The Seattle Sounders bolstered their position atop the Western Conference with a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. The Sounders are now three points clear of second-place Portland Timbers and 10 points clear of the final playoff position as they head into a five-game stretch in which they’ll be missing several starters due to international duty.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 3 – Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Referee: Timothy Ford
Assistants: Cameron Blanchard, Brian Dunn
Fourth Official: Farhad Dadkho
VAR: Armando Villarreal
Attendance: Closed Door
Weather: 56 degrees and fog
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – João Paulo 46’
SEA – Erik Godoy (OG) 53’
SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Jordan Morris, Nicolás Lodeiro) 59’
VAN – Fredy Montero (penalty) 65’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
VAN – Janio Bikel (caution) 26’
SEA – João Paulo (caution) 49’
VAN – Lucas Cavallini (caution) 52’
SEA – Yeimar Gómez Andrade (caution) 65’
VAN – Janio Bikel (ejection) 68’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam (Alex Roldan 76’), Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou (Brad Smith 73’); Gustav Svensson (Jordy Delem 73’), João Paulo (Josh Atencio 89’), Cristian Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris; Raúl Ruidíaz (Will Bruin 76’)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Shane O’Neill, Miguel Ibarra
Total shots: 22 (Morris, 5)
Shots on goal: 9 (Lodeiro, 3)
Fouls: 10 (Three players, 2)
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 6 (Lodeiro, 5)
Saves: 1 (Frei, 1)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Bryan Meredith; Jake Nerwinski, Erik Godoy, Derek Cornelius, Ali Adnan; Cristian Dajome (Patrick Metcalfe 75’), Janio Bikel, Andy Rose (Michael Baldisimo 65’), David Milinkovic (Ryan Raposo 65’); Fredy Montero (Theo Bair 75’), Lucas Cavallini (Tosaint Ricketts 89’)
Substitutes not used: Evan Bush, Isaac Boehmer, Ranko Veselinovic, Damiano Pecile
Total shots: 3 (Cavallini, 2)
Shots on goal: 2 (Cavallini/Montero, 1)
Fouls: 17 (Cavallini, 4)
Offside: 1 (Raposo, 1)
Corner-kicks: 0
Saves: 7 (Meredith, 7)
Sounders comments
On the adjustments that were made at halftime:
“Well the adjustments at halftime were just reminding them what the original game plan was.