It wasn’t pretty, but as Stefan Frei said three points is three points. Onto the next one.
Match Data
SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 2 - Chicago Fire FC 1
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistants: Jeremy Keiso, Cory Richardson
Fourth Official: Ismir Pekmic
VAR: Victor Rivas
Attendance: 40,126
Weather: 44 degrees and partly sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
CHI - Robert Berić (Djordje Mihailović, Alvaro Medran) 46’
SEA - Jordan Morris (Cristian Roldan, Kelvin Leerdam) 62’
SEA - Jordan Morris (Cristian Roldan, João Paulo) 90’+3’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
CHI - Fabian Herbers (caution) 72’
SEA - Jordy Delem (caution) 80’
SEA - João Paulo (caution) 86’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Kelvin Leerdam, Shane O’Neill, Xavier Arreaga, Joevin Jones; Jordy Delem (Nouhou 86’), Danny Leyva (Jordan Morris HT), Cristian Roldan, João Paulo, Miguel Ibarra (Harry Shipp 73’); Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gomez Andrade, Justin Dhillon
Total shots: 16 (Ibarra, 6)
Shots on goal: 6 (Ibarra, 3)
Fouls: 14 (João Paulo, 5)
Offside: 5 (Morris, 2)
Corner-kicks: 8 (João Paulo, 7)
Saves: 2 (Frei, 2)
Chicago Fire FC - Kenneth Kronholm; Jonathan Bronstein, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo - captain; Álvaro Medrán, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Brandt Bronico, Djordje Mihailović (Elliot Collier 70’), Mauricio Pineda; Fabian Herbers (Micheal Azira 81’), Robert Berić
Substitutes not used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Miguel Angel Navarro, Wyatt Omsberg, Nicholas Slonina, Jeremiah Gutjahr
Total shots: 12 (Beric, 4)
Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)
Fouls: 12 (Beric, 5)
Offside: 7 (Beric, 4)
Corner-kicks: 4 (Mihailovic/Medran, 2)
Saves: 3 (Kronholm, 3)
Post-Match Interviews
[A note on transcriptions — The transcriptions of interviews are generally provided by the home team, so they should return soon. We’ll do our best to provide them either way in the future. A big shoutout to reader ArikC for providing some transcriptions in the comments last week]
Sounders Head Coach Brian Schmetzer
Sounders Midfielder Jordy Delem
Sounders Midfielder Jordan Morris
Sounders Midfielder Cristian Roldan