SEATTLE SOUNDERS vs COLORADO RAPIDS
CENTURYLINK FIELD, Seattle, Wash.
May 27, 2015 (WEEK 13, MLS Game #121)
10 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE)
Two teams at opposite ends of the tight Western Conference meet at midweek when the Seattle Sounders play host to the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday evening at CenturyLink Field. Though the Sounders sit in second in the West and the Rapids in 10th, the clubs are separated by just seven points. The Sounders are coming off a scoreless draw with Sporting Kansas City at home over the weekend, while the Rapids put paid to their long home winless run, defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
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REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal
Salazar MLS Career: 201 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 58; pens: 69
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: Sam Cronin
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: COL: Dillon Serna, Shane O’Neill (US U-23 national team)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (16 meetings): Sounders 12 wins, 32 goals … Rapids 2 wins, 18 goals … Ties 2
AT SEATTLE (7 meetings): Sounders 7 wins, 18 goals … Rapids 0 wins, 7 goals … Ties 1
FUTURE MATCH: 7/18: Seattle Sounders vs. Colorado Rapids, 7 p.m. PT
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Lamar Neagle scored twice within the opening 25 minutes as the Sounders took a 3-1 win April 18 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
- The Rapids have never won in Seattle. They have won just once vs. Seattle over the last four seasons, a 5-1 victory on Oct. 5, 2013 in Commerce City. Since the start of 2011, the Sounders have won 11 of 13 meetings in regular-season and MLS Cup play, with one draw.
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Coaches; records:
Pablo Mastroeni vs. SEA: P4 W0 L4 D0
Sigi Schmid vs. COL: P45 W26 L11 D8
LAST MEETING (MLS)
4/18: COL 1, SEA 3 (Torres 22 – Neagle 5, 25; Martins 73)
- The Sounders took the lead after just the fifth minute. From a counterattack, the buildup saw Clint Dempsey find Lamar Neagle, who curled in a shot from the top of the box on the left side, beating Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin.
- But the Rapids found the equalizer in the 22nd minute when Dillon Powers sent a through ball to a streaking Gabriel Torres, and he calmly finished from inside the area.
- The visitors were quickly back on top. Seattle midfielder Marco Pappa found Neagle with a lofted ball into Colorado’s box. Irwin saved the initial effort, but the ball deflected off Rapids defender James Riley and fell once again to Neagle, who banged home the rebound for his second goal.
- Seattle striker Obafemi Martins put the game out of reach in the 73rd minute, splitting a pair of Rapids defenders with a deft spin move before driving home a left-footed shot from inside the area.
- COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Clint Irwin - James Riley (Dillon Serna 80), Bobby Burling, Drew Moor, Michael Harrington - Marcelo Sarvas, Lucas Pittinari - Vicente Sanchez (Nick LaBrocca 66), Dillon Powers, Juan Ramirez - Gabriel Torres.
- SEATTLE SOUNDERS (4-4-2): Stefan Frei - Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans, Chad Marshall, Dylan Remick - Marco Pappa (Cristian Roldan 81), Osvaldo Alonso, Andy Rose (Leo Gonzalez 89), Lamar Neagle - Clint Dempsey (Gonzalo Pineda 70), Obafemi Martins
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