The Seattle Sounders are heading back to the Western Conference finals for the fourth time in five years and the fifth time in seven years after beating FC Dallas 1-0 on Tuesday. They’ll next face the winner of Sporting KC-Minnesota United with a chance to go back to MLS Cup.
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – FC Dallas 0
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Venue: Lumen Field
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistants: Frank Anderson, Jeremy Kieso
Fourth Official: Fotis Bazakos
VAR: David Gantar
Attendance: Closed Door
Weather: 43 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Shane O’Neill (Nicolás Lodeiro) 49’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
DAL – Bressan (caution) 58’
SEA – João Paulo (caution) 69’
DAL – Thiago Santos (caution) 74’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Shane O’Neill, Nouhou; Cristian Roldan, João Paulo (Román Torres 87’), Joevin Jones (Kelvin Leerdam 68’), Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris (Brad Smith 90’+1’); Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Xavier Arreaga, Miguel Ibarra, Jordy Delem, Will Bruin, Jimmy Medranda
Total shots: 14 (Jones, 4)
Shots on goal: 2 (O’Neill/Jones, 1)
Fouls: 11 (João Paulo, 4)
Offside: 1 (Lodeiro, 1)
Corner-kicks: 8 (Lodeiro, 8)
Saves: 0
FC Dallas – Jimmy Mauer; Bryan Reynolds, Matt Hedges, Bressan, John Nelson (Michael Barrios 58’); Andres Ricaurte, Thiago Santos (Jesus Ferreira 87’), Fabrice-Jean Picault (Ricardo Pepi 80’), Tanner Tessmann (Santiago Mosquera 81’), Ryan Hollingshead; Franco Jara
Substitutes not used: Phelipe, Reto Ziegler, Callum Montgomery, Brandon Servania, Ema Twumasi
Total shots: 10 (Picault/Tessmann, 2)
Shots on goal: 0
Fouls: 14 (Ricaurte/Santos, 3)
Offside: 2 (Jara/Barrios, 1)
Corner-kicks: 4 (Ricaurte, 3)
Saves: 1 (Maurer, 1)
POST-MATCH QUOTES & SOUNDBYTES: SOUNDERS FC 1 – FC DALLAS 0
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020
LUMEN FIELD – SEATTLE, WA
On the consistency of this organization:
“Well what I would say is that the consistency of the organization really, there’s a lot of pieces to it.