Sunday against the LA Galaxy, the Seattle Sounders rode high to a thrilling 4-2 win over their rivals to the south (south south). For the first two-thirds of the match, the Sounders rolled with their trademark 4-2-3-1, featuring Nicolas Lodeiro as a false 10.
For LA’s part, their focus concentrated on using Baggio Husidic and Sebastian Lletget to limit Lodeiro’s influence. Luckily for the Sounders, Jordan Morris is stepping up his game to new heights and was able to eviscerate Daniel Steres 1v1 shortly after the 60th minute to give the Sounders the lead. An injury minutes later to Andreas Ivanschitz forced Brian Schmetzer to rethink his plan and bring on Nelson Valdez instead.