. Tolo- Yellow
39'
Dylan Teves(goal)
Deandre Kerr- sub ->A. Akinola
46'
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty- sub ->L. Petrasso
46'
59'
60'
Kelyn Rowe- sub ->J. Medranda
60'
Fredy Montero(goal)N. Lodeiro
70'
72'
Josh Atencio- sub ->L. Alves Chu Franco
79'
86'
R. Baker-Whiting- sub ->F. Montero
90'
Danny Leyva- Yellow

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Philadelphia Union
67
34
CF Montréal
65
34
New York City
55
34
New York RB
53
34
Cincinnati
49
34
Inter Miami
48
34
Orlando City
48
34
Columbus Crew
46
34
New England
42
34
Charlotte
42
34
Atlanta United
40
34
Chicago Fire
39
34
Toronto
34
34
DC United
27
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Los Angeles FC
67
34
Austin
56
34
Dallas
53
34
Nashville SC
50
34
LA Galaxy
50
34
Minnesota United
48
34
Real Salt Lake
47
34
Portland Timbers
46
34
Colorado Rapids
43
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
43
34
Seattle Sounders
41
34
Sporting KC
40
34
Houston Dynamo
36
34
SJ Earthquakes
35
34

After playing this match, Toronto will stay with 18 points like SJ Earthquakes to hold in the 23rd place. On the other side, Seattle Sounders will have 26 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Toronto will play away with Philadelphia Union on the 8th of October with a 13-10 head to head in favor of Toronto (7 draws).

Seattle Sounders will host SJ Earthquakes on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head statistic in favor of Seattle Sounders (9 draws).

Toronto – Formation

Toronto
G
Quentin Westberg 16.United States
6.4
D
Chris Mavinga 23.DR Congo
6.6
D
Carlos Salcedo 3.Mexico
7.1
31'
D
L. Petrasso 38.Canada
6.6
46'
D
Kosi Thompson 47.Canada
6.7
M
Michael Bradley 4.United States
7.4
M
Pozuelo 10.Spain
6.3
M
Jonathan Osorio  21.Canada
7.0
M
Jayden Nelson 11.Canada
6.4
79'
F
Ayo Akinola 20.Canada
6.9
46'
F
Jesús Jiménez  9.Spain
6.9
Substitutes
G
Alex Bono 25.United States
D
Lukas MacNaughton 5.Canada
D
Kadin Chung 12.Canada
D
Shane O'Neill 27.United States
M
Ralph Priso 8.Canada
7.0
79'
F
J. Perruzza 77.Canada
F
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 7.Canada
7.0
46'
F
Jacob Shaffelburg 22.Canada
F
Deandre Kerr 29.Canada
6.7
46'

Toronto started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Bob Bradley decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Toronto made 3 changes: A. Akinola for D. Kerr (46′), L. Petrasso for J. Marshall-Rutty (46′) and J. Nelson for R. Priso-Mbongue (79′).

Seattle Sounders – Formation

Seattle Sounders
G
Stefan Cleveland 30.United States
8.1
D
Yeimar Gómez Andrade 28.Colombia
7.3
D
N. Tolo 5.Cameroon
7.4
34'
D
Jackson Ragen 25.United States
6.9
M
Jimmy Medranda 94.Colombia
7.3
60'
M
Nicolás Lodeiro 10.Uruguay
7.1
70'
M
Álex Roldán 16.El Salvador
7.2
M
Danny Leyva 75.United States
7.1
90'
F
Léo Chú 23.Brazil
7.2
72' 14'
F
Fredy Montero 12.Colombia
7.2
86' Goals60'
F
Dylan Teves 99.United States
6.9
59' Goals39'
Substitutes
G
Andrew Thomas 26.United States
D
Abdoulaye Cissoko 92.France
M
Ethan Dobbelaere 45.United States
7.1
59'
M
R. Baker-Whiting 21.United States
86'
M
Josh Atencio 84.United States
6.6
72'
M
Kelyn Rowe 22.United States
6.7
60'
F
Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 87.United States

Seattle Sounders started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Brian Schmetzer played with: .

Substitutions

Seattle Sounders made 4 changes: D. Teves for E. Dobbelaere (59′), J. Medranda for K. Rowe (60′), L. Alves Chu Franco for J. Atencio (72′) and F. Montero for R. Baker-Whiting (86′).

Results of the day

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