Sounders Earn High Scoring Historic 3-2 Win Over LA Galaxy

POST GAME NOTES

MATCH NOTES

• Sounders FC earns its first win of the 2022 regular-season campaign and is now 1-2-0 on the year. Brian Schmetzer’s side improves to 3-2-1 across all competitions this year, including 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League matches.

• Saturday’s match marked Sounders FC’s 200^th all-time win in MLS regular-season play since entering the league in 2009. With 425 total regular-season games played, Seattle is the fastest club to reach 200 wins, eclipsing the Galaxy’s previous league record 200 wins in its first 432 matches.

• Saturday marked the 44^th all-time meeting between the two sides since Seattle entered MLS in 2009. Sounders FC leads the series 17-15-12 across MLS regular season, postseason and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play. 

• Sounders FC is unbeaten in its last eight matches against the Galaxy (5-0-3), with the last defeat coming in September of 2018.

• Jordan Morris scored Seattle’s first MLS regular season goal of 2022 in the first half, his third across all competitions this season. Morris now has six goals against the Galaxy in regular-season play, tying Cristian Roldan for second behind only Raúl Ruidíaz’s eight. 

• Morris’ 45 goals for Seattle across all competitions are now tied with Nicolás Lodeiro for fourth in club history.

• Montero’s first-half goal via penalty kick is his first of the 2022 MLS regular season and his third across all competitions, following a brace on Tuesday against Club León in Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League action. The Colombian is Seattle’s all-time leading scorer across all competitions with 71 goals.

• Xavier Arreaga’s second-half goal was the third of his MLS career. It was the seventh career assist for Alex Roldan.  

• Will Bruin made his first appearance of 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 81^st minute. The veteran forward had missed the previous five matches this season due to injury. 

• Coach Schmetzer deployed the same starting XI from Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Club León in Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League play.

MATCH SUMMARY

Seattle Sounders FC 3 – LA Galaxy 2

Saturday, March 12, 2022

Venue: Lumen Field

Referee: Allen Chapman

Assistants: Jeremy Hanson, Jeff Hosking

Fourth Official: Greg Dopka

VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero

Attendance: 33,200

Weather: 54 degrees and clear

SCORING SUMMARY

LAG – Javier Hernández (Rayan Raveloson, Raheem Edwards) 6’

SEA – Jordan Morris 17’

SEA – Fredy Montero (penalty) 45’+2’

LAG – Douglas Costa 48’

SEA – Xavier Arreaga (Alex Roldan, Cristian Roldan) 72’

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

SEA – Obed Vargas (caution) 29’

SEA – João Paulo (caution) 38’

LAG – Nick DePuy (caution) 44’

SEA – Nouhou (caution) 46’

SEA – Will Bruin (caution) 90’

SEA – Alex Roldan (caution) 90’+1’

LINEUPS & STATS

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Yeimar (Jackson Ragen 52’), Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou; João Paulo, Obed Vargas (Kelyn Rowe 59’), Cristian Roldan, Albert Rusnák (Abdoulaye Cissoko 81’), Jordan Morris; Fredy Montero (Will Bruin 81’)

Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Sam Adeniran, Léo Chú, Reed Baker-Whiting

Total shots: 8

Shots on goal: 4

Fouls: 11

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 1

Saves: 1

LA Galaxy – Jonathan Bond; Julian Araujo, Sega Coulibaly, Nick DePuy, Raheem Edwards; Rayan Raveloson (Dejan Jovelijic 84’), Marky Delgado, Efrain Alvarez; Kevin Cabral (Samuel Grandsir 69’), Douglas Costa (Victor Vazquez 69’), Javier Hernández

Substitutes not used: Derrick Williams, Eriq Zavaleta, Sacha Kljestan, Kelvin Leerdam, Jonathan Klinsmann, Jonathan Perez

Total shots: 14

Shots on goal: 3

Fouls: 18

Offside: 0

Corner-kicks: 6

Saves: 1