2 – 2
“Dejan Joveljic opens the scoring for Seattle after being teed up by Sebastian Gomez, capitalizing on an early chance despite Chicago's early pressure.”
“After hitting the post minutes earlier, Philip Zinckernagel's persistence pays off as he sets up Maren Haile-Selassie, assisted in turn by Robert Lewandowski, to level the score before halftime.”
“Straight out of the halftime break, Dejan Joveljic strikes again, assisted by Albert Rusnak, to restore Seattle's lead just three minutes into the second half.”
Pivotal
Seattle Sounders
Chicago Fire
Outstanding performance
Seattle Sounders•GoalkeeperSeattle raced into a two-goal cushion despite being second-best for large stretches, with Dejan Joveljic punishing Chicago twice on the counter while the visitors dominated the ball and territory. Chicago's 56% possession and 20 shots to Seattle's 11 told the story of a team that controlled the game but couldn't convert that pressure until Maren Haile-Selassie pulled one back before the break. The Sounders' resilience, backed by nine saves from their goalkeeper, held firm until the 82nd minute when Robert Lewandowski finished off a wave of late pressure to snatch a share of the spoils. For Chicago, the result keeps their title-race ambitions alive with a hard-fought road point, while Seattle will rue their inability to see out a game they led for large periods despite being outplayed statistically.
How entertaining was this match?
Corner awarded.
Substitution: Leonardo Barroso comes on for Philip Zinckernagel.
Stuart Hawkins takes a header shot but misses.
Robert Lewandowski takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Robert LewandowskiShot by Robert Lewandowski, and he scores with a header!
Goal! Robert Lewandowski scores to make it 2-2, assisted by Puso Dithejane.
Albert Rusnak takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Jonathan Bamba's left-footed shot is saved.
Corner awarded.
Jack Elliott takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Jack Elliott takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Sergio Oregel comes on for Jonathan Dean.
Jonathan Bamba is on, and Anton Saletros is off.
Corner awarded.
Jordan Morris comes on for Sebastian Gomez.
Corner awarded.
Hassani Dotson replaces Alex Roldan.
Puso Dithejane takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
On comes Puso Dithejane, off goes Robin Lod.
Sebastian Gomez takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Cristian Roldan comes on for Snyder Brunell.
Anton Saletros takes a left-footed shot, but it misses the target.
Corner awarded.
Alex Roldan takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Maren Haile-Selassie takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Snyder BrunellYellow CardYellow card shown to Snyder Brunell.
Dejan JoveljićDejan Joveljic takes a right-footed shot and scores.
assist: Albert Rusnák
Goal! Dejan Joveljic scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Albert Rusnak.
First half ends with the score at 1-1.
Corner awarded.
Philip Zinckernagel takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Robert Lewandowski's right-footed shot is blocked.
Maren Haile-SelassieMaren Haile-Selassie scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Robert Lewandowski
Goal! Maren Haile-Selassie scores to make it 1-1, assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
Philip Zinckernagel takes a shot with his right foot, but it hits the post.
Philip Zinckernagel takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Kim Kee-Hee takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Alex Roldan takes a right-footed shot, but it misses the target.
Corner awarded.
Dejan JoveljićDejan Joveljic scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Sebastian Gomez
Goal! Dejan Joveljic scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Sebastian Gomez.
Alex Roldan takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Kalani Kossa Rienzi takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Kick-off! The referee is Ismail Elfath.
