"We have to put this one behind us. It wasn’t a Seattle Sounders performance." -Cristian Roldan
The Sounders will have to do better than this if they want to move up from the bottom of the Western Conference. Three of the next four matches are at home, where hopefully a familiar environment can put a spark into a team that looked absolutely listless in Kansas City.
Twenty points through 20 played puts Seattle 10 points back from the current last playoff spot.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 0 - Sporting Kansas City 3
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistants: Jeff Muschik, Peter Manikowski
Fourth Official: Hilario Grajeda
Weather: Sunny and 96 degrees
SCORING SUMMARY
SKC - Dominic Dwyer (Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi) 21'
SKC - Jacob Peterson (Saad Abdul-Salaam, Ike Opara) 45+3'
SKC - Dominic Dwyer 79'
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SKC - Roger Espinoza (caution) 23'
SEA - Herculez Gomez (caution) 43'
SEA - Joevin Jones (caution) 57'
SKC - Soni Mustivar (caution) 65'
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans - captain, Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones; Cristian Roldan, Erik Friberg (Tony Alfaro HT), Clint Dempsey; Herculez Gomez (Zach Scott HT), Jordan Morris, Andreas Ivanschitz (Michael Farfan 64')
Substitutes: Tyler Miller, Oniel Fisher, Nelson Valdez, Oalex Anderson
Total shots: 1 (Jones, 1)
Shots on goal: 0
Fouls: 5 (5 players, 1)
Offside: 2 (Dempsey, 2)
Corner-kicks: 0
Saves: 3 (Frei, 3)
Sporting Kansas City - Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam (Seth Sinovic 85'), Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Medranda; Benny Feilhaber, Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza; Jacob Peterson (Cameron Porter 77'), Dominic Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Connor Hallisey 41')
Substitutes not used: Alec Kann, Kevin Ellis, Emmanuel Appiah, Diego Rubio
Total shots: 19 (Dwyer, 6)
Shots on goal: 6 (Dwyer, 3)
Fouls: 7 (Feilhaber, 2)
Offside: 2 (Abdul-Salaam/Dwyer, 1)
Corner-kicks: 4 (Zusi, 3)
Saves: 0
POST-MATCH QUOTES
Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach Sigi Schmid
I thought our best period in the game was the start of the second half.