Seattle Sounders participating in the U. S Open came to an abrupt end Wednesday night as the four-time champions fell 2-1 to Sacramento Republic FC in extra time on Wednesday evening in the Fourth Round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Papa Murphy’s Park.
Cameron Iwasa put the home side up in the 60th minute, completing a nice set of build-up plays that began with Villyan Bijev and ended with Iwasa tapping in a short cross by Elliott Hord past Seattle goalkeeper Bryan Meredith.
Seattle goalkeeper Bryan Meredith had an outstanding game between the pipe with numerous outstanding saves. Meredith’s best save came in the 66th minute, when he came off his line to thwart a Wilson Kneeshaw chance before making a point-blank save on a blast from Adam Moffat. The veteran goalkeeper wore the captain’s armband for Seattle following Lamar Neagle’s exit in the first half due to a groin injury.
The Rave Green found the equalizer in second-half stoppage time courtesy of Shipp, who hit a low first-time shot from distance that deflected off a SRFC defender and into the net. It marked the first goal of 2018 across all competitions for Shipp.
Sacramento notched the winner in the 115th minute, with Jure Matjasic converting a rebound attempt from close range after Meredith denied a hard shot from Iwasa.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Sacramento Republic FC 2
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Venue: Papa Murphy’s Park
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
Assistants: Chris Elliott, Michael Kampmeinert
Fourth Official: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
VAR: Matthew Buckman
Attendance: 5,619
Weather: 60 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
SAC – Cameron Iwasa (Elliot Hord) 60′
SEA – Harry Shipp 90’+1′
SAC – Jure Matjasic 115′
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Felix Chenkam (caution) 11′
SEA – Alex Roldan (caution) 62′
SEA – Rodrigue Ele (caution) 81′
SAC – Villyan Bijec (caution) 84′
SAC – Jeremy Hall (caution) 85′
SEA – David Olsen (caution) 110′
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Bryan Meredith; Jordy Delem, Rodrigue Ele, Tony Alfaro, Waylon Francis; Shandon Hopeau (Harry Shipp 76′), Henry Wingo, Ray Saari, Nicholas Hinds (David Olsen 82′); Felix Chenkam, Lamar Neagle (Alex Roldan 41′)
Substitutes not used: Calle Brown, Kelvin Leerdam, Nouhou, Marlon Vargas
Total shots: 7 (Chenkam, 3)
Shots on goal: 2 (Chenkam/Shipp, 1)
Fouls: 11 (Three players, 2)
Offside: 1 (Chenkam, 1)
Corner-kicks: 3 (Hinds, 2)
Saves: 7 (Meredith, 7)
Sacramento Republic FC – Josh Cohen; Shannon Gomez, Carlos Rodriguez, Mitchell Taintor, Justin Schmidt; Jeremy Hall, Elliot Hord (Jure Matjasic 76′), Villyan Bijev, Adam Moffat (Jaime Villarreal 99′); Cameron Iwasa, Wilson Kneeshaw (Luis Espino Vazquez 108′)
Substitutes not used: Rafael Diaz, Josh Turnley, Cole Seiler, Christian Eissele
Total shots: 26 (Moffat, 7)
Shots on goal: 9 (Iwasa, 3)
Fouls: 16 (Matjasic, 5)
Offside: 1 (Schmidt, 1)
Corner-kicks: 9 (Bijev, 7)
Saves: 1 (Cohen, 1)
