Coming off a resounding win over Motagua in the Concacaf Champions League, the Seattle Sounders came out looking very flat against likely Western Conference title contenders Nashville SC on Sunday. The Sounders looked fine defensively — aside from an obvious error late — but were totally punchless going forward. The good news is that it can only get better.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 0 – Nashville SC 1
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Venue: Lumen Field
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistants: Ian Anderson, Chris Wattam
Fourth Official: Malik Badawi
VAR: Geoff Gamble
Attendance: 30,013
Weather: 49 degrees and rain
SCORING SUMMARY
NSH – Aníbal Godoy (Randall Leal) 80’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Xavier Arreaga (caution) 18’
SEA – Nouhou (caution) 90+4’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Yeimar, Xavier Arreaga (Danny Leyva 89’), Nouhou; João Paulo (Léo Chú 65’), Obed Vargas (Kelyn Rowe 75’), Cristian Roldan, Albert Rusnák, Jordan Morris (Fredy Montero 75’); Sam Adeniran (Nico Lodeiro HT)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Jackson Ragen, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Dylan Teves
Total shots: 10
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 13
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 8
Saves: 3
Nashville SC – Joe Willis; Walker Zimmerman, Daniel Lovitz, Eric Miller, Dave Romney; Aníbal Godoy, Sean Davis (Jack Maher 89’), Dax McCarty, Randall Leal (Alex Muyl 81’), Hany Mukhtar (Ake Armoud Loba 81’); C.