Sounders FC overcome early goal deficit in determined discipline 2-1 win over LA Galaxy

POSTGAME NOTES

• Saturday’s comeback victory ensures that Seattle remains unbeaten in 2021. Through nine matches, the club has six wins and three draws, good for 21 points.

• Following the win, Seattle remains atop both the Supporters’ Shield race and MLS Western Conference standings. The Rave Green lead the New England Revolution by one point for the top record in MLS, while also maintaining a four-point lead over Sporting Kansas City in the West.

• Despite conceding a penalty-kick goal tonight, Seattle still has not allowed a goal from the run of play in 2021. Of the league-leading four goals the club has allowed, two have come from penalties and two have come from direct free kicks.

• Sounders FC maintains the best goal difference in MLS (+12) while also ranking second in the league in scoring (16 goals; Sporting Kansas City leads with 17 goals in 2021).

• Seattle now has 16 wins, 15 losses and 11 draws all-time in all competitions against the Galaxy. Sounders FC is unbeaten in the club’s last seven matches against the Galaxy (four wins and three draws). Seattle last lost to LA on September 23, 2018, a 3-0 road defeat.

• Raúl Ruidíaz’s second-half goal gives him seven strikes so far in 2021, tied with the Galaxy’s Javier Hernández for first in MLS. The Peruvian has seven goals in seven career regular season matches against the Galaxy, passing Cristian Roldan for the most goals in club history against LA.

• João Paulo’s assist on Yeimar’s goal marked his fifth of the season, second in MLS behind New England’s Carles Gil.

• Yeimar’s goal in the 41^st minute of play was his first goal of 2021 and his third overall in two seasons with the Rave Green.

• 21-year-old defender AB Cissoko made his Sounders FC debut tonight, starting in place of the injured Nouhou, who sustained an adductor strain while on international duty with Cameroon. Cissoko was signed from Tacoma Defiance on May 21, after making 12 appearances for the club’s USL affiliate in 2020.

• With the result today, Sounders FC is now unbeaten in a club-record nine games to start the 2021. Brian Schmetzer’s side is the 10^th team in league history to begin a season with nine games unbeaten.