Danny Musovski, Pedro de la Vega and Paul Rothrock each scored first-half goals and Jesús Ferreira had a pair of assists to lead the Seattle Sounders to a 3-0 win over Nashville SC on Saturday. It was the Sounders’ second straight win and moved them to eighth place in the Western Conference.
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Seattle Sounders vs Nashville SC 20-04-2025, MLS Score: 3:0 Expected Goals: 2.04:1.07 Possession: 53:47 #Sounders #EveryoneN #TodosUnidos ⚽🤖
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MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 3 – Nashville SC 0
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Venue: Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
Assistants: Jeffrey Greeson, Jeffrey Swartzel
Fourth Official: Victor Rivas
VAR: David Barrie
Attendance: 31,867
Weather: 58 degrees and cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Danny Musovski (Jesús Ferreira, Paul Rothrock) 19’
SEA – Pedro de la Vega (Obed Vargas, Cristian Roldan) 30’
SEA – Paul Rothrock (Pedro de la Vega, Jesús Ferreira) 34’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Obed Vargas (caution) 37’
SEA – Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (caution) 51’
SEA – Kim Kee-hee (caution) 56’
SEA – João Paulo (caution) 82’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei – Captain; Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Kim Kee-hee, Nouhou; Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (Alex Roldan 77), Obed Vargas (João Paulo 77’), Cristian Roldan, Paul Rothrock (Ryan Kent 84’); Pedro de la Vega (Albert Rusnák 62’), Danny Musovski (Jordan Morris 62’), Jesús Ferreira
Substitutes not used: Andrew Thomas, Jonathan Bell, Reed Baker-Whiting, Danny Leyva
Total shots: 13
Shots on goal: 7
Fouls: 18
Offside: 0
Corner-Kicks: 2
Saves: 8
Nashville SC – Joe Willis; Daniel Lovitz, Jack Maher, Jeisson Palacios (Christopher Applewhite 81’), Andy Najar; Alex Muyl (Jacob Shaffelburg HT), Gastón Brugman (Edvard Tagseth HT), Patrick Yazbek; Ahmed Qasem (Josh Bauer HT), Sam Surridge (Jonathan Pérez 86’), Hany Mukhtar
Substitutes not used: Taylor Washington, Teal Bunbury, Matthew Corcoran, Brian Schwake
Total shots: 13
Shots on goal: 8
Fouls: 15
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 7
Saves: 4
Quotes
Brian Schmetzer
On tonight’s win over Nashville SC:
“I mean, how fun was that first half? I mean, it was pretty good. Well, actually, the first eight or nine minutes maybe wasn't that good, but once we got our feet under us, I think we played well. And what I'll say is that the win in Dallas was an emotional win because we had to overcome a bunch of adversity, and the week of training prior to that Dallas week, I think the coaches did a fantastic job of pushing the players. The players responded, we knew we were in a hole. We had to dig ourselves out. And it was a gutty, gritty win down in Dallas. And the fear, or my fear, the coaching thing was, let's not let that effort in Dallas go to waste. And so, the objective for this game, the message to the group this training week was to make sure that when the referee blew the whistle, we wanted to come out on the front foot. We want to put Nashville under pressure because they're a good team. BJ [Callaghan] does a good job. We wanted to come out and really outwork them, outsmart them, outthink them, and the reward for the guys that played in Dallas, I think they appreciated it. So, they played hard. The guys that came in in the second half did a good job. And you guys saw [Ryan] Kent, so there were some real positives in the game tonight.”
Pedro de la Vega
On the win overall:
“It was three goals that were out of team play. It’s something that’s important to be able to achieve as a team and also something that we practice every week. And it’s always nice to have three nice goals.”
On having fun while playing:
“We always try to enjoy the games. We train for that. We train to enjoy the game. We always try to be in a good mood and have fun while we play. But we always try to do it with responsibility. We cannot avoid that and it’s something that we take very seriously. But we want to have fun.”
Danny Musovski
On how scoring goals boosts his confidence:
“Yeah, I scored last game as well. I think as a forward it’s always good to score. It helps with everything. It helps with confidence it helps off the ball. But I always feel like if I get the minutes, I’ll get the goals, I think that’s the hardest challenge for me – work hard in training and when the coach gives me a chance try to take advantage of it and I feel like I’ve done that.”
