Sounders FC scored two second-half goals to overcome a 1-0 halftime deficit to keep their post-season hopes alive. Left-back Nouhou scored his first MLS goal to break a 1-1 in the 59th minute and Freddy Montero secured the win in the 76th minute. Montero’s goal game-winning goal was his 75th score as a Sounders across all competitions placing him number one on the Sounders scoring list.
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GAME NOTES
MATCH NOTES
- With today’s result, Sounders FC remains below the line in the race for the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs, currently sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference, six points behind seventh-place LA Galaxy.
- Five matches remain in Seattle’s 2022 regular-season campaign, including four against Western Conference opponents.
- This marks the 24th time these two teams have faced off in the regular season, with Seattle holding a 13-5-6 advantage in the series. Including postseason play, the Rave Green have lost just once in the past 11 meetings (10-1-0).
- Nouhou’s goal in the 59th minute marked his first career goal in all competitions for Seattle. The Cameroon international joined the Rave Green in 2017, has made 136 regular-season appearances.
- Montero’s goal in the 76th minute marked his 75th across all competitions for Montero for the Rave Green, the most in club history. The strike was his sixth of the season across all competitions and third in MLS play.
- Nicolás Lodeiro saw a penalty kick saved in the second half of tonight’s match, the first time Seattle’s captain has ever missed from the spot in regular-season play. Coming into tonight, the Uruguayan was a perfect 18-for-18 since signing with Sounders FC in 2016.
- Seattle Head Coach Brian Schmetzer returned to a 4-2-3-1 this match, with only two changes to the starting XI from Wednesday’s 3-2 loss at Orlando, with Xavier Arreaga and Josh Atencio replacing Jackson Ragen and Jimmy Medranda.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 2 – Houston Dynamo FC 1
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Venue: Lumen Field
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistants: Frank Anderson, Diego Blas
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fierro
VAR: Kevin Stott
Attendance: 33,621
Weather: 71 degrees and cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
HOU – Daniel Steres (Adalberto Carrasquilla) 26’
SEA – Nouhou 59’
SEA – Fredy Montero (Nouhou, Nico Lodeiro) 76’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
HOU – Griffin Dorsey (caution) 63’
SEA – Fredy Montero (caution) 77’
SEA – Albert Rusnák (caution) 85’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou; Alex Roldan, Josh Atencio (Kelyn Rowe 83’), Danny Leyva (Fredy Montero 56’), Albert Rusnák; Nico Lodeiro; Jordan Morris, Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Jackson Ragen, Jimmy Medranda, Ethan Dobbelaere, Dylan Teves, Will Bruin
Total shots: 20
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 6
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 10
Saves: 2
Houston Dynamo FC – Steve Clark; Sam Junqua, Daniel Steres, Tim Parker (Teenage Hadebe 56’), Griffin Dorsey; Memo Rodríguez (Brooklyn Raines 39’, Ethan Bartlow 73’), Matías Vera, Adalberto Carrasquilla; Fabrice-Jean Picault, Sebastián Ferreira (Thorleifur Úlfarsson 73’), Corey Baird (Nelson Quiñónes 73’)
Substitutes not used: Michael Nelson, Adam Lundqvist, Zarek Valentin, Darwin Quintero
Total shots: 4
Shots on goal: 3
Fouls: 15
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 5
Saves: 2
– SOUNDERS FC –
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