There were some promising moments in the first half, but in the end the 3-1 scoreline may have been a bit kind to the Seattle Sounders, who were roundly outplayed by the Colorado Rapids in the second half.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Colorado Rapids 3
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Venue: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Assistants: Frank Anderson, Jeremy Hanson
Fourth Official: Fotis Bazakos
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
Attendance: Closed door
Weather: 53 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
COL – Andre Shinyashiki (Sam Vines, Nicolas Benezet) 11’
SEA – Jordan Morris (Cristian Roldan, Kelvin Leerdam) 22’
COL – Keegan Rosenberry 42’
COL – Cole Bassett (Jack Price) 75’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Yeimar (caution) 35’
SEA – Jordan Morris (caution) 73’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam (Alex Roldan 76’), Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Shane O’Neill, Nouhou (Will Bruin 78’); Gustav Svensson (Brad Smith 64’), João Paulo (Jordy Delem 78’), Cristian Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris; Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Xavier Arreaga
Total shots: 9 (Lodeiro/Ruidíaz, 3)
Shots on goal: 3 (Ruidiaz, 2)
Fouls: 3 (Three players, 1)
Offside: 1 (Lodeiro, 1)
Corner-kicks: 4 (Lodeiro, 3)
Saves: 7 (Frei, 7)
Colorado Rapids – William Yarbrough; Keegan Rosenberry, Lalas Abubakar, Auston Trusty, Sam Vines; Cole Bassett (Braian Galvan 90’+1’), Jack Price, Younes Namli (Nicolas Mezquida 72’); Nicolas Benezet (Drew Moor 80’), Diego Rubio (Jonathan Lewis 90’+1’), Andre Shinyashiki
Substitutes not used: Clint Irwin, Danny Wilson, Steven Beitashour, Jeremy Kelly, Kellyn Acosta
Total shots: 16 (Benezet/Bassett, 4)
Shots on goal: 10 (Three players, 2)
Fouls: 11 (Four players, 2)
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 7 (Price, 7)
Saves: 2 (Yarbrough, 2)
POST-MATCH QUOTES & SOUNDBYTES
SOUNDERS FC HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER – LINK TO SOUNDBYTES
On what he saw in the second half of the match:
“Well, what I saw was a spirited Colorado team that knew they needed to collect points. They were coming off two days rest. It was similar to the LAFC game where LAFC was coming off short rest. And I wish I could figure out a way how to give the players the right tools to be successful in those games. I think sometimes we are a high-motor team, we like to go, go, go, go, go. And I don’t think we showed enough patience. We talked about at halftime just about extending our possessions. Just trying to make sure that we understood that every single possession was vital to wear them down, to get more chances because I agree with you, I thought we were relatively good in the first half. And so that didn’t happen. You know the first four or five possessions we had in the second half we gave the ball away and that gave them a ton of confidence, kept them in the game and we were chasing it, we were chasing it in the in the second half.”