It was a forgettable night in the Bronx, where the Sounders started reasonably well but fell apart toward the end.
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Venue: Yankee Stadium
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Assistants: Logan Brown, Jose Da Silva
Fourth Official: Lorant Varga
VAR: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Attendance: 18,217
Weather: 84 degrees and sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
NYC - Maximiliano Moralez (Jesus Medina) 58’
NYC - Jesus Medina (Valentin Castellanos) 77’
NYC - Ebenezer Ofori (Alexander Ring) 87’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA - Nouhou (caution) 4’
NYC - Alexander Ring (caution) 42’
SEA - Kim Kee-hee (caution) 73’
LINEUPS & STATS
Substitutes not used: Bryan Meredith, Román Torres, Brad Smith, Gustav Svensson
Total shots: 14 (Three players, 2)
Shots on goal: 4 (Four players, 1)
Fouls: 7 (Nouhou, 2)
Offside: 2 (Abdul-Salaam/Dhillon, 1)
Corner-kicks: 7 (Rodríguez, 4)
Saves: 1 (Frei, 1)
New York City FC - Brad Stuver; Anton Tinnerholm, Sebastien Ibeagha, Alexander Ring, Maxime Chanot, Ronald Matarrita; Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (Jesus Medina 55’), Maximiliano Moralez, Keaton Parks, Alexandru Mitrita (Ebenezer Ofori 62’); Valentin Castellanos (Ben Sweat 84’)
Substitutes not used: Luis Barraza, Daniel Bedoya, Juan Torres, Justin Haak
Total shots: 20 (Castellanos, 9)
Shots on goal: 8 (Castellanos, 2)
Fouls: 14 (Ring, 6)
Offside: 2 (Moralez/Tajouri-Shradi, 1)
Corner-kicks: 8 (Moralez, 8)
Saves: 4 (Stuver, 4)
SEATTLE SOUNDERS HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER
On the second half…
“It seemed like after that first goal our guys dropped dead a little bit.