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Seattle Sounders vs. Sporting KC: Highlights, stats and quotes

MATCH SUMMARY

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Venue: Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Assistants: Eduardo Mariscal, Ian Anderson

Fourth Official: Alejandro Mariscal

VAR: David Gantar

Attendance: 39,530

Weather: 65 degrees and mostly cloudy

SCORING SUMMARY

SKC - Diego Rubio (Gerso Fernandes) 2’

SEA - Own Goal (Graham Zusi) 52’

SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (penalty) 56’

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

SEA - Kim Kee-hee (caution) 27’

SKC - Diego Rubio (caution) 32’

SKC - Ilie Sanchez (caution) 43’

SKC - Ike Opara (caution) 45’+1’

SEA - Chad Marshall (ejection) 81’

SEA - Stefan Frei (caution) 82’

LINEUPS & STATS

Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam, Kim Kee-hee, Chad Marshall, Brad Smith; Gustav Svensson, Osvaldo Alonso - captain, Cristian Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro (90’+6’), Harry Shipp (Román Torres 85’); Raúl Ruidíaz (Will Bruin 89’)

Total shots: 9 (Ruidíaz, 4)

Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)

Fouls: 14 (Marshall, 3)

Offside: 1 (Smith, 1)

Corner-kicks: 4 (Lodeiro, 3)

Saves: 4 (Frei, 4)

Sporting Kansas City - Tim Melia; Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler - captain, Seth Sinovic (Yohan Croizet 86’); Ilie Sanchez, Roger Espinoza, Felipe Gutierrez, Gerso Fernandes, Daniel Salloi (Johnny Russell 62’); Diego Rubio (Krisztian Nemeth 75’)

Substitutes not used: Eric Dick, Gianluca Busio, Jaylin Lindsey, Andreu Fontas

Total shots: 19 (Rubio, 4)

Shots on goal: 5 (Rubio, 2)

Fouls: 17 (Four players, 3)

Offside: 0

Corner-kicks: 7 (Zusi, 4)

Saves: 1 (Melia, 1)

SOUNDERS FC HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER

On if the team’s luck has balanced out:

“Thank Jimmy Gabriel for that.