SUMMARY
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Venue: Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field
Referee: Christopher Penso
Assistants: Cameron Blanchard, Jeremy Hanson
Fourth Official: Farhad Dadkho
VAR: Allen Chapman
Attendance: 41,849
Weather: 70 degrees and sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (PK) 5’
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (Victor Rodríguez) 31’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
VAN - Doniel Henry (caution) 16’
SEA - Nouhou (caution) 17’
VAN - Kendall Waston (caution) 63’
VAN - Kei Kamara (caution) 74’
VAN - Efrain Juarez (caution) 77’
VAN - Efrain Juarez (ejection) 77’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam (Jordy Delem 85’), Kim Kee-hee, Chad Marshall, Nouhou; Gustav Svensson, Cristian Roldan, Harry Shipp, Nicolás Lodeiro - captain, Victor Rodríguez (Osvaldo Alonso 45’+2’); Will Bruin (Raúl Ruidíaz 61’)
Substitutes not used: Bryan Meredith, Clint Dempsey, Román Torres, Waylon Francis
Total shots: 14 (Lodeiro, 5)
Shots on goal: 3 (Lodeiro, 2)
Fouls: 17 (Six players, 2)
Offside: 1 (Lodeiro, 1)
Corner-kicks: 6 (Lodeiro, 6)
Saves: 2 (Frei, 2)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Stefan Marinoviu0107; Doneil Henry, Kendall Waston - captain, Marcel de Jong, Jake Nerwinski; Efrain Juarez, Felipe Martins, Cristian Techera (Nicolas Mezquida 59’), Yordy Reyna (Aly Ghazal 81’); Jordon Mutch (Russell Teibert 70’), Kei Kamara
Substitutes not used: Brian Rowe, Sean Franklin, Anthony Blondell, Brek Shea
Total shots: 8 (Mezquida, 2)
Shots on goal: 2 (Kamara/Techera, 1)
Fouls: 18 (Henry/Juarez, 3)
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 3 (Felipe, 2)
Saves: 1 (Marinovic, 1)
SOUNDERS FC HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER
On the benefit of a positive result at home:
“I think the psychological gain was just winning.