With a severely reduced lineup, things weren’t looking good for the Seattle Sounders heading into the match against Columbus Crew SC. The Sounders gave up early goals thanks to midfield and defensive confusion, and that put them in a very difficult position to get anything out of the contest. Adjustments and substitutions came after halftime, but it proved to be too little, too late.
Seattle are now 4-6-4, -5 through 14 games played. That’s good for 1.14 PPG and 8th in the Western Conference.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 0 - Columbus Crew SC 3
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Venue: MAPFRE Stadium
Referee: David Gantar
Assistants: Charles Morgante, Peter Manikowski
Fourth Official: Fotis Bazakos
Attendance: 12,773
Weather: 70 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
CLB - Federico Higuaín (Héctor Jiménez) 10'
CLB - Justin Meram (Wil Trapp) 21'
CLB - Ola Kamara (Justin Meram, Federico Higuaín) 59'
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA - Seyi Adekoya (caution) 3'
CLB - Jonathan Mensah (caution) 67'
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Jordy Delem, Gustav Svensson, Tony Alfaro, Oniel Fisher (Brad Evans 64'); Alvaro Fernandez, Osvaldo Alonso - captain, Cristian Roldan, Joevin Jones (Román Torres 74'), Nicolas Lodeiro; Seyi Adekoya (Nouhou Tolo 64')
Total shots: 6 (Lodeiro, 3)
Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)
Fouls: 7 (Alonso/Adekoya, 3)
Offside: 1 (Fernandez, 1)
Corner-kicks: 6 (Lodeiro, 6)
Saves: 2 (Frei, 2)
Columbus Crew SC - Zack Steffen; Héctor Jiménez (Harrison Afful 69'), Josh Williams, Jonathan Mensah, Jukka Raitala; Wil Trapp, Artur, Ethan Finlay, Federico Higuaín (Alex Crognale 83'), Justin Meram (Kekuta Manneh 74'); Ola Kamara
Total shots: 12 (Kamara, 5)
Shots on goal: 5 (Kamara/Meram, 2)
Fouls: 13 (Artur, 3)
Offside: 2 (Kamara, 2)
Corner-kicks: 3 (Higuain, 3)
Saves: 4 (Steffen, 4)
POST-MATCH QUOTES:
Seattle Sounders FC
Head Coach Brian Schmetzer
On his thoughts of tonight’s match
You can’t go away from home and give up soft goals.