Inter Miami hands Sounders another perplexing league loss

POSTGAME NOTES

MATCH NOTES

• Sounders FC is now 2-3-1 in MLS regular season play and 5-3-4 across all competitions this season.

• Miami snapped Seattle’s seven-match unbeaten streak (4-0-3) across all competitions.

• With a short turnaround from a midweek SCCL road match at NYCFC, Coach Schmetzer rotated his squad significantly this evening, deploying a 4-2-3-1 formation with 10 changes to the starting XI from Wednesday. Centerback Xavier Arreaga was the lone holdover from Wednesday.

• Danny Leyva and Josh Atencio started in central midfield this evening, each making their first start of 2022.

• Obed Vargas, who had appeared in every game so far across all competitions in central midfield this season, made his first start of the season on the wing.

• Goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland made his second appearance of 2022 after previously starting at Austin FC on March 20.

• Miami defender DeAndre Yedlin made his return to Seattle, where he signed as the club’s first Homegrown Player and played from 2013-2014 before being sold to Tottenham Hotspur and launching a career in Europe. Yedlin assisted on the game’s lone goal, his first of the season.

• Tonight marked Sounders FC’s first-ever matchup against Inter Miami CF, who joined MLS as an expansion side in 2020.

MATCH SUMMARY

Seattle Sounders FC 0 – Inter Miami CF 1

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Venue: Lumen Field

Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Assistants: Mike Rottersman, Cameron Blanchard

Fourth Official: Brad Jensen

VAR: Kevin Stott

Attendance: 32,126

Weather: 44 degrees and cloudy

SCORING SUMMARY

MIA – Robbie Robinson (DeAndre Yedlin, Leonardo Campana) 42’

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

MIA – Jean Mota (caution) 32’

MIA – Christopher McVey (caution) 40’

MIA – Gregore (caution) 90’

MIA – Mohammed Adams (caution) 90’+2’

LINEUPS & STATS

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Cleveland; Josh Atencio (Cristian Roldan 46’), Jimmy Medranda (Alex Roldan 46’), Xavier Arreaga, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Kelyn Rowe, Danny Levya (Albert Rusnák 71’); Léo Chú (Nico Lodeiro 85’), Fredy Montero, Obed Vargas; Will Bruin (Raúl Ruidíaz 70’)

Substitutes not used: Stefan Frei, Jackson Ragen, Samuel Adeniran, Nouhou

Total shots: 20

Shots on goal: 3

Fouls: 8

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 9

Saves: 2

Inter Miami CF – Nick Marsman; Aimé Mabika, Christopher McVey, DeAndre Yedlin, Damion Lowe; Robert Taylor (Bryce Duke 64’), Jean Mota (Mohammed Adams 83’), Gregore; Ariel Lassiter (Noah Allen 72’), Robbie Robinson; Leonardo Campana

Substitutes not used: Drake Callender, Clement Diop, Emerson Rodríguez, Jairo Quinteros

Total shots: 9

Shots on goal: 3

Fouls: 20

Offside: 0

Corner-kicks: 4

Saves: 4