The Seattle Sounders made it a little nervier than they needed to but still managed to chalk up another win, topping Real Salt Lake 2-1 on Wednesday. It was the Sounders’ fifth win in six matches and they are now 7-2-1 since returning from MLS is Back. Nicolas Lodeiro also picked up two assists, while Jordan Morris and Yeimar Gomez Andrade each added goals.
Stats
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 2 – Real Salt Lake 1
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Referee: David Gantar
Assistants: Jeff Hosking, Gjovalin Bori
Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
Attendance: Closed Door
Weather: 61 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Jordan Morris (Cristian Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro) 28’
SEA – Yeimar Gómez Andrade (Nicolás Lodeiro) 61’
RSL – Nouhou (OG) 68’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Jordy Delem (caution) 26’
SEA – Shane O’Neill (caution) 70’
RSL – Nick Besler (caution) 76’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam (Alex Roldan 86’), Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Shane O’Neill, Nouhou (Román Torres 86’); Jordy Delem, João Paulo, Cristian Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris; Will Bruin (Brad Smith 64’)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Handwalla Bwana, Shandon Hopeau, Josh Atencio, Justin Dhillon
Total shots: 7 (Bruin/Yeimar, 2)
Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)
Fouls: 8 (Delem, 2)
Offside: 4 (Morris, 2)
Corner-kicks: 2 (Lodeiro, 2)
Saves: 0
Real Salt Lake – Andrew Putna; Aaron Herrera (Justin Meram 86’), Erik Holt, Justen Glad, Nick Besler; Tate Schmidt, Pablo Ruiz, Kyle Beckerman (Jeizon Ramierz 86’), Justin Portillo; Sam Johnson (Douglas Martinez 66’), Corey Baird (Maikel Chang 66’)
Substitutes not used: Zac MacMath, Marcelo Silva, Donny Toia, Milan Iloski
Total shots: 7 (Ruiz, 2)
Shots on goal: 0
Fouls: 8 (Herrera, 3)
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 3 (Ruiz, 2)
Saves: 1 (Putna, 1)
Quotes
On the positives on a one goal victory:
“Plenty of positives, I mean MLS is a hard league, tough league, you know even though RSL brought some reserves out on the field, I mean three points is three points, no one is going to think about that at the end of the year when they are counting the points for the standings, playoff positioning, they are just going to say ok well they got three points out of that game.