The Seattle Sounders finish the regular season on a seven-game unbeaten run and having one 12-2-3 over the second half, but head into the playoffs on a bit of a down note after tying the Portland Timbers 1-1 on Saturday. Yeimar Gomez Andrade scored to give the Sounders a first-half lead and were mostly dominating play until the Timbers got out on a counter-attack, setting up Antony’s equalizer. Obed Vargas was then shown a second yellow for dissent and the two teams traded blows before ultimately settling for a tie, which allowed the Timbers to claim the Cascadia Cup.
Highlights
Stats
Seattle Sounders FC: 1 (1.06 xG)
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Portland Timbers: 1 (0.61 xG)#SEAvPOR | #Sounders | #RCTID | #MLS pic.twitter.com/eNtyl7ZSrC
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Portland Timbers 1
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Venue: Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Assistants: Logan Brown, Gianni Facchini
Fourth Official: Victor Rivas
VAR: Kevin Stott
Attendance: 36,341
Weather: 60 degrees and light rain
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Yeimar (Albert Rusnák) 37’
POR – Antony (Evander) 68’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Nouhou (caution) 23’
SEA – Paul Rothrock (caution) 59’
SEA – Obed Vargas (caution) 65’
SEA – Obed Vargas (ejection) 69’
SEA – Albert Rusnák (caution) 69’
POR – Jonathan Rodriguez (caution) 90’+5’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Yeimar, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou (Raúl Ruidíaz 90’+3’); Cristian Roldan, Obed Vargas, Pedro de la Vega (Reed Baker-Whiting 73’), Albert Rusnák, Paul Rothrock (Georgi Minoungou 86’); Jordan Morris
Substitutes not used: Andrew Thomas, Nathan, Danny Leyva, Jonathan Bell, João Paulo, Danny Musovski
Total shots: 16
Shots on goal: 6
Fouls: 14
Offside: 1
Corner-Kicks: 7
Saves: 1
Portland Timbers – James Pantemis; Claudio Bravo (Eric Miller 85’), Dario Zuparic, Finn Surman, Juan Mosquera; Evander, Diego Chara (Eryk Williamson 62’), Cristhian Paredes (David Ayala 62’); Felipe Mora (Mason Toye 81’), Antony, Jonathan Rodriguez
Substitutes not used: Maxime Crepeau, Tega Ikoba, Marvin Loria
Total shots: 7
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 16
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 2
Saves: 5
Quotes
Brian Schmetzer
On tonight’s result against Portland:
“Full room in here. Thank you. Full room. Full stadium. So, thanks [to] all the fans. I think everybody is frustrated. Everybody is super frustrated. This was as good a chance as any to end that streak, certainly against a lively home crowd with Cascadia Cup on the line, and super disappointed about not being able to bring that to our fans. You know, what can I say? Game unfolded in a certain manner. I thought we were in control of the game, and things, you know, just didn't end up in our favor. It is a loss, by the way. It is a complete loss.”
Stefan Frei
On what he thought the positives were for this match:
“I thought we had a good game, I thought we had a good first half. I thought we came out really well. We had a good mix in terms of possession, in terms of how we played direct. I thought we were in control of the game. [We] won the first half, it was great. The goal at halftime was then to come out and win the second half and I thought we started out pretty decent, I thought in good control of the match. Then they scored that goal, which is a bit unfortunate. I think we are going to look at that… we get countered on and they upgrade their shot twice, things we need to get better at. Another positive, I think, is that we go down a man and are pushing and are playing better and wanted it more than our opponent, who’s up one man. There’s some positives.”
Yeimar Gomez Andrade
On his goal:
“During the week we have been training a lot with Andy [Rose] on those types of situations. We’ve been working hard with him, but unfortunately during the game, I’m happy that I scored the goal, but we didn’t get the points we needed.”
