Real Salt Lake 1-0 Seattle Sounders: overcomes 1-0 with a goal scored by B. Wood
SANDY. Real Salt Lake overcomes Seattle Sounders 1-0 after B. Wood scored just 1 goal (46').
SANDY. Real Salt Lake tops Seattle Sounders 1-0 after B. Wood scored just 1 goal (46′).
The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Nima Saghafi with the assistance of Nick Uranga and Adam Garner. The 4th official was Lukasz Szpala. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold around 0.9 degrees Celsius or 33.53 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 88%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Real Salt Lake was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Seattle Sounders that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Real Salt Lake was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Real Salt Lake won the contest.
Real Salt Lake shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Seattle Sounders shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 2 yellow cards (S. Caldwell and J. Loffelsend). On the other side, Seattle Sounders received 2 yellow cards (A. Rusnak and K. Rowe).
After playing this contest, Real Salt Lake has 1 points to occupy the 18th place in the table. while Seattle Sounders stays with 0 points (28th).
Match Events
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46'46'
N. Tolo
A. Roldan
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46'46'
Y. Gomez
A. Cissoko
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46'46'
C. Roldan
J. Paulo
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46'46'
B. Wood
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48'48'
A. Rusnak
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59'59'
J. Morris
L. Alves Chu Franco
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66'66'
O. Vargas
A. Rusnak
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70'70'
S. Cordova
J. Meram
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70'70'
S. Caldwell
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73'73'
K. Rowe
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80'80'
J. Loffelsend
M. Chang
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84'84'
E. Luiz
B. Wood
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90'90'
J. Loffelsend
Next match
In the upcoming Major League Soccer match, Real Salt Lake will play away with New England on the 13th of March with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Real Salt Lake (6 draws).
Seattle Sounders will host LA Galaxy on the 12th of March with a 14-14 head to head stats.
Real Salt Lake: Formation and Lineups
Real Salt Lake started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni chose to play with the following team: Zac MacMath , Erik Holt , Justen Glad , Marcelo Silva , Andrew Brody , Scott Caldwell , Pablo Ruiz , Tate Schmitt , Maikel Chang , Bobby Wood and Justin Meram .
Substitutes
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: J. Meram for S. Cordova (70′), M. Chang for J. Loffelsend (80′) and B. Wood for E. Luiz (84′).
Top player: Maikel Chang
Probably the most impressive player in Real Salt Lake was Maikel Chang even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.
Seattle Sounders: Formation and Lineups
Seattle Sounders started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the opposite side, Brian Schmetzer played with: Stefan Frei , Jackson Ragen , Xavier Arreaga , Abdoulaye Cissoko , Alex Roldan , João Paulo , Albert Rusnák , Kelyn Rowe , Reed Baker-Whiting , Léo Chú and Fredy Montero .
Substitutes
Seattle Sounders made 5 changes: A. Roldan for N. Tolo (46′), A. Cissoko for Y. Gomez (46′), J. Paulo for C. Roldan (46′), L. Alves Chu Franco for J. Morris (59′) and A. Rusnak for O. Vargas (66′).
Top player: Jackson Ragen
Probably the most impressive player in Seattle Sounders was Jackson Ragen.
His rating is with 61 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.
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