Sounders vs. Necaxa: Highlights, stats and quotes
The Seattle Sounders fell 3-1 to Club Necaxa in their Leagues Cup group stage finale, but it was still good enough to advance to the knockout phase. Obed Vargas opened the scoring and Pedro de la Vega appeared to give the Sounders a second goal, only for it to be ruled out by VAR. Necaxa then scored three unanswered goals.
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MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Club Necaxa 3
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Venue: Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field
Referee: Oshane Nation
Assistants: Caleb Wales, Ojay Duhaney
Fourth Official: Steffon Dewar
VAR: Tristley Bassue
Attendance: 26,513
Weather: 80 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Obed Vargas (Cristian Roldan) 8’
NCX – Agustín Palavecino (José Paradela) 24’
NCX – Diber Cambindo (José Paradela) 44’
NCX – Kevin Rosero 90’+2’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
NCX – Agustín Palavecino (caution) 63’
NCX – Brayan Garnica (caution) 70’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Andrew Thomas; Alex Roldan (Léo Chú 62’), Yeimar, Jackson Ragen, Reed Baker-Whiting (Nouhou 62’); Danny Leyva (João Paulo 46’), Obed Vargas, Cristian Roldan, Albert Rusnák, Pedro de la Vega (Paul Rothrock 33’); Danny Musovski (Jordan Morris 46’)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Frei, Jacob Castro, Jonathan Bell, Nathan, Sota Kitahara, Dylan Teves
Total shots: 9
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 7
Offside: 1
Corner-Kicks: 6
Saves: 1
Club Necaxa – Luis Unsain; Jesús Alcantar, Alán Montes, Agustín Oliveros, Raul Sandoval (Alejandro Mayorga 60’); Brayan Garnica, Diego Gomez (Emilio Martinez 60’), Fernando Arce, Agustín Palavecino (Alejandro Andrade 89’), José Paradela (Kevin Rosero 90’), Diber Cambindo (Tomás Badaloni 79’)
Substitutes not used: Raul Gudiño, Emiliano Pérez, Rogelio Cortez, Ricardo Monreal, Santiago Marquez, Juan Estrada
Total shots: 12
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 21
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 4
Saves: 1