Columbus Crew vs Seattle Sounders: Highlights, Stats & Quotes

The Seattle Sounders ended their three-game week on the road with impressive style, scoring two goals after the 87th minute to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory. Xavier Arreaga struck first, scoring a cross from Jimmy Medranda. Their next time on the pitch, the Sounders completed the comeback when Medranda fed Will Bruin to an open shot from around 15 yards.

The victory extended the Sounders’ lead in the Western Conference to three points and improved their road record to league-best 7-1-2. They will then face the Portland Timbers in a doubles schedule with OL Reign on August 29.

SUMMARY OF THE MATCH

Seattle Sounders FC 2 – Columbus Crew 1

Saturday 21 August 2021

Place: Lower.com field

Arbitrator: Joseph dickerson

Assistants: Peter Balciunas, Andrew Bigelow

Fourth official: Baldomero Toledo

VAR: Sorin Stoica

Presence: 19,401

Time: 85 degree and clear

SUMMARY OF POINTS

CLB – Bradley Wright-Phillips 77 ‘

SEA – Xavier Arreaga (Jimmy Medranda) 88 ‘

SEA – Will Bruin (Jimmy Medranda) 89 ‘

SUMMARY OF THE MISCONDUCT

SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (attention) 79 ‘

CLB – Luis Diaz (attention) 85 ‘

ALIGNMENTS AND STATISTICS

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Cleveland; Alex Roldan (Kelyn Rowe 76 ‘), Xavier Arreaga, Shane O’Neill (Will Bruin 84’), Brad Smith (Jimmy Medranda 76 ‘), Yeimar; Cristian Roldan, João Paulo, Nicolás Lodeiro (Josh Atencio 83 ‘); Fredy Montero (Nicolas Benezet 64 ‘), Raúl Ruidíaz

Unused substitutes: Spencer Rickey, Nouhou, Danny Leyva, Abdoulaye Cissoko

Total number of strokes: 17

Shoot to the net: 5

Fouls: 13

Off-side : 2

Corner kicks: 7

Checked in : 1

Columbus crew – Eloy Room; Jonathan Mensah, Vito Wormgoor, Waylon Francis (Kevin Molino 90 ‘+ 2’), Saad Abdul-Salaam; Darlington Nagbe, Pedro Santos, Lucas Zelarayan, Liam Fraser, Derrick Etienne Jr. (Luis Diaz 73 ‘); Miguel Berry (Bradley Wright-Phillips 65 ‘)

Unused substitutes: Isaiah Parente, Alexandru Matan, Evan Bush, Harrison Afful, Aboubacar Keita, Erik Hurtado

Total number of strokes: 11

Shoot to the net: 2

Fouls: 15

Off-side : 2

Corner kicks: 4

Checked in : 3

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