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.