The Seattle Sounders had never before secured a regular-season point on the road against LAFC, so in that sense Saturday’s result has to be seen as a positive. Still, the Sounders will likely feel like they could have gotten more out of this game.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Los Angeles FC 1
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Venue: Banc of California Stadium
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Assistants: Cameron Blanchard, Chris Elliott
Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
Attendance: 4,900 (limited capacity)
Weather: 65 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
LAFC – Eduard Atuesta 2’
SEA – Brad Smith 54’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Xavier Arreaga (caution) 78’
SEA – Ethan Dobbelaere (caution) 83’
SEA – Alex Roldan (caution) 85’
LAFC – Latif Blessing (caution) 88’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Shane O’Neill (Yeimar 75’), Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou, Brad Smith (Kelyn Rowe 75’); Cristian Roldan, Josh Atencio, João Paulo (Jordy Delem 83’); Will Bruin (Ethan Dobbelaere 83’), Raúl Ruidíaz
Substitutes not used: Spencer Richey, Stefan Cleveland, Danny Leyva
Total shots: 9
Shots on goal: 3
Fouls: 13
Offside: 2
Corner-kicks: 3
Saves: 3
Los Angeles FC – Pablo Sisniega; Marco Farfan (Raheem Edwards 81’), Jesus Murillo, Eddie Segura, Deigo Palacios; Latif Blessing, Eduard Atuesta, Mark-Anthony Kaye; Kwadwo Opoku (Cal Jennings 81’), Corey Baird (Bryce Duke 64’), Jose Cifuentes (Francisco Ginella 80’)
Substitutes not used: Tomas Romero, Jordan Harvey, Alvaro Quezada, Antonio Leone, Moonhwan Kim
Total shots: 9
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 17
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 6
Saves: 2