3 – 1
“Ilie Sánchez opens the scoring from a corner routine to give Austin an early advantage.”
Pivotal“Paul Rothrock equalises for Seattle to level the match at 1-1, cancelling out Austin's early advantage.”
Pivotal“Myrto Uzuni restores Austin's lead with four minutes to play, breaking the deadlock that had held since the first half and shifting the match decisively in Austin's favour.”
Pivotal“Jackson Ragen receives his second yellow card of the match for a foul, reducing Seattle to ten men in stoppage time as the match already slips away from them.”
Austin
Seattle Sounders
Outstanding performance
Austin•MidfielderAustin controlled possession through the middle third of the pitch and made the breakthrough early through Ilie Sánchez from a corner routine, only for Seattle to level almost immediately via Paul Rothrock in a first half that remained evenly contested. The second half became increasingly fractious — Jackson Ragen collected a second yellow card in the 90th minute to leave Seattle with ten men — but the damage had already been done by that point. Myrto Uzuni restored Austin's lead in the 86th minute following sustained late pressure after a wave of substitutions, and Christian Ramirez added a third in stoppage time to give the scoreline a commanding look that perhaps flattered the hosts. Austin's superior shots on target (6 to 3) reflected a clinical edge that Seattle, despite matching them in overall shot volume and dangerous attacks, could not match. For Austin, the win keeps them in strong shape in the title race; for Seattle, Brian Schmetzer's yellow card on the touchline in the 41st minute set the tone for a tetchy evening that unravelled badly at the end.
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Red card issued.
Red card issued.
Paul Rothrock takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Christian RamirezChristian Ramirez takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
assist: Ervin Torres
Goal! Christian Ramirez scores, making it 3-1.
Goal! The score is now 3-1.
Goal! The score is now 3-1.
Stuart Hawkins takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Osaze De Rosario takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Offside.
Yellow card issued.
Goal! The score is now 2-1.
assist: Ervin Torres
Goal! The score is now 2-1.
On Facundo Torres, Off Facundo Torres.
Christian Ramirez replaces Brandon Vazquez.
Jon Gallagher takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Przemyslaw Placheta took a left-footed shot but missed.
Corner awarded.
Albert Rusnak takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Brandon Vazquez takes a shot with his head, but it's saved.
On comes Paul Arriola, and off goes Snyder Brunell.
Kalani Kossa Rienzi comes on for Peter Kingston.
Mateja Djordjevic is on, and Brendan Hines-Ike is off.
Przemyslaw Placheta comes on for Joseph Yeramid Rosales Erazo.
Osaze De Rosario comes on for Danny Musovski.
Owen Wolff is on, and Besard Sabovic is off.
Yellow card issued.
Yellow card issued.
Corner awarded.
Jackson Ragen takes a right-footed shot but misses.
First half ends with the score at 1-1.
Snyder Brunell takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Yellow card issued.
Corner awarded.
Myrto Uzuni takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Myrto Uzuni takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Joseph Yeramid Rosales Erazo takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Paul Rothrock takes a right-footed shot and scores.
Goal! The score is now 1-1.
Offside.
Myrto Uzuni takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Danny Musovski takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Ilie SánchezShot - Ilie Sanchez Farres Head Shot Goal
assist: Besard Sabovic
Goal! The score is now 1-0.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Ricardo Montero.
Austin FC return from the FIFA World Cup break desperate to kickstart a playoff push at home, while a wounded Seattle Sounders side arrives at Q2 Stadium still reeling from a humiliating 5-1 defeat to Portland. Two clubs in contrasting crises make this a compelling mid-season clash under the Texas night sky.
