The scoreline might suggest this was a blowout, but Brian Schmetzer insisted that this was a much tougher match that it looked. Either way, the 3-0 win over LAFC on Friday leaves the Sounders atop the Western Conference.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 3 - Los Angeles FC 0
Friday, September 18, 2020
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
Assistants: Cameron Blanchard, Mike Rottersman
Fourth Official: Brad Jensen
VAR: Timothy Ford
Attendance: Closed Door
Weather: 64 degrees and light rain
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (penalty) 29’
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (penalty) 33’
SEA - Raúl Ruidíaz (João Paulo) 82’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
LAFC - Jose Cifuentes (caution) 54’
SEA - Xavier Arreaga (caution) 63’
SEA - Nicolás Lodeiro (caution) 71’
SEA - Yeimar Gómez Andrade (caution) 84’
LAFC - Andy Najar (caution) 90’+4’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam (Miguel Ibarra 88’), Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou; Cristian Roldan, João Paulo, Joevin Jones (Alex Roldan 71’), Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris (Shane O’Neill 87’); Raúl Ruidíaz (Will Bruin 90’)
Substitutes not used: Trey Muse, Stefan Cleveland, Handwalla Bwana, Josh Atencio
Total shots: 11 (Lodeiro/Ruidíaz, 3)
Shots on goal: 7 (Lodeiro, 3)
Fouls: 14 (Gómez Andrade, 3)
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 5 (Lodeiro, 5)
Saves: 2 (Frei, 2)
Los Angeles FC - Pablo Sisniega; Latif Blessing, Dejan Jakovic, Eddie Segura, Diego Palacios; Francisco Ginella (Eduard Atuesta HT), Jose Cifuentes (Danny Mosovski 69’), Mark-Anthony Kaye; Brian Rodriguez (Adrien Perez 69’), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Andy Najar HT), Diego Rossi (Christian Torres 87’)
Substitutes not used: Kenneth Vermeer, Jordan Harvey, Mohamed El-Munir, Bryce Duke
Total shots: 11 (Rossi, 3)
Shots on goal: 2 (Rodriguez/Rossi, 1)
Fouls: 16 (Blessing, 5)
Offside: 3 (Three players, 1)
Corner-kicks: 6 (Rodriguez, 3)
Saves: 4 (Sisniega, 4)
On the overall thoughts of the “comfortable” game:
“You would call that comfortable?