The Seattle Sounders snapped a three-game winless streak with a decisive 3-0 win over defending Concacaf Champions League winners Tigres UANL in their Leagues Cup debut on Tuesday. The Sounders got goals from Raúl Ruidíaz, Fredy Montero and Nicolás Lodeiro and will now await the winner of Orlando City-Santos Laguna, who they’ll play in the semifinals on Sept. 14 or 15.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 3 – Tigres UANL 0
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Venue: Lumen Field
Referee: John Pitti
Assistants: Alejandro Camarena, Ronald Bruña
Fourth Official: Oliver Vergara
VAR: Said Martinez
Attendance: 17,077
Weather: 80 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (penalty) 23’
SEA – Fredy Montero (Cristian Roldan, João Paulo) 64’
SEA – Nicolás Lodeiro (Cristian Roldan) 70’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Kelyn Rowe (caution) 58’
SEA – Nicolás Lodeiro (caution) 67’
TIG – Diego Reyes (caution) 88’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Cleveland; Alex Roldan, Xavier Arreaga, Shane O’Neill, Yeimar (Abdoulaye Cissoko 85’), Brad Smith (Jimmy Medranda 65’); João Paulo, Cristian Roldan, Kelyn Rowe (Josh Atencio 76’); Raúl Ruidíaz (Will Bruin 84’), Fredy Montero (Nicolás Lodeiro 65’)
Substitutes not used: Spencer Richey, Ethan Dobbelaere, Reed Baker-Whiting, Danny Leyva
Total shots: 9
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 17
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 4
Saves: 1
Tigres UANL – Miguel Ortega; Diego Reyes, Hugo Ayala, Francisco Venegas, Erick Avalos (Javier Aquino HT); David Ayala (Rafael Carloca 72’), Leonardo Fernandez (Raymundo Fulgencio 59’), Jesús Dueñas (Juan Vigón 72’), Florian Thauvin (Nicolás Lopez HT); Luis Quinoñes, Carlos Gonzalez
Substitutes not used: Adrián Garza, Arturo Delgado, Juan Sánchez, Aldo Cruz, Jesús Garza, Luis Nájera, Alan Ramos
Total shots: 16
Shots on goal: 1
Fouls: 12
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 8
Saves: 2
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The Seattle Sounders come into their first-ever Leagues Cup appearance in a bit of an odd place.