SUMMARY
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Assistants: Corey Parker, Nick Uranga
Fourth Official: Kevin Broadley
VAR: Alex Chilowicz
Attendance: 72,243
Weather: Indoors
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (penalty) 45’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (caution) 15’
SEA - Jordan McCrary (caution) 26’
ATL - Franco Escobar (caution) 44’
ATL - Michael Parkhurst (caution) 56’
SEA - Jordan McCrary (ejection) 63’
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (caution) 90’+4’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Jordan McCrary, Kim Kee-hee, Chad Marshall (Gustav Svensson 73’), Nouhou; Jordy Delem, Cristian Roldan, Harry Shipp (Kelvin Leerdam 65’), Nicolás Lodeiro - captain, Victor Rodriguez (Osvaldo Alonso 88’); Will Bruin
Substitutes not used: Bryan Meredith, Alex Roldan, Raúl Ruidíaz, Lamar Neagle
Total shots: 8 (Lodeiro, 3)
Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)
Fouls: 13 (Lodeiro, 4)
Offside: 4 (Bruin, 2)
Corner-kicks: 3 (Lodeiro, 3)
Saves: 6 (Frei, 6)
Atlanta United FC - Brad Guzan; Franco Escobar (Romario Williams 80’), Michael Parkhurst, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Chris McCann; Julian Gressel, Jeff Larentowicz, Hector Villalba, Miguel Almiron, Ezequiel Barco; Josef Martinez
Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Sal Zizzo, Mikey Ambrose, Kevin Katz, Brandon Vazquez, Andrew Carleton
Total shots: 19 (Gressel, 4)
Shots on goal: 6 (McCann/Gressel, 2)
Fouls: 12 (Escobar, 3)
Offside: 1 (Almiron, 1)
Corner-kicks: 15 (Barco, 9)
Saves: 2 (Guzan, 2)
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
Seattle Sounders FC head coach Brian Schmetzer
On the match:
“The mentality of the group was strong.