LINEUPS: The Sounders are going with the same lineup they used in their last league game against the Vancouver Whitecaps, with the one change being Cody Baker for Nouhou. Perhaps more notably, Pedro de la Vega was not included in the roster after being listed as questionable.

For all their struggles through the first 14 matches of the season, the Seattle Sounders have a chance to move into a playoff spot if they can beat St. Louis City SC on the road today.

Since their disastrous 0-2-3 start, the Sounders have managed to go 3-3-3. St. Louis City come into this match on a two-game losing streak, and are 2-1-2 in their last five.

To the degree the Sounders have had success, it’s been mostly on the road, where they’ve gone 2-1-0 in their past three.

Notes

The Sounders beat St. Louis in both of their meetings last year, winning 3-0 and 2-0.
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi has been called up via short-term loan for this game. He scored the game-winning goal against Phoenix Rising on Wednesday.
Raúl Ruidíaz has 14 career game-winning goals in 61 career road games. He will tie Jeff Cunningham for second on the all-time MLS list with his next game winner. Chris Wondolowski has the all-time lead with 17. No one else in the top 5 has scored as many as 14 goals in fewer than 129 matches.

Absences: Injury, international duty and suspension

Seattle

OUT: Josh Atencio - Hamstring; Jonathan Bell - Hamstring; Léo Chú - Adductor; Nathan - Quad; Braudilio Rodrigues - Hamstring

QUESTIONABLE: Pedro de la Vega - Hamstring

St. Louis

OUT: Christian Olivares - Illness

Recent form

Sounders: DLWDW
St. Louis City: LLWDW

Kit matchup

Officials

REF: Lukasz Szpala; AR1: Matthew Nelson; AR2: Ricardo Ocampo; 4TH: JC Griggs; VAR: Carol Anne Chenard; AVAR: Fabio Tovar

How to Watch

Match date/kickoff time: Saturday, 5:39 PM PT

Venue: CITYPARK, St. Louis

Global Streaming English: MLS Season Pass (Tyler Terens & Kyndra de St. Aubin)

Global Streaming Spanish: MLS Season Pass (Jorge Perez-Navarro & Marcelo Balboa)

Local Radio: 93.3 KJR-FM iHeartMedia (Danny Jackson & Steve Zakuani)

Local Spanish Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Rodriguez, Maqueda, Tapia)

Is this game available to stream for free? No

Will Sounders radio be available as an alternate feed? No

Lineups

Highlights will be posted as the match progresses.

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