The first leg of the Western Conference Semifinal between the Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps was relatively uneventful, but very successful from a Seattle point of view. The two teams go into Thursday’s second leg tied at zero, and the Sounders only looked stronger offensively as the match went on and starters returning from injury entered the contest.
SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 0 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Venue: BC Place
Referee: Kevin Stott
Assistants: Jeff Hosking, Kermit Quisenberry
Fourth Official: Ricardo Salazar
VAR: Mark Geiger
Attendance: 27,837
Weather: Clear
SCORING SUMMARY
None
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
VAN - Nosa (caution) 45'
VAN - Aly Ghazal (caution) 79'
SEA - Cristian Roldan (caution) 87'
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Chad Marshall (Lamar Neagle 78'), Kelvin Leerdam, Nouhou, Román Torres; Nicolás Lodeiro - captain, Jordy Delem (Gustav Svensson 64'), Joevin Jones, Harry Shipp (Osvaldo Alonso 74'), Cristian Roldan; Will Bruin
Total shots: 6 (Six players, 1)
Shots on goal: 1 (Marshall, 1)
Fouls: 6 (Roldan, 2)
Offside: 1 (Lodeiro, 1)
Corner-kicks: 5 (Lodeiro, 5)
Saves: None
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Stefan Marinovic; Jakob Nerwinski, Marcel de Jong, Tim Parker, Kendall Waton - captain; Christian Bolanos (Cristian Techera 76'), Brek Shea (Nicolas Mezquida 89'), Nosa (Yordy Reyna 62'), Tony Tchani, Aly Ghazal; Fredy Montero
Total shots: 7 (Montero, 3)
Shots on goal: None
Fouls: 14 (Nerwinski/Ghazal, 3)
Offside: None
Corner-kicks: 2 (Bolanos, 2)
Saves: 1 (Marinovic, 1)
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER
On tonight’s match:“I actually wish we would have pressed the issue a little bit more.