It wasn’t how the team planned to take a point from the game, surely, but the Seattle Sounders have one to take back to their home opener next Sunday. After a rough performance for much of the game, they’ll take it.
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Brian Poeschel
Fourth Official: Geoff Gamble
Attendance: 34,373
Weather: Mostly cloudy and 4 degrees (indoors)
SCORING SUMMARY
MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Patrice Bernier) 51'
SEA - Nico Lodeiro (penalty) 83'
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
MTL - Laurent Ciman (caution) 11'
MTL - Matteo Mancosu (caution) 65'
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Gustav Svensson (Oniel Fisher 59'), Román Torres (Will Bruin 85'), Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones; Osvaldo Alonso - captain, Cristian Roldan, Nico Lodeiro, Clint Dempsey, Harry Shipp (Henry Wingo 72'); Jordan Morris
Total shots: 15 (Dempsey/Morris, 3)
Shots on goal: 4 (4 players, 1)
Fouls: 5 (5 players, 1)
Offside: 2 (Shipp/Lodeiro, 1)
Corner-kicks: 6 (Lodiero/Shipp, 3)
Saves: 3 (Frei, 3)
Montreal Impact - Evan Bush; Chris Duvall, Victor Cabrera (Wandrille Lefevre 90'+2'), Laurent Ciman, Ambroise Oyongo; Patrice Bernier (Adrián Arregui 59'), Marco Donadel, Hernan Bernardello, Dominic Oduro (Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla 67'), Ignacio Piatti; Matteo Mancosu
Total shots: 8 (Piatti, 3)
Shots on goal: 5 (Piatti 3)
Fouls: 14 (Bernardello, 3)
Offside: 1 (Mancosu, 1)
Corner-kicks: 1 (Donadel, 1)
Saves: 2 (Bush, 2)
POST-MATCH QUOTES:
Head Coach Brian Schmetzer
On Will Bruin’s goal and letting the other team take a lead:
“I don’t want to go down two goals.