Seattle Sounders FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
September 17, 2016 · CenturyLink Field
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Sounders FC returns to the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field to take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a full-stadium contest on Saturday afternoon. Seattle comes off a 1-1 road draw at the San Jose Earthquakes on September 10, which featured a late equalizer by midfielder Nico Lodeiro. Unbeaten in six of its past seven matches, the Rave Green currently sit in ninth place in the Western Conference and six points below the Portland Timbers for the final postseason position (9-13-5, 32 points).
under the direction of third-year Head Coach Carl Robinson. Saturday’s contest marks the second of three meetings between the two sides this season. On March 19, Vancouver eked out a 2-1 win at CenturyLink Field on a pair of penalty-kick goals by Pedro Morales. The regional rivals will meet once more on October 2 at BC Place.
Vancouver visits the Emerald City after earning a 3-1 road win last Saturday versus Columbus Crew SC. With the victory, the Whitecaps leapfrogged Seattle and San Jose for the seventh-place spot on the table with 34 points. With 37 goals scored and 45 goals allowed, Vancouver’s minus-8 goal differential is the worst in the Western Conference. The club performs
DID YOU KNOW??? Since taking over the managerial role on July 26, Interim Head Coach Brian Schmetzer is unbeaten at CenturyLink Field. In his debut on July 31, Sounders FC played to a 1-1 draw against the LA Galaxy, but the Rave Green have won both home matches since. On August 14, Seattle topped Real Salt Lake by a score of 2-1 before defeating the Portland Timbers 3-1 in front of over 53,000 fans. After the Vancouver match, Seattle will host three more home matches in the 2016 campaign.
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All you need to know when Sounders FC Hosts Vancouver Whitecaps FC The Seattle Sounders host Cascadia rival Vancouver Whitecaps FC this weekend in a Western Conference battle. Here is everything you need to know heading into the match. By Ryan Krasnoo
WHEN AND WHERE: Kickoff is at 1 p.m. PT at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. HOW TO WATCH AND LISTEN: You can find the match on JOEtv, UnivisionSeattle, ROOT SPORTS (outside Seattle), KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, El Rey 1360AM. RECORDS AND STANDINGS: Sounders (9-13-5, 32 points, ninth in Western Conference), Whitecaps (9-13-7, 34 points, seventh in Western Conference). ALL-TIME MLS HISTORY: The Sounders are 5-6-4 against the Whitecaps in MLS all time. This is the second of three meetings between the teams this season. LAST MEETING: The Sounders lost 2-1 on March 19 in Seattle. Vancouver’s Pedro Morales scored twice on two penalty kicks in the 10th and 74th minutes, while Seattle’s Andreas Ivanschitz found the back of the net in the 52nd.
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TRENDING UP: The Sounders are 3-1-3 in their last seven matches, with a loss in Portland two weeks ago the only blemish in that span as the team makes a race for the final Western Conference playoff spot. TRENDING DOWN: The Whitecaps won 3-1 at Columbus on Saturday, but it was just their first win in their last nine matches (1-5-3). MANNEH DOWN: Vancouver lost Kekuta Manneh in midJuly when he underwent right foot surgery. He is still tied for second with Christian Bolanos on the Whitecaps’ goalscoring list this season, while Morales leads the team with six. O, CAPTAIN!: Sounders captain Brad Evans is expected to return this week after missing last Saturday’s match against the San Jose Earthquakes with lower back pain. His absence forced interim head coach Brian Schmetzer to alter his lineup slightly, most notably with the
normally central Cristian Roldan playing on the right flank. TORRES’ RETURN: Sounders center back Román Torres returned to the starting lineup last week against the Earthquakes for the first time in nearly a year after tearing his ACL, coincidentally, in San Jose. “Torres was pretty good,” Schmetzer said on Monday. “There’s a little bit of rust to
shake off, but it’s been a full calendar year…I think for his first few matches, I give him high marks.” FOUL PLAY: The Whitecaps are second in MLS in fouls committed this year with 410, behind only D.C. United (431). The Sounders, conversely, are second-to-last, having committed just 279.
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MATCHDAY STORYLINES Radio Play-by-Play Commentator Matt Johnson tells you his three storylines to follow in this afternoon’s match vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Home Games Are Must-Wins Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of using the term “must win” unless the team I’m rooting for is in a playoff series or in an elimination game, but honestly we can look at the Sounders remaining seven matches and say MUST-WIN for all of the home matches. Vancouver, Chicago, Houston and Real Salt Lake are all headed to CenturyLink Field. You’d love to take those 12 points right now and let the chips fall where they may on the road. If you think of the two games in hand as the Wednesday matches vs. Chicago and Houston, you’d like to think that the chance to get three wins or better is clearly possible. The remaining road games will be as tough as they come, as the Rave Green head to LA, Vancouver and Dallas, where the opponents combined home records are 23-5-16 (Dallas has only lost once and LA is unbeaten at the StubHub Center). However, all of the last six opponents have something to
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the 94th minute, only to lose 2-1. Despite being on the good end of an own goal to tie the match at 1-1 in Columbus on Saturday, the ‘Caps went on to score two fine goals and capture the three points and head into CenturyLink Field with a bit of confidence. The win did come against now 10th-place Crew SC, but a win on the road can ignite a team that has struggled big time. play for. Four of them have playoff positioning in the back of their minds, while the players on both Houston and Chicago are flat-out playing for roster spots next year.
Vancouver Desperate for Points As the Sounders have improved to 3-1-3 with Interim Head Coach Brian Schmetzer and midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro, they have been helped the last few weeks by results in the Western Conference. Vancouver, for one, is a team that has struggled mightily in the past month. Headed into the match last week at Columbus, they were mired in an eight-game winless streak three straight shutouts before scoring a mere consolation goal vs. San Jose in
Scoreboard Watching Seven points separates fifth-place Sporting Kansas City and your Sounders FC, that now sits in ninth in the Western Conference table. I add KC to the mix because they, too, have not helped themselves in the last few weeks. Heading into the weekend, KC sits on 39 points, Portland at 38, Vancouver at 34 and San Jose at 33. Portland is unbeaten at home and their next opponent, Philly, is 3-7-4 on the road. If we were to be honest, you’d have to think that Portland would get another three points this week and that puts the red line at 39 with Kansas City. KC is traveling to LA and San Jose visits Colorado. This really brings me back to the fact that home games are must wins. If things fall into place, the Rave Green will be four points behind KC at the end of the weekend. Nail biting time!
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No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 31 33 39 80 91
Name Tyler Miller Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyrone Mears Jimmy Ockford Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Erik Friberg Herculez Gomez Nicolás Lodeiro Aaron Kovar Michael Farfan Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Dylan Remick Nelson Valdez Darwin Jones Nathan Sturgis Zach Scott Alvaro Fernandez Charlie Lyon Andreas Ivanschitz Stefan Frei Tony Alfaro Román Torres Damion Lowe Joevin Jones Oalex Anderson Victor Mansaray Oniel Fisher
Pos. Height Weight Age GK 6-4 195 23 F 6-1 170 33 D 6-1 170 31 D 5-11 163 33 D 6-1 185 24 M 5-11 155 30 M 5-8 165 21 M 5-11 154 30 F 5-9 161 34 M 5-7 150 27 M 5-10 155 23 M 5-19 160 28 F 6-0 185 21 D 6-4 190 32 D 6-0 165 25 F 5-10 160 32 F 5-10 175 24 M 5-10 160 29 D 5-11 175 36 M 6-1 159 30 GK 6-2 215 24 M 6-0 180 32 GK 6-3 195 30 D 6-2 190 23 D 6-2 195 30 D 6-3 175 23 D 5-11 160 25 F 5-8 155 20 F 5-11 180 19 D 5-9 155 24
No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 38 46 67 70 77
Name David Ousted Jordan Harvey Sam Adekugbe Kendall Waston Jordan Smith Christian Bolanos Fraser Aird Masato Kudo Nicolas Mezquida Cristian Techera Cole Seiler Matias Laba Andrew Jacobson David Edgar Erik Hurtado Deybi Flores Christian Dean Kekuta Manneh Marco Carducci Tim Parker Blas Perez Giles Barnes Ben McKendry Russell Teibert Marco Bustos Marcel de Jong Kianz Froese Brett Levis Alphonso Davies Paolo Tornaghi Pedro Morales
Pos. Height Weight Age GK 6-4 195 31 D 5-11 170 32 D 5-11 165 21 D 6-5 215 28 D 6-1 190 25 M 5-9 155 32 D/M 5-9 155 21 F 5-10 165 26 M/F 5-6 150 24 M 5-2 150 24 D 6-1 180 22 M 5-9 155 24 M 6-2 184 30 D 6-4 190 29 M/F 5-10 175 25 M 6-0 150 20 D 6-3 200 23 M/F 5-9 150 21 GK 6-1 185 19 D 6-2 195 23 F 6-1 174 35 M/F 6-2 190 28 M 5-11 160 23 M 5-8 150 23 M 5-6 150 19 M/D 5-9 170 29 M 5-9 170 19 D 5-8 155 23 M 5-10 152 15 GK 6-4 185 28 M 5-11 170 31
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2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STATS UNF POS Player
GP GS MIN
13 F Jordan Morris
27 25 2228 9 3 59 29 21/21 14 0 0/0
G A SHT SOG FC/FS OFF CK C/E
2 F Clint Dempsey
17 17 1429 8 2 65 22 23/27 6 1 1/1
23 M Andreas Ivanschitz 24 21 1686 3 7 29 12 12/26 6 87 4/0 10 M Nicolás Lodeiro
7 7 630 3 6 19 7 2/22 1 10 3/0
7 M Cristian Roldan
26 21 2002 3 3 22 9 20/30 4 2 2/0
14 D Chad Marshall
23 23 2031 3 0 17 8 11/15 0 0 1/0
33 D Joevin Jones
27 23 2015 2 2 14 5 25/8 0 0 6/0
6
M Osvaldo Alonso
11 M Aaron Kovar
26
26 2312
1
4
31
8
42/50
0
0
7/0
15 10 795 1 0 21 5 11/8 0 10 1/0
4 D Tyrone Mears
25 25 2205 0 1 2 0 25/18 1 1 1/0
3 D Brad Evans
21 21 1835 0 1 8 0 11/13 0 0 1/1
8 M Erik Friberg
19 15 1219 0 1 11 1 15/5 1 12 3/0
16 F Nelson Valdez
18 8 768 0 1 21 7 17/18 8 0 2/0
91 D Oniel Fisher
3 2 166 0 1 1 0 8/3 0 0 0/1
24 GK Stefan Frei
26 26 2340 0 0 0 0 0/3 0 0 0/0
20 D Zach Scott
12 9 858 0 0 4 1 7/13 0 0 2/0
9 F Herculez Gomez
16 6 594 0 0 12 6 11/11 1 19 1/0
15
11
D Dylan Remick
6
537
0
0
1
0
6/5
0
0
1/0
39 F Oalex Anderson 14 2 318 0 0 7 2 7/14 0 0 0/0 50 D Tony Alfaro
5 0 212 0 0 1 0 1/1 0 0 0/0
21 M Alvaro Fernandez 4 2 167 0 0 2 0 1/6 2 0 0/0 1 GK Tyler Miller
1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0
17 F Darwin Jones
2 0 22 0 0 0 0 1/0 0 0 0/0
Team totals
27
27 2430
33 32 347 122 279/338
44 142 37/3
Opponent totals
27
27 2430
37 38 342 114 338/279
40 105 48/2
GP-games played; GS-games started; MIN-minutes; G-goals; A-assists; P-points; SHT-shots; SOG-shots on goal; FC/FS-fouls committed/fouls suffered; CK-corner kicks; OFF-offsides; C/E-cautions/ejections
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dempsey 5, Morris 4 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ivanschitz 2, Morris 2, Roldan 2, Friberg 1, Lodeiro 1, Dempsey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dempsey 2-3
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS Player
GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W-L-D SO
24 GK Stefan Frei
26 26 2340 110 71 35 1.35 4 6 9-12-5 5
1 GK Tyler Miller
1 1 90
Team totals
27 27 2430 114 73 37 1.37 4 6 9-13-5 5
Opponent totals
27 27 2430 122 83 33 1.22 2 3 13-9-5 7
4 2 2 2.00 0 0 0-1-0 0
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