The opportunity was there for the taking. Through 60 minutes, the Seattle Sounders had a well-deserved 1-0 lead and were the team seemingly more likely to score next. But a trio of subs changed the game and several defensive errors sealed the Sounders’ fate as they eventually fell short of their first international trophy, falling 3-2 to Club León.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 2 – Club León 3
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Venue: Allegiant Stadium
Referee: Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros
Assistants: Ismael Cornejo, David Moran
Fourth Official: Juan Zumba
VAR: Tatiana Guzman
Attendance: 24,824
Weather: Indoors
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Cristian Roldan (Jimmy Medranda) 48’
LEO – Ángel Mena (Elías Hernandez) 61’
LEO – Ángel Mena (PK) 81’
LEO – Emanuel Gigliotti 85’
SEA – Nicolas Benezet (Will Bruin) 90+2’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Xavier Arreaga (caution) 10’
SEA – João Paulo (caution) 15’
LEO – Santiago Colombatto (caution) 23’
SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (caution) 27’
SEA – Cristian Roldan (caution) 82’
LEO – Luis Montes (caution) 90+3’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei – captain; Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Xavier Arreaga, Shane O’Neill (Nico Benezet 83’), Jimmy Medranda (Brad Smith 68’); João Paulo, Kelyn Rowe (Josh Atencio 83’), Cristian Roldan, Fredy Montero (Will Bruin 77’); Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Spencer Richey, AB Cissoko, Nouhou, Danny Leyva, Reed Baker-Whiting, Ethan Dobbelaere, Léo Chú
Total shots: 10
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 17
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 2
Saves: 1
Club León – Rondolfo Cota; Osvaldo Rodriguez, William Tesillo, Jaine Barreiro, Andres Mosquera (José David Ramírez 59’); Santiago Colombatto, José Rodríguez, Omar Fernández (Luis Montes 71’); Jean Meneses (Elías Hernández 60’), Víctor Dávila (Emanuel Gigliotti 60’), Ángel Mena
Substitutes not used: Iván Vázquez, Pablo Rangel, Ramiro González, Jesse Zamudio, Gil Burón, Oscar Villa, Fidel Ambríz, Santiago Ormeño
Total shots: 8
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 13
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 3
Saves: 0