The rotated lineup did its job by keeping it scoreless until subs arrived with Alex Roldan making a spectacular game-saving clearance. The LA Galaxy scored against the run of play. The starters created plenty of danger and Raúl Ruidíaz grabbed a very late equalizer. Onto the next one.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – LA Galaxy 1
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistants: Ian Anderson, Corey Rockwell
Fourth Official: David Gantar
VAR: Alejandro Mariscal
Attendance: Closed Door
Weather: 63 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
LAG – Chicharito (Efrain Alvarez) 78’
SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Jordan Morris, João Paulo) 90’+3’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
LAG – Sacha Kljestan (caution) 20’
SEA – Xavier Arreaga (caution) 24’
SEA – Shane O’Neill (caution) 72’
LAG – Sebastian Lletget (caution) 84’
LAG – David Bingham (caution) 90’+3’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Xavier Arreaga, Joevin Jones (Jordan Morris 54’), Shane O’Neill, Nouhou (Jimmy Medranda 86’); Gustav Svensson, Jordy Delem (João Paulo 74’), Alex Roldan (Will Bruin 86’), Nicolás Lodeiro, Ethan Dobbelaere (Cristian Roldan 54’); Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Kelvin Leerdam, Shandon Hopeau, Josh Atencio
Total shots: 17 (C. Roldan, 4)
Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)
Fouls: 9 (O’Neill/Nouhou, 3)
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 10 (Lodeiro, 9)
Saves: 2 (Frei, 2)
LA Galaxy – David Bingham; Julian Araujo, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Daniel Steres, Emiliano Insua; Perry Kitchen, Sacha Kljestan (Efrain Alvarez 69’), Yony Gonzalez (Rolf Feltscher 80’), Sebastian Lletget, Cristian Pavon; Ethan Zubak (Chicharito 69’)
Substitutes not used: Justin vom Steeg, Nicholas DePuy, Joe Corona, Kai Koreniuk, Carlos Harvey, Emil Cuello
Total shots: 12 (Four players, 2)
Shots on goal: 4 (Four players, 1)
Fouls: 10 (Kitchen, 3)
Offside: 2 (Gonzalez/Zubak, 1)
Corner-kicks: 7 (Pavon, 7)
Saves: 2 (Bingham, 2)
POST-MATCH QUOTES & SOUNDBYTES: SOUNDERS FC 1 – LA GALAXY 1
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020
DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK – CARSON, CALIFORNIA
SOUNDERS FC HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER – LINK TO SOUNDBYTES
On the non-penalty call:
“I haven’t seen it on the replay yet. You guys can argue it, if the referees and VAR doesn’t catch it chances are it’s not a penalty, but that doesn’t take away from [Ethan Dobbelaere], you know coming in on his left and hitting, striking the ball fairly well and trying to create a goal or a goal-scoring moment so credit to the kid.”
SOUNDERS FC MIDFIELDER ETHAN DOBBELAERE – LINK TO SOUNDBYTES
On his first start:
“It was super exciting, I found out yesterday. I tried not to think about it too much so I could get some sleep. It kind of hit me right before warm ups and all that. But then once I got out on the field, everyone’s talking to me, [Alex Roldan] is talking to me from behind from right back and he’s helping me out and so once I got out on the field I started to feel like I was fitting in and it was just fun to get out there and play.”
SOUNDERS FC DEFENDER ALEX ROLDAN – LINK TO SOUNDBYTES
On his assessment on the first game:
“I thought it was a tough game for sure, we definitely created a lot of chances, and you know, it’s frustrating to give up games like this where you’re the more dominant team and not come away with three points but at the end of the day there’s always key takeaways that we can improve on and take into the next game, but it’s just a little frustrating that we’re not able to get three points going home.”