On the day when they unveiled their Leagues Cup championship banner, the Seattle Sounders clinched fifth place in the Western Conference with a 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Paul Rothrock scored the game’s only goal and the Sounders withstood some nervy moments at the end, including a would-be equalizer being disallowed by VAR.
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Seattle Sounders FC: 1 (2.29 xG) vs Real Salt Lake: 0 (0.56 xG) #SEAvRSL | #Sounders | #RSL | #MLS | 🤖⚽
— MLS Analytics (@mlsstat.bsky.social) 2025-10-12T04:46:30.548765+00:00
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Real Salt Lake 0
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Venue: Lumen Field
Referee: Ricardo Montero Araya
Assistants: Jeremy Hanson, Jeremy Kieso
Fourth Official: Elijio Arreguin
VAR: Mark Allatin
Attendance: 31,587
Weather: 55 degrees and cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Paul Rothrock (Pedro de la Vega, Jordan Morris) 4’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
RSL – Brayan Vera (caution) 13’
RSL – Rwan Cruz (caution) 30’
RSL – Justen Glad (caution) 55’
RSL – Alexandros Katranis (caution) 71’
SEA – Danny Musovski (caution) 88’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei – Captain; Paul Rothrock, Alex Roldan, Jackson Ragen, Jonathan Bell; João Paulo (Stuart Hawkins 60’), Danny Leyva; Pedro de la Vega (Peter Kingston* 80’), Jesús Ferreira (Antino Lopez* 90’+2’), Kalani Kossa-Rienzi; Jordan Morris (Danny Musovski 80’)
Substitutes not used: Andrew Thomas, Sebastian Gomez*, Osaze De Rosario
*Tacoma Defiance player eligible for selection due to Extreme Hardship
Total shots: 14
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 12
Offside: 1
Corner-Kicks: 4
Saves: 5
Real Salt Lake – Rafael Cabral; DeAndre Yedlin, Brayan Vera, Justen Glad, Alexandros Katranis; Diogo Gonçalves, Noel Caliskan (Johnny Russell 80’), Pablo Ruiz (Jesus Barea 70’), Emeka Eneli; Rwan Cruz (Victor Olatunji 64’), Ariath Piol (William Agada HT)
Substitutes not used: Sam Junqua, Tyler Wolff, Philip Quinton, Max Kerkvliet, Omar Marquez
Total shots: 14
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 21
Offside: 2
Corner-kicks: 4
Saves: 1
