Seattle Sounders - Columbus Crew FULL MATCH REPLAY

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Well, coming off of back to back one nothing losses, including a week ago down in Portland. You're Seattle Sounders. They're moving forward and they're looking to turn things around. They've landed in Columbus, Ohio to face the Crew, one of the best teams in Major League Soccer, tonight at lower dot Com Field. So welcome to the Sounders FC pre Mat Show presented by Providence Swedish official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC.

Jackson Felts and Diego Audio.

Here for the next half hour, we are counting things down until Danny Jackson and Callan Row have the call of Sounders and Crew, a big match tonight that was.

Rescheduled from early in June.

Columbus Crew made it to the CONCACAFF Champions Cup Final.

They lost that game.

Sounders still the only United States team and the only MLS team to win Conka CALF Champions.

League or Cup.

But Columbus lost that and that game was the same day that this game was supposed to be played, so this got moved here to early September. This is the international break, so fewer teams are playing. But the Sounders are definitely not seeing a Columbus crew team at full strength.

That we will get into here in a.

Little bit, Diego, But listen before we talk about the crew, and there's a lot to talk about with the crew.

Not only lineup changes but also just how darn good they are. Let's talk Sounders.

Back to back shutout losses last Saturday in Portland was not fun. But I think the big question is offensively, Diego, what's been going on in these last one hundred and eighty minutes not having a goal on the score sheet and how can we turn that around?

Yeah, Jackson, good to be here.

So always, to me, this is a it's a crucial game because you know, to your point, yeah, Columbus is magnis and team part of the best team you know of the season.

You know, if we think about.

It, we'll talk about that. That's a good conversation.

But talking about the Seattle Sunders in particular and why they haven't scored. I think also we saw a last game against Portland that you know, the biggest clash in MLS.

Right.

We started to see signs of frustration for some players, right, and also things not working the way we want it, and also that lack of cohesiveness on the top. I want to see today what we've seen from Jordan Morris so far in the season, in some breakout games like today when he has a space and has that speed. I think today is one of those games that Joran Morris needs to really you know, show up and score. And we have to talk about also the important players

Are soccer that he was talking about for Yeah.

And I think that's that's also one of the players that today they need to He needs also to show

Well, let's get into it because there are a lot of absences right there. We'll give Columbus' lineup in a little bit when we talk about them, they are missing six five normal starters, six total players. Not to say that the group they're putting out tonight is not good, it's very good, but they are missing some tremendous talented players. We'll get into them in a little bit, but really quickly. The Elsea starting eleven for the Seattle Sounders, it is

Duty with Cameroon.

Thus read Baker Whiting's at left back and also Obed Vargas with the Mexico U twenty threes. Thus Christian Rhodon slides from the wing down to the holding midfield.

Diego.

That's five normal starters of your sounders.

We can tell you talk about Columbus and how they're missing a lot of guys. That's five. You know, it's four, I guess four normal starters with Rowell kind of being sometimes starter. But listen, it's four normal starters and five key players for your sounders who are also going to be out tonight. That is a good amount of absences here for Brian Schmetzer.

Yeah, definitely.

I mean yeah, if we talk about names and you just mentioned like step and Fry, Joe, Polo Rolridis, those are like three main starters in the past three seas cornerstones, cornstars of the Seattle Sounder crucial to win the only

Same with Roldridiaz right or Ridias.

Hasn't been a start of this season at all, and we seen Jordan Morris taking that number nine position. So it's really to me the holding midfield with Joao Paolo and not having over with Bargas obviously because he's out, and you know, true point, I think that that's what we're gonna miss. You know, you have Josh a Tensio that he played against Timbers and I think he looked as great as we used to see him, right yeah, and having also Christian right right there.

Look, let's take into that and really quick on I forgot to mention with those three injuries Steph, Joel and Roll. Today's Team Helped report was presented by Provident, Swedish official healthcare partner of Sounders FC. But that duo of Christian and Josh in that holding midfield, I think that it certainly wasn't what we wanted to see against the Pearland Timbers.

There's a lot to improve on from there.

And I think it's you know, let me see if you can break this down any better than I can. You probably can't, obviously you're the analyst. I'm just the guy talking. And what I saw from them is is sometimes Josh looked to go forward, sometimes Christian looked to

Yeah, there was no fluidity between both of them. And to me, that that's one of the keys to the game tonight, right like that, that particular look to those two positions in the in the holding midfield. If they're not coordinated, it's going to be a struggle. Because we seen a Columbus crew even though there's they don't have a lot of the you know, starters, they're still a really cohesive team. They like to possess. But also they play really well in the transition. So if they don't have.

And also in the transition.

You know, they could they could go, you know, take like Yamar and Jackson Rigg and at the back and we could struggle in that and we've seen that also during the season.

So to me, that's that's key.

Buyer saw this comment. If Christian and Josh.

Have a good game there in the midfield, the Sounders will get a result. If they do not have a good game like they had in Portland, the Sounders will not get a result.

Buyer saw that.

But I think to me that that's that's that's the key to the game. Because also you have on the other side, and we'll talk more about it, but you have a Darrington nagbe. Oh yeah, Like it's a guy that it runs all over the field and it's gonna it's really hard to not only marking, but also he's always, like you know, recovering the ball, possessing passing well, always.

In the space.

So it's a challenge, right do you have Josh and a Christian always a Christian with that experience. But I think Josh to me, has to be that that key player tonight that he needs to step up. We've seen Ovid Vargas in the past with Joe Paolo in that holding midfield that they've been really well and they've gelling together.

I wanted to talk a little bit more about Jordan Morris and what he can do with his speed, Albert Rusnak what he can do with the set pieces. We'll have to push that a little bit later on, but before we do take a break, I do want to talk to you about Pedro de la Vega because one of the things that we talked about on the pregame show for the Portland week ago was it looks like he's.

Really putting a lot of pressure on himself.

And then the Portland game happened, and we're still saying it looks like he's putting a lot of pressure on himself because of coming off the injuries. He knows he needs to, you know, be the star player that the team signed him to be as.

A you know, young.

DP to be a DP winger and such a talented kid. And it's the weird dichotomy today, Diego of you want to step up in this massive game against Columbus and be a star and do all these things, and naturally that comes with pressure, but also you don't want to put too much pressure on yourself. So he's got to play these things against each other and also not worry about getting another injury.

Yeah, it's really tough because you're talking about how to have the right balance. Yeah, and you're talking to a young kid. It's a kid, he's a young player. He's super talented. But also you see with the experienced players, they know how to regulate themselves and they know how you know when to do like their one hundred and ten percent went to you know, cut back to eighty percent during the game.

I think with Pedro, what's gonna be.

Key is like the first I would say, thirty thirty, thirty five minutes, he needs to go his way because if he starts missing balls or like chances push, he's gonna get Yeah, he's gonna push, He's gonna get frustrated, and then that's what the risk of getting an injury or you know, just trying too hard and trying too much, and he's gonna I think he needs to be the first the first three minutes. He needs to be completely

He doesn't have to do that, just take one guy. One guy passes.

To the space and then you know, if he hits an open shot, we see like the quality that he has. So I'm hoping that the first thirty minutes the Sounders you know, add a lot of pressure and then pederal by acontly show himself hopefully so.

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I think we should just continue the conversation we were talking about off the air. I mean, that was a really good talk that we'll try to get back to you later on in the pre match show about the influence at Readbaker Whiting today and how important he's gonna be so uh. You might hear that throughout the game with Kellen Row and Danny Jackson, who are on the

So this cool Columbus team. They are very very good fourteen four and seven.

They're tied with Miami for the fewest losses in the entire league, ten points back of Miami with for the Supporter Shield with two games in hand. So this is definitely not the door is definitely not shut on Columbus making a run at the Shield. They have a straight wins across all competitions. They're coming off of a four to win over New York City last weekend. They have the best goal differential in Major League Soccer at twenty eight fifty two goals scored just twenty four conceded. That

Yeah.

Yeah, well with all the statsies like throw out there, Yeah, it's hard.

To get they're really good.

We're talking about the MLS Cup Champions League Cup Champions, and yeah they they they played three finals in the last nine months and they want to right, just saying you think about like what we're playing against. But yeah, to repoint like they're missing big players, the biggest player always is cuch Ornandez. Right, he's out for Columbia for the international window move fars. He also a good player

Patrick Sholt for the US play today. He loves to Canada.

Yeah, okay, that's yeah, that's another topic. Yeah, that's definitely you know those players. I definitely think Nandez is and to me it is one of the best players this season by far, one of the best strikers. And he has that just that chemistry this season that everything works well for him, right, every every player that he has he can finish and his score goals. But also let's talk about the players are gonna be on the field. We have a Diego Rossi, right, theywind who scored twelve

In a regular season here in twenty eighteen.

It was first half and he just lofted it over from about nineteen twenty yards out.

Yet, So what we're talking about, Yeah, so I would say dig Rossi definitely is a player to watch from their side besides Dug Darlington Nagbee. That's a you know, all terrain player that's you know, everywhere and everything you know goes well when he's playing. But also I think it's going to be besides all the players that are missing, I still think Columbus Crew. One of the things that Wilfrid Nancy has been able to implement to his team

And also I think we're gonna show it all.

They're going to show it to the you know at home as well, even though you know, again they don't have their biggest striker. I still think it's it's it's a top caliber team probably, or we can argue if it's the best team of the season so far. The actually I'm less Cup champions, but you know, it's it's there, it's on top. It's to me, top three of the of the league.

Definitely.

It's the weird dynamic where they're ten points back in the shield race and there's a few teams even you know, in the standings between them and.

LAFC are obviously very very good.

And Miami had the shield right now, but Miami, you know, obviously the injury to Lionnel Messi.

There's that conversation.

So the question of yes, they've been in all these finals, but is Columbus the best team in the league right now? And I think when they have all their horses, it's it's a great debate. I mean, honestly, I would love love to see an East Final of a full powered Miami team and a full powered Columbus team because that game I just, I don't know, no rooting interest, I just want to watch that game as a soccer fan because it would be just tremendous.

And one of the reasons why it would be so good is because.

Listen, Miami may have the star names and they may not have you know, even when you talk about just you know, quality on the field. They may have a slight edge, but where Columbus I think has the edge over every single team in MLS. Sorry to Brian Schmittzer, is Wilfrid Nancy. Wilford Nancy, in my opinion, is the best head coach in this league. He's the best American

Yeah.

Agree, I think Will vernanc is the best coach we have in the league right now. I actually want to I mean, I think to me was the perfect Kennedy for the US men's national team with what he's doing and how the way he played, you know, he coaches, and also.

How he gets the best out of each player.

I was looking at a Chrisy's start, like he in the last three seasons, his team has scored like one hundred and eighty three goals.

So if you think it's it's really.

Not a lot a lot.

Yeah, what he's say for to bring out of the players.

And and to your point, Jackson, I think that was great when you were talking about innern Miami and Columbus. Yeah, they don't have the star power if you will play by player versus Inter Miami or any other big team in MLS, but the way they play, they make the player and the side better. Right. And I think again today with this lineup, there's still a really good team. And I think also Seattle Sanders have to be really you know conscious about that, like, okay, do you have

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Should we mentioned Christian Roma is another very good player. He's on the bench seven goals, five assists, so we had to watch out for Ameras in the second half of this game as well.

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Welcome back to the Providence, Swedish premat show Sounders at Columbus Crew tonight at lower dot Com Field. Before we head out to Columbus, let's continue here on the premat show. I'll tell you that the Sounders have leading the all time seasons, all time series against Columbus with seven wins, five losses and then seven draws. In that series, twenty four goals scored and twenty one allows. The Sounders are up on that. This is the first time these teams

Who are you going with for Seattle?

Yeah, well, I don't want to add any more pressure to Pedro, but I'm gonna be petteral that Vega. I think it's one of the game is that he needs to you know, show up and again if we'll talking about that at a pressure, but he needs to be smart. And again I know he's young, but he's talented and I want to see that, especially in the first thirty minutes to see you know, that fluidity and hoping for Pedro to have one really good game tonight.

And balancing that pressure right as we talked about there in that previous segment for my player to watch, I'm going with Albert Rusnak, you know, and we can kind of create this into another discussion point over how the Sounders can can get a result in Columbus, which is that they've been susceptible I think more than anything else to things and that speed where Jorde Morris can get

For me, it's Albert both on those.

Set pieces, placing balls, perfectly for guys like Jackson and Yemar, but also finding Jordan when he makes those runs. And by the way, Jordan needs to continue making those runs. Run, recycle him, keep going, keep going, keep going. But every single time he does that, he's Albert to make sure that he's looking for him or whoever feeds him the ball. But you know Albert's going to have an opportunity. I think to do that a few times tonight.

Yeah, I like your pick because I think against the team that's really compact and they play really well and have that position, set pieces is a really good way to open right and have opportunities and score goals and settle Sounders have been pretty good at it right, and I think Albert Rusnak has to be also. You know that guy we seen at least in parts of the season that he's been really accurate right with the ball and also hoping to find not only the tall guys

He needs to score well.

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Just about five minutes away from kickoff. Sounders at Columbus crew at lower dot com field before Danny Jackson and Kelen Row have the play by a play call. I will tell you that quickly. Or today's condo on kickoff has been presented by Emerald Queen Casino in the entertainment capital of the Northwest. And Diego Let's get to your key to the match. How can the Sounders find a big result tonight on the road.

Yeah, it's to me it's gonna be one of the keys matches that that battled the midfield and the holding meatfield Joshah Tenci on Christine Roldan that pair.

They need to be really solid.

We need to see a better version of themselves an what we saw against Timbers. And they have to be able to coordinate a.

Control that.

Who's who goes, who goes forward, and who goes back and who states as well. I want to also make sure that they able to control Diego ROSSI right, we took about this player how dangerous he is, so they need to be make sure not only that the center backs but also read Baker Whitening to be really smart when he goes up. And finally, we need to see you know, efficiency on top. And I want to see Jordan Morris coming back to score again. He needs to

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Good evening from Lower dot Com Field in Columbus, Ohio, where your Sounders take on current MLS powerhouse, the Columbus Crew. The current form of the Crew is reminiscent of the early years of success under Brian Schmitze. The Crew have played in three finals in the last nine months, winning the twenty twenty three MLS Cup and twenty twenty four League's Cup.

After losing a hard fought CONKERCAFF Champions League final in early June, which is why we.

Are here today. This rearranged fixture.

May come at an opportune time for the Sounders as a crew are.

Missing multiple players due to international duty, including their main man coucho Hernandez, but based on current form, the crew have taken.

The Sounders mantra of next man up and this will be no easy task tonight for the men in. The Sounders are looking to get back on track after two narrow losses to l EFC and the Timbers in the past two games, and they will be looking to get a further boost in a very tight Western Conference. I'm Danny Jackson alongside former Sounder Kellen Rowe.

For the coll tonight. Before we get to Kellen for his initial thoughts, let's get you the delta.

Starting eleven for your Sounders. Andrew thomasin gole a back four of Alex Roldan.

Jeamar Reagan and Reed Baker White and coming on the left hand side Knew who is away on.

International duty, Josh Atensio, Christian Roldan in the middle, Paul Rothrock, Rosnek and Della Vegas the three attacking players, and then Jordan Morris.

Up front for the Columbus crew. Romero in goal changes for them as well as you mentioned Zawadski, Camacho and Cherberco in the back. Perera, Matan, Nagby and Arsten are the four. In the midfield Chambost, Rossi and Jackson. As you're attacking three. So as the teams get set, they're coming out to kick off. Keill, let's get your initial thought. It's tough place to play.

The sound is off back to back, won the losses against the LFC and Portland Timbers.

What do they have to do tonight?

This is a game where the Seattle Sounders have to test their brass.

Right.

They're playing against the Columbus Crew, who is arguably one of the best teams in the MLS right now, especially with the runs that they've had, and although they're missing so many players, they've got that, like you said, that next man up mentality and the guys they're putting in now are there could be starters on other teams, and they've done such a good job and are so well coached by William Nancy. It's just they're a tough team

Well for Wilford then, see he's had a great first two years at the Columbus Crew, coming in from Montreal. It's putting together a really good score that consistently play at a very high level. They lead or the very top of MLS standings.

In terms of goals scored this year over two goals scored per game, and then the very best defensive team as well, conceding point ninety six goals against average. So it is going to be no easy task for the Sounders tonight.

The last game, as Jackson Felts mentioned in the pre game twenty twenty one, that two to one win here where they was a Will Burwin goal.

And I think certain Kellen Rowe was involved in that game. We'll certainly get that story about that goal, about that result. And of course the Sounders had so much hope going into the twenty twenty MLS Cup Final after that incredible win against Minnesota in Luminfield, and they went down in that game that in some ways was a reboot of what Brian Schmitz has been doing.

The Sounders trying to get back on top in MLS and it's going to be an important next couple of weeks for the Sounders. As a referee gets us going Rosondo Mendoza the Sounders in their anniversary kit tonight green shirts, shorts and socks. Columbus Crew in all black tonight like shirts, shorts and socks. They're attacking the goal to our right. Sounders attacking the goal to our left. As Rossi gets us going, here we go Sounders big task. Can they

Brian Schmiitza mentioned during the week, picked up that injury, of course early in the game against Portland, Timbers had to go off with ten stitches and they're going to be precautionary in terms of how they bring Stephan and Fry. Bat Ball goes long quickly by read Baker Whiting on that left hand size you mentioned, good step by Josh at tense. Her left hand side is Rothrock because.

He'll let it go.

He was an offside position. We'll play by Rothrock. Now he gets it back from a tensire. So certainly some youth in the side tonight, Kellen, hopefully in a place like this where they get a have to absorb pressure. Columbus cruise all seasons sixty percent possession throughout their season. They'll want to keep the ball even with so many changes the sounds go, have to absorb and then go when they get a chance.

And that's that's exactly right. You want to absorb these pressure. You know that Columbus is gonna have a lot of possession. Canna Read Baker, Whiting, Paul Rothrock and even if Page Dela Vega, can they find their legs and get themselves running up this field?

Attensa in the middle of the park, plays it out to this near side to read Baker, Whiting steps forward. Little trip by Herrera came in this summer from River Plate. Played close to one hundred games for River Plate over a number of seasons. Still got some youth in there,

But actually was a homegrown player from Minnesota kill.

He look, he's a guy that kind of moved around with his family a bit and he comes in the offseason plays plays some pick up with me as well. And what a quality player this guy is. The creativity and the audassia some of the things that he tries, it's pretty incredible, and I think you're gonna see a lot of flashes from him today and his start.

Well, given I think it is the ball against the referee, it's gonna be a drop ball. Anytime the teams are in possession.

It hits the referee.

The team in possession, we'll get the ball back. It was a rule that wasn't always in play course frustration. League rules have cleaned that up, as Jackson now chose a regular click coming off that right hand side. Columbus Crew will play a three back system similar to LAFC. But as Brian Schmatzer said in our meeting this morning. Very different way in which they play.

Columbus to have possession, like to build.

Through the lines, lafcl like to absorb pressure and then just hit teams on the counter with the lights of bou Wonga and Olivera who just have paced to burn.

You're seeing a lot of it. Look you see when you're looking this, so many guys are in those pockets, in behind Christian Rolldan, in behind josh A Tensio, so they're always having to turn and check their shoulders. And when you have a guy like Dont n Agby on the ball who doesn't lose it very often, he can pick those passes out.

Me of course Portland player, Lanta player, I believe a number of MLS Cups, extremely experienced US international as well. He sits in the middle of the park.

It's been a bit of a rotation for the team over the last couple of weeks as they come out of a very successful League's Cup run.

Of course, beating.

Leefc here lower dot Com Field just a couple of weeks ago. It comes Jack's the middle of the park, twenty yards from goal, holds out to the left hand side. A little combination with click to the back post. Ball bounces through over the end line. First corner kick four Columbus. Here in the fourth minute, here's the crew, Neil Sounders, Neil Callen Rowe.

I want a little bit more from Seattle. Sounders are getting closer to the ball. Columbus is having a lot of space and time inside the box. He's willing to take a touch to his right and whip a ball of that back post. And thankfully Read Biker Whiting was on his nose.

Yeah, ball clipped in from Offson off that left hand side, came on his preferred right foot. It's gonna be a.

Corner kick from this near side the right that man Rossi ten goals, eleven assists on his season so far. It's gonna be an outswinger with his right foot. Andrew Thomas just arms up in the air, organizing his back line. Sounders Ready, ball comes in headed clear by Jack's egging.

Nice powerful head. It clears his lines. Sounders step up.

Ball goes back to Nagby just inside the sound as half of the field rolls it out to matan little combination.

Back to read Baker Whiting. Reid needs to have a good, solid game today. It's been up and down in terms of his performances.

A slow star of course, because of injury Kell and he picked up an injury in the playoffs last year. Took him a good number of months even into the early part of the season to get back.

Now he's getting a chance. Now he has to take advantage.

He does have to take advantage. And it's hard when you get that injury and you're kind of breaking up your games a one game here, in a little bit time off one game there, you don't really get in the rhythm and you kind of side there. What a great touch to beat his defender. He had a lot of space and he tried the outside the foot, passed down the line to Jordan and it goes out of bounds.

We are thrown for.

The sound is on this near side of the left sound as attacking the goal to left. The crew of given up goals last couple of games, both to New York City, once in League's Cup, once in regular MLS season. Played last week in the first five minutes and Lee's Cup. It was in the first minute last week in the MLS four to.

Win that came back. They gave up a goal in the first five minutes. That've cleared those lines. Now getting into the sixth minute, crew again just in possession, as we expect the crew to be, just dictating play. Even with eight players out, six or so would be guaranteed starters is the assistant referee on this near side puts his flag up.

Herrera offside because Columbus pushes so many numbers forwards, especially when they have the ball. You can see Seattle kind of drop in a little bit. And what's great is they're not giving up as much space that way, and it's harder to play a pass through that middle. Is what Bryan Smetter doesn't want. He wants to force them wide, making sure it's a one on one in the wings, and then he's trusting Readbaker Whiting and Alex Willdon Rothrock on.

This near side.

Steady Eddie player of course, has always but he's brought goals into his game this year.

It's always been successful. Dangerous ball by Jackson.

Raging on this near side left, try to switch the point of attack, picked up on that far side left into the foot of Rossie, who will come off that high number nine spot and just float around as he has done in years past. Ball over the top, Ball's gonna bounce through. Andrew Thomas collects the ball.

All in yellow.

Tonight matches is Golden Locks.

It's been a good addition.

Of course, god Is got his contract this year, has stepped in a US Open Cup. Were needed, certainly, as he saw the beginning parts of the year when Fry was coming back from an injury, played a couple of MLS games, and he's never really let Bran Schmetz from his team down.

He's one of those guys and the second he came in he was the hardest working guy in the field. On and off. He was an incredible professional and even through some bad injuries that he had in the beginning of his career, he's really the one the first guy to say, if you guys want shots after, I'll make sure I'll make sure to stay after. So he's one of those good teammates that you hope you're glad he's having a good season.

Here's a good Englishman, of course.

He led his collegiate soccer at Stanford before coming into the Sounders.

Went the American way.

Of course, of course, same way I went, the only path forward, fall into the foot of Jackson and then Nagby as they start to build out of the back.

Cruiser mentioned three Cups finals in the last nine months to a successful MLS Cup twenty twenty three versus LFC Here Lower dot Comfield and then of course same opponent just a couple of weeks ago in League's Cup final against l efc.

Here again.

And then it was in Patuca where they lost that cc L final back in June, which is why we're here today. As the deal, Jackson picks it up, little drop of the should towards the left foottop of the box, hits it deflection wide corner kick four Columbus crew.

Sound is just holding strong right now, Ben, don't.

Break and that's a skill that easy. He brings this to you right fake shot top of the box. He takes two or three defenders to get him on his side, still gets the shot off and he gets a little deflection for a corner.

If we'll see a replay of Jackson just comes off the heel of Yeay Mark go anywhere. Sounders have to defend their second corner kick of the game. Ninth minute here lower dot Comfield Sports Radio nine fIF am. Sounders crew nail nil with that man Rossi with his right foot this near side, the crew right arm up in the packed house again here as you expect, ball comes

They've got players with experience like Jackson came in from Saint Louis getting a start tonight, Herrera with river Plate of course.

But it's all about.

Absorbing the first twenty minutes of pressure and then building from there.

It is like we said, it's the next man up. And this Columbus team has a lot of guys who are wanting to get those starting spots. They're just coming into the team and these are going to be the lightning for them to start again, and so they have a lot of pressure on them. If they can just Seattle, Sounders can just absorb, like you said, that first fifteen to twenty minutes and then start to play their game.

Ball switched by Zawatski towards Herrera.

Who made a dashing run from that right hand side you mentioned crew played up three four three. But Ross's gonna play just in that hole, as kuco Hernandez often does on international duty.

Today with Columbius, we see a replay here two or.

Three yards off side, and those are the things killing that coaches pull their hair out. You see along the line, No need to go early, You've got some space, and then he inches forward.

He's off side.

I've played those balls, and I've also been the guy who's been off side, so I know both sides. But what's dangerous for me there is that Readbaker Whiting had a guy right in front of him in that pocket, but then also had her Hera dashing on his other side. It's gonna be a tough spot for saddle sounders. Who's going to be the one to help those guys when they had the wing backs bombing forward, but also someone right in front of him in that gap.

Often coming off that left hand side, just dropping his shoulder clips it towards the back stick. Again, her Ara acrobatically gets sort of cross saves it from going over the end line. We'll played little ball around the corner by roth or good play, but good cover. Now picks up the ball across the half whale.

And it is near side the left striding forward trying to get away from Scherburka, who does a really good job to come back, maintains possession, cuts the ball inside to nag me and the crew are going to build again.

That's the life that you want from a young kid like Paul Rothbrock, who's done the willingness to run. He's gotten his multiple starts, but he hasn't stopped working and I think that's great for him. He's gonna find his goals coming again. But he make sure that that worth break is continuing well.

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Get here in the twelfth minute nil nil, third game against top opposition. It was LFC in League's Cup timbers last week and then today the team on top of the MLS pyramid over the last twelve to eighteen months the crew and they pick it up and clip it forward towards Ross. He try to get in behind. We'll see it was that man Rossi at his time.

At l EFC.

Lfc's first ever game as a franchise was at Lumen Field.

He scored the goal.

In the first time to win that game one to nil, get the first three points of that franchise history. It's been a thorn in the sounder side. See a little replay of Rothrocks going down the line. Can't quite shrug off Scherburko. Good athleticism by the central defender.

The Ukrainian signed in July of twenty three.

So as you mentioned a number of signings out on the field today from this summer for the crew, Romera and the goal Herrera signed in August this month from River Plate gets to start on that right hand side.

And then as Ziel Jackson came.

In earlier this summer from Saint Louis, and then Chambase came in from some etn after helping them to promotion several times over his career. There there comes Arson left hand side, just cuts it back, nothing forward. Now it goes forward to Rossi lays it off to Matan young youthful energetic play on the left hand side, challenged by Rossnak comes back to Auston.

Good challenge by Attend losing athleticism gets nutched off the ball. Referee agrees to the Sounders cross gonna be a sound As free kick, just outside their eighteen year old books. Slow and steady starts so far, Kellum.

It is you kind of expected this. Seattle's gonna take a lot of pressure. The Columbus crew is gonna have a lot of possession. But what I need to see from Seattle is when they do find that ball again, not to give it away right away. It's gonna help them later on in the game when Columbus has all this pressure defending Ashley, he's a lot harder on your legs,

Jordan Moore's down the roight hendsid drops his shoulder. Can he get that? Cuts it back almost gets the foot of Russako's coming in from a deep position, gets cut out well by the Crew, and here come Columbus in transition, ball into Rossie back to Matan.

What a good run from Jordan. I mean he's using his skill, he's got power, he's got speed, gets to that end line and I mean, what a good block. But what a chance for that seattles down AHOs. It was because if that finds the foot of brass Brusnak, that's gonna be a goal.

It's gonna be a team in transition. Jan Mars has that speed in the back three, there will be space in those channels to take advantage in transition.

Sanders showed exactly how to do it. And here's Jambost just floating around as well as the experienced Frenchman and that who plays it back to him, just in front of Wilfred Nancy, who's been a revelation here for the Crew. Let's not forget the Crew. Just a handful of years ago were debating whether to move west, and then a fresh impetus to keep the club in Columbus. New investment, heavy investment with like xecuco Hernandez and look where they

And continuing their run as well. They won the cup last year, now winning the League's Cup in the final for the Champions League and then obviously one of the best here in the MLS as well, So they're continuing this run, not just satisfied with the trophy or two. And he talked about the players that are coming in in the summer window. This is how good teams continue

Man up possession for the Sounders they aim tonight per Brian Schmetz. So it's get to around about fifty percent. Sounders like to have fifty five percent typically, but it's in realistic to what they're facing tonight. A possession orientated team like to play through the lines starting to slip the other direction. Right now, Sounder is just over around

Brian Schmeltzer will like that. Jordan Morris looking to find some space in behind, just putting his finger down to point to where he wants the ball.

Sounds to pick up the loose ball and they come again. As Callene mentioned, it's going to be important for the Sounders to keep the ball when they can. Columbus crew are going to play some higher press, try and win it high up the field as they're doing right now.

Heavy touch inside, but good touch by.

Reed as he plays the ball square to here, who finds himself a spot of bother but picks up the rebound from an errant pass from Matan and here comes Della Veg. A big game for him tonight is needed for Brian Schmitze as he builds fitness, as he builds strength and confidence in his body again after picking up a variety of injuries in his early months of the Sounds.

Balling behind here, Jordan Morris can't quite get there.

Rameiro reads it well, it slips away from me on this slick surface, remains Neil nil.

That's a good that's a good run. It's a good idea, just a little bit of quality to get that through but when you have Jordan Morris kind of slain on that backside and making that run forward and Albert Rusnak or Christian Rodan on the ball, that's the ball you want. Now. Can the Sounders do that again and continue to get that possession?

Often on that far side the left, comfortable in possession, brings it back the Matana who shifts it from far left to this near side the right finds Herrera has been involved heavily on this right hand side, far up the field, Jackson top of the box, quick little turn on them, brings it back to his left, ball square into Chambos, who plays it out to.

The left to astin back inside his crew, just prodding, poking, try to find some space, try to find an opportunity to test Andrew Thomas. So far, Andrew has not been too involved in this game, which the sound is and Brian Schwetz will be happy about. Ball on the far side the left is they attacked the goal to our right.

The matchups for me on him outside in this wing you got Herrera really pushing against Readbaker Whiting, and I think that's a little bit of a tactic from a guy who's been a left back, but also been a left and right mid. I think they're finding their space here, but then going inside on the other side with Arstin and Matan against Alex Willdon. So one side is going in, one side's going long, and it's gonna be a fun matchup.

You certainly got the athleticism with Atensio and rolled on in the middle of the part. They'll still be able to I don't match any team really from a standpoint of just covering ground.

But as we know, the ball moves quicker than a player.

It's always moved faster than us.

Always. It's always the first test I give to a kid.

As the ball goes to the far side, the right, it's this side the ry, I should say with Herrera who rolls it into the shins of Red.

Baker White, it comes across, goes over the end line. Third corner kick four Columbus. Here in the nineteenth minute Laura dot Com field Columbus, Ohio or nil nil between the crew and the Sounders crew on top of the MLS pyramid right now. The Sounders have been there for a number of years.

During the early years of Brian Schmetzer, I was playing in a four MLS cups too successful, both against Toronto, the last one being against the Crew. Here in Columbus, ballgoes short, this time to Chambos.

That's Rossi goes square to Nagby. Sound is just holding twelve yards from Andrew Thomas's goal. Will tucked Insideo square to it.

Jackson flicked in by ross A good defending and step By rolled down.

Who's captain for the night? De la Vega this left foot tries to drill and find Rothrop making a run that far side. Good vision by de la Vega earns the throw.

It's good play. Get out of pressure. He took a few knocks there and made sure he found something going forward rather than losing the ball going backwards. And now he's got it. Everyone can kind of move up, get the throwing in and settle themself down.

But Bran Schmitzer talked about de la Vega's technical ability. Hard to knock off the ball load, sense of cavity, is able to move the ball quickly in tight areas. The Sound is really now hoping that de la Vega can be resilient in these final months of the season and carry this team. Forty, of course, have had sparks throughout the years when the Sounders have made an MLS run, Beldez coming to mind in twenty sixteen.

It struggled in the early part of the.

Twenty sixteen season, all of a sudden came alive towards the end, got some valuable goals, some valuable assists and contributions to the Sounders offense.

And it was that.

Year, of course, Brian Schmetz's first year as he took over in late summer, they went on a run and then one in Toronto, a famous penalty shootout and that famous saved by Stephan Fry, who is out tonight percussion protocol is working through that ten stitches in his head. It was a collision the first minutes of the game last week inadverting. As Brian Schmetzer confirmed this week, there's certainly no slouch coming in for him and Andrew Thomas, no.

Slouch at all. I were happy that that's Stephen Fry's back up and running around and hopefully back soon as they had said. But he's such a pivotable point, not just the history of Seattle but this team as well in his leadership. So Andrew Thomas coming in making sure he's making all the saves and that leadership kind of falling on Christian Rodin.

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Will gets flicked.

Forward, demo comes across, just waits as it bounces Rossi's able to pick up the loose ball top of the box to Jecks and who's floating around.

Ball goes to the outside to Austin. Will step over towards his right foot, strikes the ball, slice it high and wide. Sounders will take that all day long. Remains nil nil.

Killing Roe shots from outside the box with a quality keeper like Andrew Thomas is going to be good for the Seattle Sounders. You want you don't want them going in behind, and he's a good play if they're sitting a little too far back. From me and the Seattle Sounders and top of the box. But you know we get out with an easy shot out for a gold gick. Get the guys out well.

Sounders are defending well but offensively. I'm not doing too much expected goals right now as you look down at my screen zero but the Columbus crew of zero point one. So little bondstorm of a start to this game. Of course, as the stats where it is, but here come the sound as can they find a way in between?

Ball goes in between the back line almost finds Jordan Morris from Albert Rossneck Romero and the goal settles it down, rolls it out to this near sight to Herrera, who in turn rolls it to Camacho advanced from his central defensive position, finds Rossi and he'll certainly find As we talk about players around the field, Wilfred Nancy has allows his players to rotate.

It's not systematic. He has a certain methodology of playing Callen, but he does allow the freedom for his players to move well.

It's fluid because of the players that he has. If you look at Diegio Rossi, he's not a number nine, right, He's almost a ten or a winger he's gonna come off that front line. But the guy the players are understanding that if he drops back in two or one or two are flying four forward to cover that space. And they're very good about having that total football kind of mentality.

Well goes long picked up by russneck against Neckby, and of course that man of neck Beach, a solid strong what's his body between ball and play wins it.

The quality he has on the ball is pretty incredible, and trying to get the ball off of him or get away from him when you do have the ball is pretty impressive. He's the player that should have been one of the best midfielders in the US in my opinion, and just it didn't happen for some reason. But he's shown his quality throughout the MS.

He's Rossi top of the box, tries to wriggle clip picked up by Christian Willdon right place, right time, has always he tries to wriggle clear referees right there, gives nothing. Well Don's asking for a foul referee just a couple of yards away. I'll miss him in bright pink. Did not give anything. Crew have it again and they start to build Camacho on this near side.

They're right inside the sound is half of the field goes back Sound as eleven men behind the ball.

This is gonna be the pattern of play through this game.

Sound is gonna have to be patient and absorb the pressure and then hit the team on the counter. And Jordan Morris had a couple of chance, says one. He got through a couple of ones just narrowly cut out. But it's gonna have to get involved in the Sounders. I want to retain possession. Three touches on the game so far as the Sounders now win it and start to build.

And when you don't have much possession in this game, especially as a forward all alone, you have to make your touches count. And that's what Jordan's got to do as he continues this game.

Oh we know certain Harland for Man City can touch the ball three times a game and then gets a hat trick.

So you don't need many if you're playing the number nine. That's where you get paid for. Put the ball in the back of the net.

He's offs and fastide the left for the crew rolls it down the line towards the end line comes in.

Short miscleared by Yamark comes off as he puts his head up looking up in the sky, goes over the end line. It's gonna be a corner kick for the crew and the Sounders are gonna have to hold strong.

These are one of those moments that if you do have a mistouch, do you have a mispass and it goes out of balance, not the way you wanted to For me, it's the time to really put my head down and make sure I focus, because these are the times you don't want to mess up again.

Fourth corner for the crew. I'm up in the air. This time it's the fast side of the left.

First one from the left comes in outswinger headed clear well by Yema who clears his lines. This time Well offs and fast side the left to Chambeaus who comes in knocks it out again. It's that man Yeama, good powerful head and knocks the ball out, clips and again by the crew.

Up in the air, it goes by Jason not convincingly.

Ball bounces around inside the eighteen asking for a handball is Rossie strike from Jackson slices it why goal kick for the Sounders here in the twenty sixth minute's the Crew nil Sounders nil.

Talk about getting that mistake back. Yemar two good headers outside. But for me it's you get those headers and then all of a sudden another ball's coming back in. You get those header again, another ball's coming back in. Can they find a way to retain this possession a little bit?

Sounders have it given away cheaply by Red Baker whiteing not what Brian schmidtz so wants, and then giving.

Away cheaply by Nagby ball goes in behind.

We've seen this before where the Sounders have taken advantage of a turnover. This time they can't quite connect to Jordan Morris, who is being a willing runner right now. He's realizing that when the Sounders do win it, there is a chance in between those central defenders with only a three back syst and they like to push The Sounds are looking for that ball over the top quickly.

Keep running in behind. You know that Columbus is going to push numbers forward. We're going to have the pace and if you play a quality ball and it gets to him, I think Jordan Morre is going to find it.

Back of the net. Amore back to Andrew Thomas, looking for options. Sounder is building in possession as Bryan Schmett's lights from the back.

We've seen a variety of play by the Sounders. Sometimes they go along this season, sometimes a little short and as Dela Vega just shrugs off pressure from Zawadski, the outside of his foot almost gives it away but recovered by Jackson Reagan giving away cheaply to Nagby, who steps in well on Dela Vega. Didn't have much of a chance to collect that ball to Dela Vega was a

We certainly found his way in the last couple of months call and he and Yema have been solid as a rock and the Sounders have had a good defensive record so far. We'll get your comments.

At a minute, fast side the left is offsen spread it ball from the scent to the far side of the left little step over gets clipped in towards the pounty spot, headed clear by Attensi or headed forward by Camacho who's advanced to the top of the box from his defensive position.

In that back three brought down well by Ruznek.

What a touch out of the air, brings it down, get shoved in the back. It's gonna be a foul and a free kick for the Sounders and they'll take a breath.

Twenty eight minutes gone, Neil nil.

Back to your point, Jackson, Reagan and Yamar have been sole quality in the back, especially through that summer months when they had a lot of games through the League's Cup. And now you want to see it again versus these quality opponents in the MLS. But for Jackson Reagan, if he plays simple and gets his feet underneath him, I think he's one of the best center backs in this league. But if he continuously goes through and gets in that quick sand of mistakes, that's where things go wrong.

Good step by the back line, Rob's delaveagor the ball and now they have it left corner of the box. Matan Trossi, who's moving around along that attacking thro from right to left this time, just sits on top of the box looking for the ball. Offsen comes back and the crew with Nagby got to build again. And we saw the quality of Rosnak when he pulled that ball out of the air. He created six chances for the Sounders last week against Paul and that's the most of any Sounders.

Player in three years.

So even though the Sounders didn't get the result they wanted, Rosne was involved as the ball goes wide and over the end line from a Offsen cross allows the Sounders again to take another breath to be a goal kick well.

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Through throughout the month for a chance to win Sounders prizes. Visit intentionalist dot com to find a business near you. Sounders built out the back again, this time with Della Vega. Has been pocket picked a couple of times in dangerous areas, but continues to be confident of the ball.

What's it about to game?

We'll play it back to Andrew Thomas takes no chances safety first launches it long watune for the sound as it finds Zawotski, who it's clattered into, and that's.

The first yellow card of the game on de la Vega.

A little harsh in my opinion, first fout little both of them lundon at the ball, but like referee is gonna do what he wants to do and get that yellow card.

But you wouldn't mind it, right, Dela Vega is your kind of artistic player in the attacking third of field.

He's doing some defensive duty now and having a player like that who's come in to create stuff in the attacking third of the field, to have him come back and make.

It, you know, make the tackle like that. Yeah, little late. Maybe it's more of an attacking players.

Tackle it is. It's short minded, but it's the fact that he's having the willingness to defend and willingness continue to defend even when things aren't going right on the attacking side. That's a quality player and that's what you want from your young DP.

Quickly played by the crew far side of the left Offson comes into Matangi to clip it towards the backstick again. This time it's Jackson picked up by Rossi inside the box. Good defending by Yamar, just pokes it away with his toe. It's going to be out for a throw in five yards from this near corner flag as they the crew attacked the goal to our right. Good incisive play from the crew as they try to find this opening goal

Local boy being in the club for ten plus years.

Of course, another local hero and Aden Morris moved on to Middlesbrough just a couple of months ago, and he comes Rossi tries to clip it, goes across the top of the eighteen yard box to Asson, brings it into his right foot and then rolls it back and square to Nagby to Camacho, rolls out to this near sight to Herrera, a challenge by Reed does a good job, just holds his ground. A ten to your steps in on Camacho who has to turn away from pressure.

And go back as.

Wilfred Nancy is standing just inches from the field as he commands his troops. Ball goes in behind, well read and headed up and away by Jackson, picked up by Della vegge at little ball into Russneck just skipped away from Russneck Field looks like it's playing a little slick.

If they can just get that little bit of quality and that first pass after they win the ball. I think you find the Sounders with a lot more space than they see it. They get it from the back. The middle of the field is wide open. Obviously you've sad it with Jordan Morris running in behind two three times now.

So Watskin knocks it down the line fast side the left covered well by yamar As. Rossi comes across to try and challenge, headed up in the air by Nagby, able to pull down his original header with a little cushion ball back to his back line, but Sounders pick

And then the sounds are missing Ovid Vargas. Do you twenty three national team? But here come The sound is down the right hand side.

We'll go square to Jordan Morris's chance left for White looks across the system referee. The flag does not go up. I don't believe what a chance for Jordan Morris inside the eighteen yard books. That's a play it past Ramera who came out. The goal was gaping, he was not able to finish. It's gonna be a goal kick, remain nil nil, But that's the chance of the game so far, Kellen Rowe.

What a quality run from Paul Rothrock and then the ball to finish it off, and Jordan Morris just doesn't get his feet right. He wants to go with his right, his favorite right, and then finds it with his left and just doesn't do it right. I think that's a player who hasn't scored in a little while and he's in his head when that ball comes to him. It's almost too easy.

Well, Jordan Morris, Christian roll Don Albert Rosnett, really three main players out there on the field today. They've combined against playoff teams.

They've only scored.

Four goals and three assists in those games and those big games. So unfortunately for the Sounders, that was in the story of the season so far, just executing at the right times against the big teams. When you play away from home, as you know Kellum better than anybody, you have to execute in those chances.

You're not gonna get many Hey, Jordan Morris is not gonna get many touches on the ball, and the Sounders are not going to get that many clear chances as well throughout this game, especially away against this quality team, these playoff teams. So can those big players step up and be those quality players in the quality moments?

Big time players step up in big time moments. Jordan Morris was not able to do that. Here's Matan now for the crew down the side the left hand side. Arson comes inside, drops it off to Chambost. New French player from seven eten to Jackson came in June as well from Saint Louis, Minnesota, homegrown player, former Crossfire youth player, Or goes back and the crew are just going to build again.

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It's good pressed by the Sounders as they continue to press down his near side. Well done by Albert just blocks the clearance goes out for a throwing. Rothword just picks it up, shrugged his shoulders. Seems pretty obvious to everybody apart from him. But why not if we were told us a youth player, he must have picked up the ball and throw it in.

There's always a chance, right, And there's a little bit of gamemanship as well. Can I hold the ball? Can I get in their heads just a little bit? That's something that Paul rothrock brings, right, He brings that little bit of an edge.

Well.

Going back to his cross just there for Jordan Morris that was on the right hand side, but last week as well he put a couple of crosses in with his left foot from the left hand side against Portland.

It's a similar area where the Sounds weren't able to capitalize on that as Dela Vega with the outside his foot. Can they be saved? Can't quite get there? Ken roth Rocky was a little loose by Dela Vega.

It's a good idea and you want to put a ball rather than that. It's just like you said that fields playing a little bit fast. Can these guys get used to it and get that pass to be the quality to the guy's feet to the right foot, especially when it comes to the balls out wide when they're going forward.

Sounders sitting around about thirty six percent possession right now. Again, we know Columbus over the course of the season they've sounded about sixty percent, So this says right in the line to watch their season stats of showing like to

Nice ball down the line, flip the outside his foot. Here comes Roth on the left and side. This is a great ball across the six yard box. Sounds weren't able to get there. It was Morris and Della Vega inside the eighteen yard box. Neither player could get to that cross. And it's again quality from Paul Rothrock Keleen.

Roree, the quality run and the quality ball on his left foot this time across that back line just across the sixth and the fact that Jordan Morris or even Peters Lavega isn't just diving in there to find something. They need to find a way. They're not going to continue to get these many chances. Can they get on the end of something.

Crew come again.

Nagby halfway line, just drives it from center to the far side the left to Afton, who's got plenty of time and space to turn and move forward, plays it into the foot of Matan, rolls it into Jackson's able to turn top of the box dangerous, and again it's high and wide by Jackson.

Sounders will take that all day long.

Here in the thirty seventh minute, Sports Radio nine to fifty am, his crew nil sounds nil.

This is the way the game's gonna go. The Seattle Sounders are very happy. You're getting shots from thirty yards out. You're getting crosses in to guys who are five foot eight, five foot ten against Jackson, Reagan and Yemar. This is a type of game that Seattle's hoping for.

In this first half, Sounders looking to make sure they shut this half out. Can they nick a goal that'd be ideal for Brian Schmidtz so' is it? Geit instaid about eight minutes to go of regular time. We'll see what the referee adds on. There's been no real delays for the.

Referee to add anything of significance. As Herraras drives forward down his right hand side, no pressure from the sounders, rolled on comes back to help, follows that runner inside comes Rossi ball his foot, rolls it into Jackson step by Yema, helped well by attention, rolls it back to Andrew Thomas, who does the right thing. Launches it long into Night's sky, picked up well by dela Vega, brilliant pulled down by Delavega, tries to knock it around the corner.

It goes ball into the foot of rothrot down this left hand side, top.

Of the box. Overlapping run by Russdak on his left, goes into his right curls are great safe by Romero, good play by Rothrock, good play by the sounders, and a good save by the crew.

Once again Paul Rothrock making something happen. He's using his legs to get forward. They're finding him the ball and there he's not being sell he's not being unselfish, he's not putting the ball in the box, good run from albert A dragon defender and Paul Rothrot takes it himself.

Sounders are shown they're not going to sit back and just absorb pressI and do nothing going forward. They will take the chances when they can. And it's been the foot of poor Rothrock's cut or.

The danger in the last fifteen minutes right.

Hand side, left hand side from crosses, and this time he was a drop of the shoulder came on his right foot just outside the eighteen yard box. Try to find the far corner with a curling effort. The good save by the new goalkeeper Romero, who by all accounts wouldn't have expected to play today. But two goalkeepers on international duty bush out injured and here come the.

Crew with Jackson plays it inside the box to Rossi.

Is able to turn without any meaningful pressure from the Sounders left corner, rolls it into Now the Sounders drop, get men behind the ball, hold their line just outside the six yard box. Drop of the shoulder by Matan comes in short does to roll it into shambost.

Down the left hand side.

Good defending by Atensio goes over the end line. No the corner kick for Crew remains nil.

Nil, good play, good one two's outside the box from Columbus, but not really anything dangerous. The Sounders are keeping everything in front of them, and that's what you need with these nice little players.

Balling quickly to Afson, go square to nack Be twenty five yards from goal left of center, rolls it into her rare and not afraid to shoot. And again the sound will take that high and wide.

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The crew won two championships inside the last twelve months here at Lower dot Comfield ML's Cup.

In twenty twenty three, most recently the twenty twenty four League's Cup. But it's the Sounders who have caused the most problems in this first half. Brian Schmittzer should be happy with the way his team's played. Here they come again, picked up by Dela Vega thirty odds some goal, just looking foot spot of space.

To find the ball this tiw. He goes to Russnick inside the eighteen yard box asking for the balls. Dela Vega goes towards the end line. Good play by Rothrock comes off a scrambling defender goes over the end line and it's going to be a corner cake for the sound as Kellen.

We're talk about coming to life. The first twenty minutes sounders were dropping back, just absorbing this pressure. And now you see sounders really on top of Columbus. You've seen it a few times now, Jordan Morris getting the ball. Here, de la Vega showing his quality and once again Paul Rothrock making his run creating space and then Albert Russknack trying to get.

Something on it.

Sounds in four players in the box in that attack. It's what Brian Schmittzer has said just a handful of months ago, to us get four players in the box, you'll have a chance to score. It's gonna be from a set piece. Can they take advantage? Headed clear by the crew as it came in from Russnick on the far side the right picked up by Alex Rowl down back to Rosneck just a few yards away from the assistant referee.

Ball goes into the foot of Christian back to Rosnick trying to find a pocket of space to get the ball into the box. Ball comes in this time why Alex clips off the back of Matan finds Christian Waldon bor goes in good scrambled clearance by the crew.

The assistant referee flag goes up. It's gonna been offside on the Sounders.

But again the Sounders are getting chances inside the eighteen yard box. This time's gonna be a free kick for the men in black.

Good little triangle there between aler Rusna, Christian Roldan and Alex Wildan. They found a way to create space and then a quality ball, just an untimed run but a quality bar from Christian and it almost snuck behind that Columbus defense.

Yeah, good step by the crew. You can see on that replay they stepped up well. Three Sounders players are offside, one of them being Game, who's closest to the ball. Romero for his first start for Crewe made a great save so far. Because it remains nil, Nils to get in the final minutes of this first half and they'll leave us at halftime.

Jackson Diego will be back to break it all down. It's been in.

A exciting first half considering the sound In fact, the Sounders have not had great possession, but they've taken advantage of the chances they've had in transition, and they've tested the back line of the crew, tested the goalkeeper. Now can they hold firm as the crew try to build again, try to find a way into this game.

As you mentioned, two goals per game in MLS play this season, the Crew have They've been equally as strong in the back line, less than one goal per game. That leads MLS. Sounders have scored the second least number of goals from open play in MLS. So Sounds, we have to find a way to find put the ball in the back of the net, defend well, come out here. Hopefully with some kind of result, we'll push him up the table.

Brian s Best was going to be going into this halftime pretty happy. I know he wanted fifty percent possession, but with the quality chances that they've had and the lack of chances that Columbus has put together, I think he's gonna be happy with this first half off.

Some of his right foot chips it into the fast take.

Good little play by Herrara's done a couple of times saving balls sliding in with his outside of his right foot. Here comes de la Vega tries to clip it around, asking him for a free kick, nothing given by the referee. He's able to return the favor, goes down to the deck, wins the ball cleanly cleared now by read down this near side the Sounders left Rothrock challenges. There's Dela Vega again, just tries to nudge off her error, isn't able to

So far, so good for the men in green.

It's been a good performance. I mean they're going to close this half out. These last few minutes need to be professional. They need to be able to lock it down. The last thing you want is for Columbus to go in after scoring.

A goal lead.

Here's her era this right hand side, this near side, the right eighteen yards from the endline. Just waits sound as the patient in there defending Dela Vega just steps forward.

He's shifted now on his left hand side.

A good ouncing so far as Dela Vega's first forty five minutes have been solid. Continues to add minutes to his to his bank because the ball goes out the top. Here comes Morris. Can he find it?

Ref goalkeeper comes out classes into Jordan Morris. Players waiting. What's the referee going to do? Is calling a foul on the goalkeeper. We'll see what he does here, because it is a foul for the Sounders. Jordan Morris holding his head, he's on the deck. The goalkeeper came flying out, clattering into both his defender and Jordan Morris. It's going to be a foul for the Sounds just outside the eighteen yard box. Let's see what the referee does now.

Kelen Rowe, you know this one's a tough one for me. It's a weird play. I think the young Romero is just thinking, I gotta stop this play. Jordan Morris is faster than most of us here, but I'm not sure if you give this a yellow card. If you give that as that's kluts. This might go in the Sounders favor here. First off, hope those two players are all three of those players are okay? Jordan really getting clattered there in the face.

It was a forearm to the face on Jordan Morris.

Then when Rameira came down he smashed his head off the deck, suffering what could be a type of concussion away he came down and I think it's Camacho maybe was the player in the back who got banged into as well. Jordan Mourice still on the deck getting it taken care of by the Sounders medical staff, as is Rameira from the crew staff. But Ceel Sounders FC Rave

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And Romero still getting taken care of, still sitting on the grass. Morris is going to get pulled up and hear Brian schmetz A shouting in it's taking a good look at this because it was almost like a Harold Schumacher aka whom as a red cards.

Yeah, and I think that's the right call. A goalkeeper off his line, forearmed to the forward's face and you would call that almost a dog. So in the sense that is a last defender because Jordan gets that touch on the ball. So it's a dangerous play, especially from a goalkeeper on a forward.

Well. Well, for the Columbus crew, three of their first top three goalkeepers are out two on international duty. Bush is injured. Romero in from LAFC in the middle of August, stood to his feet, was probably expecting the worst. It's probably the.

Reason why he stayed down so long, and once he made his way up on his feet, the referee had no hesitation gave him the red card. The crew are down to a man, and for the Sounders they keep holding their breath as we all do, to make sure Jordan Morris is okay, that he's back on his feet. The crew are circling the referee asking questions.

But we'll see what happens here. So it's going to be the fifth goalkeeper.

In line for the crew. He's going to come on. It's going to be pressed serious. There's going to be the player. I believe he's going to come on the field.

I see Columbus arguing it's a hard one. I know you don't want to see it, but it's fairly clear from us sitting here watching the replay that that should have been a red card.

Well, certainly he's going to add on minutes towards the end of the first off he hadn't nothing as we approach a forty five minute mark, and now we'll see what the referee is going to add on red card for the crew. Sounders have had chances this first half, crew missing eight players, So for the Sounders this is as good as you could hope for.

Right now it.

Is, and I think they need to again go into this half regroup a healthy They can get a goal off of this set piece, but regroup, make sure you go out knowing that you're now a man up against a team who loves their possession. That counter attack that they've had and already had quality with can be even even more dangerous.

We'll see what Wilfred Nancy does now is going to have to pull off one of his outfield players to get a goalkeeper on the field and he's going to figure this one out.

And for Brian Schmetz, you know what's his message to his team now, he's obviously organizing himself as well. Is it same old? Obviously the Columbus Crew going to be their backs against the wall. I remember, I think it was twenty eighteen when the crew came in to lumen Field. I believe when Greg Burholtz was still the coach of the crew. They got a red card in the first fifteen minutes, were able to hold on to a nil

And you see the same right now with Nancy. He's already got his players over there talking tactics, making sure that there's not going to be too many holes, and it looks like a field player is going to go in goal.

There you go. We thought it might be somebody off the bench.

But maybe just to finish the half.

There you go. No options for Wilfred Nancy.

Well, now you're thinking that that that free kick about twenty twenty five yards out is Albert Rusnak, who's core is on normal goalkeepers, first team goalkeepers is kind of you know, looking his chops a little bit here.

I think it's a certain Seawan Zawatsky who's going to go in the goal. We've seen this Alex Schroldan, he has passed, made a couple of blinding saves off memory serves, I.

Mean, got the shutout from it and shutout. He was the hero of the night.

We'll see what. Oh that was just in the final minutes of that game. Now Watson's gonna have to play forty five minutes.

I was that game, oh man. Now my guess is that they're going to do this through the end of the half and to make decisions then because there's not much time going on here. I don't know how much they're gonna add, but it's it's a weird one for me, and obviously Nancy knows what he's doing. And we'll see what the rest of the half.

Bese so Zawatsky in goal, one of the three central defenders. No moves being made by Wilfred Nancy Roight. Now he's gonna have to face this free kick with the fifty minute mark, and for the sounds, you have to think hit the target.

Hit the target.

That's that's the name of the game right now. And when it comes to a guy like Albert Rusnak, who's, like I said, scored some very good free kick goals, he's his eyes are very big at the moment, so focus down, hit the target.

Five goal, twelve assists on his year so far is Albert Ruznek can he test. Zowatsky, who is pulled on a red shirt, is in the back of the net. Referee's whistle goes.

Rosnik takes a breath, three steps away, with his right foot smashes the.

End in the back and then he goes.

Sounder score off a free kick from Albert Rosnik finds the bottom corner. Zowotsky goes into the goal and the first thing he does it is pulled the ball out of the back.

Of the net.

The Sounders lead one nil, put it on frame. And that's exactly what Albert Rusnak did. He created something out enough that I don't know if it was the wall that kind of separated, we'll see it here in a second, but what a quality finish.

Well, Albert Rosnick's done it this year. The Sounders have done it this year.

Five goals from free kicks before this game, that would be the sixth.

I think that's just the not understanding a field player going in goal because he was just a little bit too far towards that wall and he wasn't trusting it. What a good finish from Albert Rusnak or.

The fifty almost a fifty second minute mark here seven minutes over the allotted forty five minutes.

We'll see what the referee continues to add on.

It was a long long delay as Morris and Romero got treatment. Romera got the red card from the ensuing free kick. Upsteps ra Albert Rozneck and you couldn't have written a better script for the Sounders upper man, upper goal. Can they hold out to this to halftime, then the Sounders will be able to reorganize.

Themselves as needed. But here come the crew down their left hand side, overlapping run towards the end line.

Across it comes Jackson Riggan sticks out a big right foot, clears his line. It's going to be a throw in on the far side the crew left. Sounders need to hold strong.

Hold strong, and don't create too many gaps. It might be a man up. You can't run out of position just to go pressing the ball, and.

We'll see what the Crew do and how they reorganize themselves. Herrera. This defensive player looks.

Like he's dropped back and there's a referees whistle. The Sounders were able to execute and take advantage of a red card, an outfield player going in goal, and the sound is hearing Columbus go into the halftime break a goal up. Kelln Rowe your final thoughts.

A slow start for the Sounders, but then a quality end to this game it has had this half. Brian Sptch is going to be very happy with his players there. You have a little bit less of quality going forward, but man, what a good run from Albert Rusnak, from Jordan Morris, from Paul Rothrock, who's been my spark of this first half. And you go in. One hero up at half and a man up. It's gonna be quality and I can't wait to see where the second half brings.

We'll take a short break, Jackson Pelt Diego Arioha, We'll be back to break it all down halftime here at low dot Com Field in Columbus, Ohio. It's the Columbus Crew nil. The sound is one.

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Well, well, well, what do we have here in Columbus, Ohio?

Tonight your Seattle Sounders leading one nothing, and we must talk a lot about what we just saw over the last ten minutes or so. So right at the mark of added time, a ball over the top to Jordan Morris. Uh, the loane keeper. I'm going to emphasize this a couple times right now, Columbus's loane keeper on the roster tonight, Romero came out of his goal, came about twenty yard two yards outside of the box. His forearm collided with Jordan Morris's head. Serious foul play was called. That is

On their roster.

They have one guy on international duty with the United States. They have one guy injured. Romero was their third and he just got the red card.

They do not have a fourth.

Thus, Sean Zawatski, a midfielder, has to go into goal for Columbus, and then in the ensuing free kick after the red card, Albert Rusnak hits.

It's one nothing, Seattle.

And not only is Columbus down a man for the second half, they are playing a midfielder in goal. They could switch to a center back, you never know, but at right this moment, right now, they do not have a fourth keeper available. They will not have a true keeper in goal for the second half. Diego, my, oh my, what a scenario we have here tonight.

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Those through balls to look for Jordan Morris.

But now we have this situation of having, you know, a Romeo out with a redcord, no goal, real goalkeeper for the next forty five minutes. The question is how is that's gonna play out for the Sounders, right, because now they have already advantage russures on pressures are but also for Columbus, right, you have real I mean a real goalkeeper, right, you have this midfielder who's gonna Okay, they're already scoring the first play right.

Right for the very first play, it's like just put it on target and starting the way he wanted. So, okay, we need to take a break and talk about this more because it's just it's such an incredible you know, you may never see this scenario happen again in your life. Sounders FC Soccer is presented by Providence, Swedish official healthcare partner of Sounders FC. We'll have more next on this wild scenario developing Columbus Sounders lead one nothing more next on nine to fifty KJR AM.

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Welcome back to the halftime show.

You're Seattle Sounders leading Columbus by a score of one nothing.

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Columbus has a midfielder in goal, and they will have an outfield player in goal for the second half. They're starting keeper Romero got a red card because of injuries and international they do not have another keeper on their roster tonight. It will be an outfield player in goal

I mean that needs to be the message, right, And you have really good, you know players that they can shoot from outside of the box. We have russ Neck, right, who know only just scored, but he has really good, good feet. We have Peder le Leave as well. Even Paul has a good you know, a good ride.

That's what's the furthest yardage out you would you would let a guy shoot, I mean right now in this scenario, is it twenty five?

Is at thirty thirty? Why not?

Right?

Like you saw you know his position right, and how you know he doesn't look confident and after this goal is going to be even less coming, right, So I think.

It's going to be that lap and I have to say that the if you just like talk.

About again the play that rometto for the red card, to me is like childish, right, like you see that that's was that.

He wants so easy to try to stop Jordan Morris, but that.

That's not a way like an experience goalkeeper will go out to look for the ball at least you know, it was evident that was like a foul, right, Like he's you know, hands forward. So I mean to me that child those mistakes that you don't see them often with the experienced goalkeeper, and especially with a team like we were just talking and bragging about Columbus before the game.

How Wilfrid Nancy right, you.

Really have no idea who putting goal?

Yes, And I was like, hey, who should I put?

So I think it's a really special unique position for Seattle Sounders. And we were seeing already you know, three points in the bag. But why not to score more goals?

Right?

You have an next player on the field and knowing that the goalkeeper is.

Not you know, and they're not a transition team either. They're a possession team and possession right function. So right now the Sounders are in a great spot. But pressures on Gott to capitalize. They're uppaman, They're facing a midfielder or somebody else in goal. It's surely not a true goalkeeper.

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Welcome back Sounders fans to Low dot Com Field in Columbus, Ohio. It's been an eventful first half. It's probably summarized quite well by the team Jackson and Diego, But for the Sounders they went into locker room one goal up. It was a goal by Rosnak offer free kick and the ensuing free kick given by the referee after Romero, the goalkeeper for the Columbus Crew cane clattering into Jordan Morris. Down, Morris went out side the box.

Both players took some time to get back up on their feet, and once Romero, who'd just come in this month from Lafcor actually last month from LAFC got to his feet, the referee was waiting for him, gave him a red card, and then from that ensuing free kick, Albert Rossneck scored.

Now the caveat is the Crew didn't have a goalkeeper on the bench.

Who thought one of the young kids might go in to maintain some of the experience on the field, But it was Sowatski, the ten year veteran, the young player's been through all the ranks of the crew, went to the sidelines, put on his goalkeeper's shirt and as Rosnak gets us going here for the second half, the Sounders lead one goal to nil.

So so what's he winning goal? First thing he did was picked the ball out the back of the net. Brilliant played by Rosnek, who just hit the target scored the goal. Now the Sounds are leading one nil, and here comes de la Vega on the right hand side, just a few yards from the end.

Line goes back to rolled On and we'll see how the Sounders reorganize themselves.

Right now.

That caveat is something that we've never seen real in our times playing or our times watching the game. There's no second goalkeeper on this lineup, and so there's a field player in goal the rest of the time. You can already see the confidence through the Seattle Sounders playing the ball through here. They're gonna be looking to take

To score a goal.

Sounders now know their job keep a clean sheet. They get three points. Sounders in their anniversary kit, green shirts, blue shorts, white socks, attacking the goal to our right. And then Columbus crew down a man, down a goal, all black, black shirts, shorts and socks.

They're attacking the goal to our left.

Seema plays it all the way out to Rothrock, who is just gonna come inside roll its square back across to.

This near side the right to Yama. It's go roll it out. We'll get you substitution for the crew they've made on their right hand side. We'll get to that in a second.

Then we'll get to the lineups as things get settler on. But higgems Matan left hand side is arsome. Little step over towards his right foot comes back to Matan good step by a tenier.

Referee gives a free kick that's thirty.

Yards in the left Channel's chance for the crew to put the ball in the box, and that's calling Rowe. What you don't want is give away sloppy fouls, especially being a man up, a man a goal up, give the chance for the crew to put the ball in the box.

Lucky for them, the Columbus crew did not put the ball in the box. They're gonna play short. But that's not what you want. Like you said, don't give them a chance to get a set piece, to get something in the box, to find their way back into this game. Stay on the front foot. It was ab a little bit of pressure and then catch them again on the counter and really put this game to bed.

It's like a ziel Jackson is gonna have made way at halftime.

It's gonna be Dwan Jones who's gonna come on the field, big number twelve on the right hand side. Horrea is going to drop into the three.

It's just gonna be a Rossi and Shambos who's going to play up front. We'll see Chambo's likely drop into more defensive posture.

Read Bigger Wires is gonna have to be wary of Dwan Jones. He's a quality player and when I played with him, I always thought him as a midfielder playing outside back. He's good, he's fast paced, he's good on the ball and you can find that final pass and it's a read. Bigger Witers got to have a good game about him in the second half.

Is read Bigger Whites in left hand side. Quietly effective on that left hand side, little shaking the first ten minutes or so, but really settle into the game. He needs to have a good performances left hand side in this second half. There's gonna be some athleticism in Jones to deal with as the Sounders build with Jackson Regan, can they split the lines?

They do with that pass and then it tends to out to the left hand side. Here comes Rothor towards the end line, closed down Behra good ball in foot away ball out from the cruise back client.

It's gonna be a thrown for the Sounders eight yards or so from the corner. Flag thrown in quickly by Paul Rothworck. Can heart they come again, upper man upper goal. Sounder is looking to come off the back of two tough one nil losses to l EFC in League's Cup and to the arch rivals of Portland Timbers. Right now, so far, so good for the sound as they lead one nil. Here the back of a Rosnack free kick.

It comes Atensio, driving forward, strikes the ball just wide.

Those are right ideas. Look josh Atenzios, Yeah, he's about thirty yards away. But like we said before, there's not a real goalkeeper in there, it's a field player. Can you get the ball? The only criticism I have here is good turn. Can you put that ball on frame? Don't miss over wide, don't miss over. You gotta put the ball on frame and make sure that Jordan Morris, Abbert Rusnak, Paul Rothbrock are following the play because those spills are gonna happen.

It's got to be. The message from Bryan Schmidtz and his staff is you've got a outfield player in goal in Sawatski who is in gold. Still didn't make any changes at halftime, so the central defender is in goal, clears his lines. Now from the free kick, Sounder step forward. Can they win it? They do?

They pick up loose ball with Atensio and then Christian rolled on. There has been effective in the.

Center of the park again, played there against the Timbers just last week. Sounders' next game is a week from tomorrow Sunday afternoon game against their one of their arrivals over the years in Sporting Kansas City. It comes read Baker White and just cuts it back to Rothrock far side the left. Sounders have a chance to try and overturn a little bit of a downturn in their fortunes of the last couple of weeks.

But this would be another big, big win. Kell and Rowe to come in here. MLS Champs, League's Cup Champs. Say what you want about the way that the game's transpiring so far, it's still a win against the top quality team.

It's that still a win. It's still the big three points if they can continue this game, and that's the thing they need going to pushing that these last few games here, and they're gonna go against a lot of Western Conference team that they're gonna have to get points on if they can steal a few here in Columbus against a very quality team that's gonna a good push going for it.

Let's get the lineup for Brian Schmitz, who in the fifty first minute remains sound as one crew nil. Andrew Thomason goal rolled down, Yemar Reagan read Baker Whiting a ten year rolled on in the middle, Rothrock, Rosneck, Dela Vega and then Morris up front. Arfston has it comes back to Matan turns out a pressure.

We'll get the Cruise lineup in just a minute. As they build on this near side, the left of Arson overlapping run is made, but he goes back to Camacho.

So for Wilfred Nancy, he's probably been in a similar not been in a similar situation before. As Sawaska coming out, I was playing as a sweeper keeper aka Manuel Neuer way out of his goal.

One Dore turnover. We've seen a couple of turnovers.

Kellen in the first half when the goalkeepers forty yards out of his goal. If you have a certain rail ridias in the field, he is going to take not a split second to take a look and knock it over the top. And here is Sawaski, as I said, forty yards out of his goal, building out the back.

There's a chance here that, like you said, if the Sounders can nick something and find that first pass, he's got a long run back to that goal and makes her make a save. And so I think you're gonna see the next goal from the Sounders. If it happens, it's going to be one of those cheap one where the guy gives the ball away and there's no one in goal.

Let's get the line up for cruz Zawadski as we mentioned, went in the goal after the red card from Romero, Camacho, Schaberco and Herrera in the back, Matan nagbi Arsen and Jones in the midfield. Then Rossie and Chambost the attacking players turn over from the crew. Sound has come quickly switch a player by Yamo all the way to.

The far side the left.

Good ball collected by Rothrock Morrison's support. It's good to see Maris back up on his feet out in the second half after being on the ground for a good handful of minutes being attended to by the staff. No, no head injury, Thank goodness. We know what branch Metzer thinks of concussion protocols. Takes it very seriously.

Jordan's a tough player and he's going to get back up as he can. But you know that was as a hard hit, so it's good to see him back on the field. But for me it's it's good to see a Paul Rothrock continuing that good star from the first half. He's he's on the front foot once again in the second half.

Hey, Jordan Mourris just shepherd it off the ball by Herrera, goes over the end line, goes to be a goal kick.

Here in the fifty third minute, Sports Radio nine Am Columbus nil Sounders won and this score update is presented by provident Swedish.

Columbus build Wilfred Nancy's going to have a lot of a coaching job on his hands.

We mentioned Greg Burholz having come into Luminfield in twenty eighteen, got a red card in the first fifteen minutes, was able to come away with a point. Didn't concede On that day, it felt like the crew were even up the way that they played and the way they were organized. But here come the Sounders and Christian rolled on. Swatsky just scrambles back to his goal stands in his eighteen yard box with rolled On, continues to have the ball, tries to find the ball, squares bundled over.

Ask him for a free kick.

Nothing given by the red free It comes Crewe with Chambos driving forward, goes left to Jones, tries to find a ross.

He was dashing through the middle of the park. Wasn't able to connect. Sounders have it.

Now we talk about Columbus giving away those cheap turnovers. The Sounders have to make sure that they're careful about that as well. Don't lag on the ball a little bit. Don't take your extra time because you think you're a man up. This Columbus team is coming after you.

Here comes to de Leveaga, talk to the box. So his left foot just cuts away from pressure and a chance to shoot. Didn't take the chance. From all of twenty yards it was wide open for him to swing his left foot.

Yes, it says weak of foot, but there was a chance for de la Vega decided to cut it, lost possession, crew them away with it.

Gotta make sure you're not trying to pass this ball into the back of the net. Take the chance, take the shot. Maybe you're gonna get a deflection and someone else taps it in. Don't try and walk this ball in because you're a man up and there's another there's not a real goalkeeper in there. You have to make sure that this is still a game. This is still a soccer game. Take your chances as you have them.

Well, we'll certainly see possession ticking up and Sawatski again is where I was. Goal obviously directed by Wilfrid Nancy's to be an outfield play of sorts.

In possession ballminds.

Me of hockey, right when they pull the goalie and they've got that extra man on the field and there's always that extra chance. But like I said, they're gonna have a little bit more possession with their keeper out and they have those numbers can Jordan moore as big as times to go well for the Sounders.

There are eight two and three when scoring first, six oho two when leading at the half, So the stats are in the Sounders favor and they're upper man as well, so can they hold in now keep the clean sheet be Andrew Thomas's second clean sheet in MLS go alongside seven for Stephan Fry if they can hold it. And the Sounders do have a good record defensively thirty two goals against mentioned eight clean sheets, seven on Fry, one on Thomas. And it's the opposition they're playing.

Today is Crew who lead the way in MLS and goals again against twenty four goals against fifty two goals scored. So the Sounders have to be on their toes because even down a man missing eight men as you mentioned, six international duty, one from suspension, one from injury, there's still a threat going forward. They've got a man in Rossi who can score goals still on the field. But here comes at ten to you on the Sounders down the right hand side is de la Vega.

Ten too, makes her run in the channel.

Lvega puts us from the ball comes back. Sounders are gonna build again.

It's quality movement and it's good patience. I think from these players it's no eyes have to go. I know that there's a lot of big eyes and a lot of arts going through here and they want to pat those stats. But you have to be patient. This is going to be a longer game than they think.

Sounder is in possession attacking third of the field tends to just sloppy in possession, gives it away.

Sounders don't want that. When they have the balls. You mentioned the first off eleven v eleven, they have to keep the ball.

Even more important when you're upper man, can you force the Crew to chase?

They've had some miles on their legs in the last couple of months. With League's Cup run cc C run, conquer CAV run and here comes Georgia Manungo. Della Vega gets his move. You got ten seconds to get off the field, Pedro, good job.

He's on the left hand side. He's able to walk ten yards off the field. Here comes Georgia Mnungo scored his first signed his first team contract just a week or so ago. Came on the field against LFC in League Cup, came on the field against Portland. Now he's the first up off the bench against the Crew and.

It's probably a good move Kellen to allow a player who is never to be gonna have a bit more space now playing a man up, he's gonna have a chance to take advantage.

Of that and go one v one.

I'm indifferent about this su because I would love to see Georgie have a run and go one v one and create something against this back line who's kind of out out of source at the moment. But this is also a game a man up to get a guy like patro de la Vega comfortable with the team again. He's gonna get some more actual game minutes and get him comfortable going into this last stretch of the season. So it surprises me that it not that much so

Yeah, you feel like he would be able to play more advanced positions, not have to do the dog work that he.

Was doing in the first half. And he looked come to it, looks strong in possession. Certainly the first fifty minutes of this second half, the ball goes in behind, here comes Georgie. Can he get involved? Cut out well by the back line for the crew.

But of course, right as right as we say that, Georgie threatening that back line just as though he had been told to do so.

Fell on Rossi by the sound as quick free kit taken. Jones on the far side physical presence redes a good job getting his body between Borland. Play it built out by the sound as Thomas Terregan sound has come. Jones continues to hold his press high up the field, as does Rossi and Matan.

That's good strength from rebaker Whiting. It's not an easy one, especially with a strong and athletic Dwan Jones.

Well giving away cheaply. Sounds pick it up, but then they have to pick up the pieces. With Christian roll Dan captain for the night Sounds attacking the goal to our right in their anniversary kit today, here comes George you little step over gives the ball up. Do that good step by Alex Roldan finds nagby middle of the part, just shields the ball, retains possession. Crew have it inside their half of the field. Sounds just gonna hold their line of confrontation on the halfway line.

As Zawatski and his red shirt steps up as almost a sweeper keeper. It's an interesting tactic. Certainly, It's obviously something he was directed to do at halftime by Wilfred Nancy and his staff and in possession it allows him to fan out still in play, but of course they give the ball away that can certainly be punished.

Well, there's an attacking aspect of it that you still have, almost like a ten v ten is just what you want in this attacking half. But like you said, if you do turn the ball over and he's he's going to be doing some doggies tonight because they turn it over a few.

Times, it comes more striding forward, got time and space. Top of the box, goes left to Rothrock, across the six Jordan Morris, back of the net. Perfect goal for the Sounders. Wonderful ball by Rothrock. This time Morris can execute. Ball goes in the back of the net. The Sounders loose lead two goals to nil.

And it's that man, Paul Rothrock giving it to Jordan Morris and really just you saw Jordan laying there just knowing it. Finally it's back in the back of the net and he's gonna find more and more chances and can continue to finish like that.

Brilliant by Jordan Morris, just got it, drove forward, escaped. The retreating midfield was able to create some separation in space to look at the replay right. He had just had the time and space, took advantage of it, strode forward that it was support by Rothrock on the left hand side. Another quality delivery between the goalkeeper and the back line and in it goes Sounders double their lead.

They're up.

A man got a chance for a big three points here, a goal fitting as a Jordan Morris player.

He gets the ball at half field, they delve the past half field and has a bunch of space to run. That's what Jordan is good. Can he find a pass and it was a quick, smart decision by Paul Rothrock, take one touch, put it in behind where no one else can touch it besides these speeding forward Jordan Morris.

It's slight delay on the kick reff which I want to make sure two nil it is.

Crew now have some decisions to make off the bench that they get to push it. I'm trying to get back into this game or are they going to start to pull off some of the important players.

Two nil down. One man down. Sounders now can really dictate possession.

There's a good maturity there from Georgie to not push that ball there and go forward and maybe lose it. He kept possession and now the Sounders get a tense to breathe again.

Well, the possession stants in the first half were such that Theoders were in the mid thirties. Now they're at the sixty percent possession mark in this second half.

So taking full.

Advantage of being a man up, just like Smets are planned it just to Smet's planned it the average, we're going for fifty bail in behind left hand side outcomes. Zawatski uses his outfield experience, reads the play well, knocks it out of bounds. It's gonna be a throwing for the Sounders on the far side there left. But again they're looking for that space in behind Calen.

Raw and that can't tell you what I'm I'm Romero was looking at that like I thought that was what I was gonna do. And they're looking for that space in behind because Columbus is looking forward and then they're they're starting to see the heads go down with Columbus. Can Seattle really start to push here key possession. But when you have your chances, can you finish them off and really put this game.

Down well Sounders FC Socket is presented by Provident, Swedish official healthcare partner of Sounders FC. And there's a ball goes into Jordan Morris lays it off well to Rosa. Having some time and space and joy in the middle of the partner, I was able to roam around as the Sounder's keep possession.

You mentioned about Dela Vega. Sound Is scoring that second goal.

It's going to be even sour tasting his mouth sitting on the bench now thinking he could have potentially got that goal to get himself back on track, to set himself up the rest of the season.

It is he needs that little bit of confidence when the guys are playing and we're playing well. He needs to be a part of that. Is he is the playmaker for this team, and if he's on the bench while they're playmaking, that's not a good thing for someone's mental capacity, especially coming back from all the injuries that he's on.

Well, we know that Dela Vega, they're going to take good care of him. We know that the bruns Schmetz has expressed that during the weeks. He picked up an injury against Nakoxa.

It's been niggling.

Injuries throughout the season have caused him to miss games, but he's had a period of time on the field now, both on the practice field and getting minutes in games from the starting spot in the last couple coming off the bench as well. Of course, so the Sounders medical staff and the coaching staff for making sure that they can have Dela Vega fit and fully ready to go.

But here come the sound is balling behind. Georgie just held his run. Alex Rolldon played it in between on miscommunication from the players on the right.

They'll get that. Georgie's new to the team. He's only had a few games, and I'm in a few minutes. I think Alex and him are going to start to play a little bit better together. But you can see the guys wanting to go. And I love that with this team is that they may have had the past two games a little bit of a downer and not scoring goals, and now they're looking to find that confidence again and I love.

That from them. Sound is pressing high up the field with Rusnak picks it up in the attack in half. Sound is not letting Crew do anything in terms of possession.

Swarming the ball as the ball goes down the left hand side towards the end line. Herera comes across, slides down, Rothrock jumps over. It would have been a throw for the Sounders, but the system referee on this knee, so I put his flag up.

It's gonna be a free kick for the crew. He looked down monitor A certain Ramirez is ready to come on, and you'd mentioned a halftime callen It seemed the obvious choice for Wilfred Dnci.

It is he's got that quality goal scorer. But Elsi, he's one of the play up front as a proper number nine. He's he's got the height, he's got the skill, and he's he's got the ability to finish inside the box, which is something that's going to be very important for the Columbus crew going forward. Trying to get back into this game. Is throwing numbers in the box and winning heaters well.

Chambos and number seven from s Etien Summer signing comes off the field.

It's his start.

Ramirez comes on as crew build out the back. Sound is really pressing high eight players inside the.

Attacking third of the field. As the crew build out of the back with Zawatsky plays it short. As the crew build.

Come uch you on the right hand side now gets it fartside the right as they build down the line. It goes headed clear by Jackson Reagan, flicked forward by roll Don.

It's what's he remembers it can use his hands, just knocks it forward. And we talked about the crowd. If there's ever a time for the crowd.

To get behind their team, it's right now you've got an outfieldering goal and you've got you down a man.

Now you're down two goals, you're the champs. This is really where wil For Nancy will be interested to see how his team responds. As the ball gets flipped around the corner with Ramiro's his first touch, who was Rossi who made a run?

Andrew Thomas, not taking any chances, launches it long. Georgie brings down brilliantly.

I think Wilford Nancy's gonna be asking Ramirez to hold that up there. I know he's trying to go forward and make something happen.

Here comes Georgie down the right hand side, picks up by a Tensio, comes in on his left foot top of the box, goes square to a Rosnak on his therred right foot, strikes it back on the net. Rosneck second goal of the night.

The Sounders go up three goals to nil, and right now, with a man up three goals up, you'd have to think it's three points in the back for the Sounders.

There's quality in this, but there's also patience and maturity from Georgie g He picks the ball up at half field, drives forward, plays a few passes and alb Rusnak knows what's going on. He knows that there's an outfield their end goal. Can he get to his favorite right foot and can you just put a ball on frame? We talked about it with his free kick. He did it again here. However, he plays this one right in the corner.

This time.

Was hee the replay, Jordan Morris came up from an off side position, was standing kind of in front of Rosnette.

We'll see if they take a look at this. A little shift to his right foot bottom corner. It goes It wasn't even in the corner, as you mentioned, it was just hit the target goal Kiber really doesn't go to a chance to move those feet.

From that angle, it did look like Jordan may have been in the way just a little bit. They may look at that, we'll see it, but it's still a quality finish from Albert and he knows that he knows the game and it's good gainsman.

Ship from him.

Well, remember lafc's game. Jordan Morris scored at the very end of the game, which just a little bit of it was a little slow coming back in position. He was half the out off side, and I think this is going to go against the Sounders.

I think it's very similar. He does look like he is just a touch off side and just recycling that run as something that's going to get into the game for Jordan Morris and he can get He's actually gonna get more chances if he does this, gets back on side and then maybe something bops out for him.

So I can imagine certain Rosneck's gonna be hands on hips referee gives it. Goodness, it felt like he was all about offside maybe it was his involvement in the play wasn't enough to warrant the.

Goal being disallowed.

That's the only reason I can think of, because he certainly was he half a yard off side as we looked across.

The line from our screen. Decision goes in the favor of the Sounders. They lead three nail here lower dot com Field Sports Radio nine fifty k am. It's not the score line we were potentially expecting, but certainly the scoreline we're hoping for.

And here comes Georgie down the right hand side back line of crew asking for a free kick. Who came off the upper arm of Georgie. Nothing given by the assistant referee or the man in the middle. As the assistant referee puts the flag up in the direction of the Sounders. As Jones went down as a tangle of legs, nothing given by the referee. It is going to be a thrown for the Sounders, and Alex rolled on on.

This near side.

Whatever luck has happened with the Sounders, the fans are going to be very happy with it, and the players are as well. As they go through this game, and you know, you've been a part of these games where all of a sudden, all the luck's going your way, and I think that's what the Sounders needed to get through that little bad spell they've had this last few months. Those are a few weeks.

Yeah.

As we always say, you know, it doesn't matter if it comes off your knee or your backside, whatever it is, it's still a goal. And in the case of the box score, it's going to say Sounders three at this point, Crew nil, and you'll take it however you get.

It, and that's what the box score is also going to say, three points, and that's something that's huge for the Sounders going forward after dropping six in the last two weeks.

Yeap some games around the league today, Sporting Kansas City opponent for the Sounders.

They're leading one goal to nil against New York Red Bulls in New York. Saint Louis, another Western Conference team, down to one against New England. Houston against ALFC currently nil nil.

Well goes into Russneck back of the net.

Hat trick. It's a hat trick for Grossneck. There's four goals for the Sounders. It's three points for the men in Green, and it's job done for the Sounders. They continue to have time to add to this, and this crowd quietings, the Sounders celebrate, they go up for nil.

We get talk about the game and the fact that there's a red card and the goalkeeper is the one to have it. But these aren't bad finishes in any way, and we're gonna talk about it. But Rusnaks takes this ball first time, coming across his body and puts it in the corner. That's a quality finish and it's again Jordan Morris finding it for him. The game's gonna get a little bit out of hand, was what it looks like here. But these guys are having fun again and

Sounders lead four goals to nil.

And they went into Portland last week in fifth position. That lost pushed them to eighth. And it's very tight in that midsection of the of the Western Conference, only a point or two between teams. Sunders can come into Columbus Crew and get those three points, they'll set themselves up very nicely for the remaining games, which we are going to be against Western Conference opponents.

And with those remaining games. This is one of those games that I know people are gonna say, all right, the game is over. But for Seattle, this is for goal difference, this is for goals four. This pushes they push them up a spot. When it comes to the playoff position. They need to score as many as they can to continue this run because they did have a few bad games.

Here comes Georgia Munger down the right hand side in the box. He goes looking up for options. Strike by roth Rock comes to deflation. It looked like a deflection.

It's not given by the.

Assistant the referee in the middle of the field, just a few yards away from that shot.

It's going to be a goalkick for the crew.

Here in the seventy second minute lower dot Com field, it's the Columbus crew nil the Sounders four yes, four hat trick by Ruznek, goal by Morris, red card on Romero and feels like kelln Rowe job done for the Sounders.

It is.

It feels like the game is done.

And it comes Rothrock inside the box. Ball given away by the crew. Strike over the top, didn't need to do it. Difficult angle over the top goalkick. The Sounders are going to get chances.

Those chances will continue, and we all still got eighteen minutes of the ninety to go. All right, now, it feels like the crew are just starting to wilt it is.

This is a tough situation and I've never been in this situation before, but Seattle take advantage of the situation. Columbus kind of come away with it with this as you can. As that shot actually took intflection and we've got a corner here for Seattle.

Corner kick for Sounders. Rose actually going to float it towards the backstick, allowed Jackson Wayne to attack it. Strike by Roznik. Sorry, Rothrock. Ball bounces around, picked up by Alex Roldan.

He's going to skip it square to read Baker Whiting with his left foot. He's going to go out wide to Rothrock. Support by Jackson Reagan able to play on the half turn.

Pressure by Herrera.

Sounders retained possession as Rossi continues to run and move. Fourteen goal contributions in here last twelve games in all competitions for Rossi eleven goals, three assists. He continues to lead by example, chasing the ball down.

And for the Sounders. We were talking about at halftime call and it felt like one mill up.

Player up, no goalkeeper to go in goal, and outfield player in goal. It was all set up for the Sounders to be successful, but also was set up for the Sound and does potentially they hadn't taken control in the second half for things go a little bit pair shape, but it hasn't. The Sound has done an incredibly professional job and now that scored additional three goals resonate with a hat trick, looks like they've earned that three points.

And the best thing is they did it off for the first whistle. I think if they waited five ten minutes they would have given Columbus life. But they really got on top of him right away, and I think that's something that Brian Smeetzer said in his halftime speech.

Given away again by Zawatski and the goal sloppy by the crew. Bullgo square to a Tensio strikes over the top. He had Georgie Menungo to his right who was wide open and he just kind of clips the ball us he's striking through his Attentio goes over the top, goal kick may it's four nil Sounders, but a really good chance to make it five.

He's on top of the box, there are Josh Atensio and he get his eyes get a little bigger than he needs. He didn't his vision gets right into that goal and unfortunately puts it over. But what good play again, They're going to be starting a pressure. The Seattle sound are all over the Columbus Crew right now, as you can imagine. And even though they have that that the goalkeeper as a field player, it's hard to create something,

Sub for.

The Columbus Crew. Jones comes on. Then Matan came off. We'll see what the other changes. The Arson came off as well. We'll see what the other change is. Sounders built out of the back. Rossi is still chasing, still harrying, and Mix rolled down, rolls it into his brother Christian has been strong and steady in the middle of the park. Let's get the Sounders bench. Leo Chew, Jonathan Bell, Jacob Cash show in as the goalkeepers.

The bull goes through, he'sy collected by Sawatsky and the Columbus Crew goal Keitahara, Danny Lava, Massovsky, Nathan and TeV.

So far, just one change for the Sounders Georgie Munungo on that right hand side.

We were surprised with the first sub. And I don't know if we're going to see another. If his is Brian Smetzer gonna let these guys play it out. Is he gonna make some sobs and give some guys some minutes. It'll be interesting to see here. In the next five ten.

Minutes, Sounders continue to press, all cleared by the crew.

Your bo is gonna be the other player that came on the field, sitting on that right hand side, has that ball to his feet. Now Jones has shifting from right to left, making a run in behind Alex Waldo and brings it off his chest as Jones good cover by Yemark.

Continues to do his defensive duties. Now it's all about the clean sheet. Now it's about finding Andrew Thomas another clean sheet. The Sounders continue their defensive form. Thirty two goals against so far, and it was the crew who came in with less than a goal a game giving.

Up coming in were they're good up four goals now tonight and now we get some changes for Brian Schmitz's team. Yemar's gonna come off, Nathan's goo toa come on, Jonathan Bell and Lava ready to come on as well. Josh A Tantio comes off, Danny Laver comes on like for like.

Switch there and if Jonathan Bell likely is going to come on either for yep, there's ride Baker Whitton comes off as well. I'm sure if he maybe slots in for Jackson O Reagan, but he comes on the left hand side. Brian Schmittzer makes three solid changes to bring a little more life and energy onto the field. It's a few minutes for his back line.

He's talked about all three of these players, Nathan Bell, Well.

Gus Whine. He was a speculative shot by Rossi's wind of the goal. It's gonna be a goal kick for the sound is here.

In the seventy eighth minute, Sounders lead four goals to nil hatrick by Ruzneck.

Brian Smetterer this week has been talking about Nathan Bell and Lava having good weeks of training and he they were in the conversation with this starting lineup, so the fact that they're on the field is no surprise to us. But let's see if they can continue this making sure they're not slow and taking this game a little too lightly.

Good ball by rolled on to Laver who made a run down the left hand side. The far side the Sounders left goes back to Jonathan Bell for his first meaningful touch.

He gets his foot in, the ball comes to Rothrocker's being alive. All gain made some really good crosses, had a good shot saved in the first half, and then fed Jordan Morris for a simple tap in all of six yards away. Missed one in the first half, didn't let that chance slip by. In the second half, he gets on the board. Jordan Morris continues to add goals to his count. He surpassed Montera for the second highest

Niggling the injury. He had to pull out a practice yesterday and he's not made the trip today, and we'll need players like that. Kellen.

Yes, we've got four goals today, but as we get the run in against important games against Western Conference teams and then push into the playoffs.

The Sounds will need everybody available to make a real good run.

We talk about it the important players scoring important games, and that that first name on that list is ral ruy Diez, who's scored so many goals for the Sounders, but also in just big games. And what I'm thinking of is twenty nineteen against LFC in the playoffs when he just had himself a knight. And I think that that is what Sounders need going into the playoff push, but also into the deep end of the playoffs.

Sounders continue to build sixty one percent possession in this second half of the Sounders as you'd expect.

Being up a man, I'd.

Love it to be a little more though, I'd love it to be more patient. I'd love them to see the balls they do put forward to be the quality ones that are going to be the easier ones, and not just hit the ball as much as they can.

It's the balance, right, you know, you go forward quickly. They get the three extra goals, right, and now it's about putting your foot in the ball. Now it's four nil.

Conserve the energy, don't give away anythings silly, get your clean sheet, go home, job done.

If something opens up you take it, but otherwise you keep the ball and again you want to score more goals for the later aspects of the goal difference in things, but you also have to keep a clean sheet.

Good step by the Sounders, almost picked off by Manungo.

It's gonna be Zawatski in the goal for the crew. Come march out to this near sight to Jones. Both Derek Jones and Duan Jones on the field cut it foul by rolled on nothing, No yellow card given by the referee. It's been a pretty clean game all in all. Petro Dolovega the only play with a yellow card. But this copyreted audio cast of Major League Soccer may not be retransmitted, reproduced, or rebroadcast without the express rin consent of Major League Soccer.

Get here in the eighty first minute, Sounds leading four nil, Yes, four nil against twenty twenty three MLS Cup Champs Leagues Cup Champs in twenty twenty four runners up Conker CAFF Champions Cup.

Sound has made one more change here. Leo Chow comes on. Rothrock has done his job tonight.

He's going to take a rest, get ready for next week.

The only thing Rothrock did was score a goal, and it's unfortunate that he did, and he had a few good chances in that first half, but he was really the bright spot of this Seattle Sounders team through that first half and even into that second half.

Comes your Boa off that right hand side, fast side to Jones, goes square to Nagby, picks it up. Sounders just retreating, still working hard defensively. They've had joy pressing and winning the ball high up the field. Now they have to defend top of their box Jones down the left hand side. There a mirrors go square into Derek Jones, middle of the park, goes out to your boa, closed down by Jonathan Bell getting minutes here, tucked him by your bow.

Good step by.

Jackson Reagan helping out his teammate. And that's a little give and go with Leo Chu from Rosnik. Now out to Jordan Morris, staying upfield. Leochu make it a running behind can.

He cut it back to Jordan Morris and made the run square, goes over the end line corner kick. Good break again by the sound as they continue to lead here at lower dot Com field. Four goals to Neil kellen Rowe.

It's another quality player. Look, Leo, Cho's gonna have a lot of pace and when he picks up the ball, he's going to look to play and run. And Jordan Morris is doing the same. Just unfortunate that Leo could give him that ball right back into.

The box to be cornerkicked for the sound as their left hand side. They're attacking the goal to our right in their anniversary kit, green shirts, blue shorts.

White sox. It's gonna be Albert rossnack in swinger.

As the stadium starts to empty, ball comes in top of the six, headed up and away by Camacho and Ramirez heads it towards rossi'sn't able to bring it down, picked up by Roll Donnish strikes it unconventionally by Swatsky's biggest cheer of the night from the crowd is when the goalkeeper slash central defender.

Picks up the ball cleanly makes the save. It's funny, you know, think technique and all the work that Tommy Doucher does with his goalkeepers, all the work the goalkeepers do. They obviously dive sideways looking at the ball. He dives like as in the Olympic Games, kind of like parallel.

To the ground and I'm surprised he didn't use his feet to block that one, just kind of bring it down. You'll see a few times where he'll just knock it down with his hands and immediately put it to his feet. His outfield players are not comfortable catching the ball like that.

Step By rolled on and Jones flip headed by your Boa finds.

Ramirez sple strikes it across, picked up By rolled down the back stick.

It was a bumbled shot eventually.

Found the Sounders right back because the ball goes long and Jordan Morris is gonna chase things down as Camacho lays it back to Zawatsky chased down by Jordan Morris.

He continues to work hard defensively.

They need to make sure that they continue to play defense. They gotta get this shut out twice. Now Columbus has found half chance and they got to make sure they shut that down.

Sounders defending inside their half of the field as a crew build. Now it's nearside the left with Jones rolled on, just dropping off, just containing trying to see how these final seven minutes and we'll see what the referee will add. Hopefully he's kind to the crew and blow as a whistle at ninety sounds found. If sounds FC scores anytime after.

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I think it was Rossy potentially coming across.

It's gonna be a sounder, sir on the far side of the left, but Brian Schmitzer will be extremely satisfied.

However, the game played out. Whatever you want to say about the.

Crew not having a goalkeeper on their bench, having three out due to international duty, an injury, and then also they ask for a waiver from MLS, they did not receive it. As the ball goes long, here can Jordan Morris ad to his tally inside the box left hand side, Rossneck already on a hat trick, making a run inside the box that Jones turns out a pressure well for the crew, strikes for big physical presence.

But then goes to the deck. He's sandwiched by Laver and Christian Rolled on who pulls up Jones? You do that when you four nil.

Up, you do what's good? That about that Albert Rusnak made a sixty yard run to get in the box there they lost the ball and he was the first person to Derek Jones. And that's the energy you want. That's the quality you want from your DP. Who's already has a hat trick. He's already done his job for the day. But he's making sure he's a good teammate as well.

He just smells stats right. This is where he adds to the goals. He had five goals coming in. He's got eight goals now in the season and to his twelve assists.

Ladero runs the roost with sixteen assists on the season. That's the Sounders record.

It comes to down the left hand side, cuts it back top of the box, nobody there.

Nagby picks it up.

This disappointing distribution from Chew, no real options in the in the box, nobody supporting him behind and Sounds now to go a retreat.

Defend this lead, defend this clean sheet.

You're kind of looking at a Jordan Morris or even a Georgie to find a way inside that box, get your goal, Get that little bit of a stat because you've worked so hard and I know it's a it's a deflated Columbus team, but it's when you take advantage of bad that stats come in.

It comes Rossi off that right hand side, striding forward, sandwich by Lavor, Roll Dan and Jonathan Bell. That's where some pride comes in from the Sounders as well as the crew. Asme just drags on, Lavor pulls him back. Referee's not gonna give any kind of yellow card.

No need to do that. This game's done and dusted. The sound is right now sitting in fifth position. So last week they came into the game in fifth, drop to eighth, and now with this win, they'll go from forty points to forty three points. The goals against average of plus nine. That's matching Vancouver. Vancouver sit on forty one points, but they have three games in hand on the Sounders, so lots.

Of points for Vancouver to pick up. Houston on forty one points from twenty seven games. Sounders haven't played twenty eight games. After today, Well, comes this near side to Alex Roldan. That'll roll it down the outside into the channel for Georgia Mnungo five yards from the end line or step over?

Can he deliver some quality?

Goes, clips over, bowl, bounces to chew. How's a chance, brings it down towards the endline. Clips that in collected by Zawotsky. Crowd celebrate like he scored a goal.

Where's a catch? Remains four nil?

You love to see that from the fans. We talked about how they're gonna have to get behind their team, and I think that's what they're doing now. And they may see it as a laughing matter, but they're getting behind their team in the sense that every time he getches the ball, they are screaming as if they had scored a goal.

It's a throwaway game in this case, now, isn't it. I mean it's you know, if you could have scraped away some kind of point from it. But as soon as Rosnik not the ball in the back of the net, using all his experience, we talked about just before he took it, just hit the target, do something that the goalkeeper has to make a save, and he did just that. He put it in the corner in the side of

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And what they're gonna look at is that first half before that red card, the Sounders were on top. The Sounders were the ones creating chances.

Here's the Sounder is He's Danny Lavia.

Can he strike it?

It blocks? He was looking for that golfer, his campaign for his career the Sounders. Ramirez just bundles over lavor unnecessary.

By the big striker. Came off the bench frustration more than anything. It's gonna be a free kate for the Sounders. Finish your thought, Kellen.

I know it's unorthodox this game, the way it's played out, but the Sounders have to be happy and Brian Specher is gonna go into this game. Obviously, four zero is a great result away, especially against a quality team. But that first half, especially the last twenty minutes of that first half, the Sounders were on top of Columbus Crew, and I think he's gonna look at that as a positive.

Well.

Two hundred and sixty points against East Coast team since two thousand and nine for the Sounders, that's the most of any West Coast team joined that period.

I played against the Sounders a few of those times and they've taken away a few points from me, so I understand that that stat a little too well.

As Bran Schmitzer says, so hard to go on the road get wins the sounds that had found a way to do that on a consistent basis year over year.

Five p' seven and two away from home. This year they'll get to now six seven and two.

So six points on the road, two draws, twenty points on their travels is a really good return.

And they've gotta build at home as well. Here comes to down the left hand side, go square and tomorrow step over to Rusnak towards his left foot, finds Chew again inside the box on his left foot, strikes it off the crossbar over the top. It goes good strike by looking for the fifth.

Goal here in the ninety first minute to get past the ninety minute market in one minute of added time, it's gonna be a goalkick remains crude nil sounds.

For Kelen Rowe.

It's something you want to see from a guy like Leo jew who's kind of been in and out of the lineup and had not had the best season thus far, to have that confidence just take it on his left and not even think about it but strike it. And it was a good strike as well. And I thought that it took a deflection there, but obviously the rat's gonna let this one play out, yep.

I think everybody is like the end of a basketball game where you're up a bunch of points. Nobody's gonna go up and down the court. Sound is just standing off and now all of a sudden it gets added a minute. It was a plus one at first on our screen. We looked down, there's a plus two, so we've got another minute to play it, and all the players thought that the game was over again. I'm not sure why we're.

Adding two minutes to this game. Just blow the whistle, Let the teams get off the field, go home. Game's done.

There's more gray seats than yellow shirts. Now all goes out for a throwing fast signing crew are still going and they're still trying to find a goal. They're gonna try and break this clean sheet for the Sounders.

Sounds has got to keep it switched on all the way through thirty seconds to go.

I love the competitiveness here at the Columbus crew not giving up, making sure that is some type of game.

Sloppy by Nathan giving away fast side the right is your boa closed down quickly by Menungo, picked up by Ross who clips it. Across the top of the eighteen yard what's brought down by roll dodge? She's the clearest lines finds the foot of Rosnick.

Can this sounds? Get one more?

Here?

As they break across the halfway line, bailing behind for Jordan Morris. Goalkeeper comes out. Jordan Morris has it left foot, goes over the end. Liane cornickick, can that will be that? I would imagine from the referee, what is he gonna do? What all referees tend to do? Nope, there's the referees

Professional, It was a professional game from the Sounders. They weathered the storm in the first fifteen to twenty minutes on a team who was hot at the moment, and then they their professionalism, their quality, they shined through in that first half and when the finally win that red card hit, they took over. And that's what quality brings.

Well, thanks for having involved in today's broadcast, Mitchell Bli on the board, Keeley Dunning, Ryan Kahnes, Kevin k and of course to former Sounder and MLS legend Kelln Rowe. We'll see you back here next Sunday, when the Sounders returned to lumen Field from mid afternoon kickoff against longtime Western Conference rival Sporting Kansas City. But for now we'll take a short break, Jackson Felt Diego Arioha. We'll be back to break it all down from Lower dot com

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Now, Well, that was a game, and that was a situation that we may never see again. And I'm not talking about the score line Sounders beating the Columbus crew by a score of four to nothing. The unique situation is that for the entire second half Columbus played without a goalkeeper and that was a absolute craziness.

We talked about it at the halftime show.

Get ready to watch shot, shots and more shots, and that is exactly what we saw. A lot of shots and a lot of goals and another Sounders hat trick. It is unusually the third hat trick against the Columbus crew for Seattle Blaze NIKUFO Albert rusnak tonight and Diego, I needed your help one moment to go, Nigel Lamar Nagel.

How about that?

So three hat tricks against Columbus and Albert gets it tonight. It's the first hat trick for Seattle since Jordan Morris was against Sporting Kansas City last year. And this was a game Diego that listen. Week we can talk about the goals, the uniqueness of it. Three for Albert, one for Jordan. I think we need to take this first segment of the postmatch show and just talk about the situation itself and if you're just joining us, if you

Co Umbus keeper. Remember that word loan.

Right, he is sent off and Columbus does not have another goalkeeper, so they had to put a midfielder, seanwat Zawatski in goal for the remaining minutes of the first half and the entirety of the second half. That is basically a situation for Columbus where the midfielder Zawatski was obviously not comfortable at all.

The first shot he.

Has to face is the free kick from Rusnak. It goes in the back of the ned. It's one nothing. They basically basically plays Zawatski is like a you know, a as Kellen Rose said during the game, a hockey goaltender.

In the second and the late in the game where they have to pull.

The goalkeeper, Zawatski plays about forty yards outside of his goal in possession. He's way out of position, he's way uncomfortable, and we see three more goals go in the back of the net. But it is a situation diego where Columbus had to play an entire half of soccer without a goalkeeper, and it's a It went about is what we expected. But the uniqueness of the situation was just incredible to watch. Just that we're watching history, we're watching something that we may never see again.

Yeah, no, it's crazy because also for people to understand, right, so you're talking about the loan goalkeeper. Also considering this this window and this particular weekend, it's an international window for FIFA, so there's a lot of players that are out, including one of the goalkeepers for the Columbus grew Right. So it's like all of those factors that actually play into the sounders favor with that play.

It's a good point because changes, right, You're right, Yeah, one keeper on international duty, one keeper who was injured, Romero was their third and boom.

Yeah, and exactly right.

If we have like a window that we have like at least you know Romero probably you know of course being on the bench. But I think with that factor it also changes. And also we were talking about it of when we were like during the break, like how unique is soccer compared to other sports.

It's that goalkeeping.

It's such a unique position that no matter how you years you play as a field player, you're never gonna have those skills to be a goal like a professional goalkeeper in this type of scenario. Right, and you saw how the words he didn't know? I mean, yeah, ere I can play goalkeeper, but he didn't have the technique to save some and we saw like the first opportunity he had it was a goal right in that free kick from al He was just a position, really bad position.

And we saw that a number of times where he just had poor positioning. And I mean, like honestly, Abraham Romero owes Seanz Swatski about steak as I tweeted steak dinner every night for the rest of the year, because Yeah, he put them through something that I wouldn't put on my worst end to me mix up for maybe the Portland Timbers, uh, because that was rough, rough scenes tonight

But the difference, I think you make a great point with.

Soccer to football is that you have, you know, obviously fifty two guys was it fifty three guys on an NFL roster for game day, right, And of those fifty three guys, those are the best of the best of the best from their given high schools. And many of those fifty three have probably played quarterback at some point or another. They can go under center, and maybe they don't understand the full offense, but I mean, every team's got a guy they can throw in as an emergency

That's not it doesn't work that way.

It's a unique position that you can't just throw a guy into because he played it when he was eight or thirteen years old. And we saw that tonight where Wilford Nancy, who we talked about on the pregame show, maybe the best head coach at MLS. Once Romero goes out, he calls a couple of midfielders over. I believe Jackson and Zawatski as well, and as great as a coach as he is, even he didn't know what to do in this situation and he didn't have a backup goalkeeper ready to go.

Yeah, we saw them in broadcast. He basically saying, okay, he wants to be a goalkeeper. Out of the two guys, okay, who wants to take it? And then okay, I'll take it. But yeah, it's one of those unique situations that it's it's so tough that even you know Wilfrid Nancy to your point, like he didn't had that plan see.

Right, or plan not even they situation.

But uh, and I think it's also the amazing thing about this is it all starts from that unique play and how it's all like a bad decision from Romero because at the end of the day, we're talking about it during halftime, if you're an experienced goalkeeper, you don't do that type of you know, getting out. He knew that, Yeah, Morris probably would would win the ball, but there was also like two defenders next to him, right, so you as if your experience then you will hold off and wait.

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Welcome back to the post show. You're here and taking care of business. Because the sounders one tonight by a score of four nothing. It almost feels a little bit dirty playing this song because it just again it feels like our boardop of Mitchell BLI here I think accurately said our man of the match was Albert Rusnak, but it could have very easily been Abraham Romero. It just feels like it feels I'd made dirty. Isn't the right word, but it's like, man, this was this was taking candy

It was just too easy.

Tonight, As the crew played if you're just joining us. The crew played forty five minutes the last half of the second half of this game without a true goalkeeper and Albert Rusnak scores a hat trick. And speaking of that, it's time for our Emerald Queen Casino Play of the Match. And really the goal that changed everything and it made this go for the Sounders in a four nothing win was the first goal to free kick from Rusnak.

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But you know, Diego, speaking about that goal, I think it leads.

To a great discussion point over what this game could have been because that was, you know, the last meaningful kick of the first half and If that ball doesn't go into the back of the net, it's zero zero going into halftime, Wil for Nancy, the outstanding coach he is, can regroup, maybe use some interesting tactics to keep this game zero zero. This second half could have looked very different had it not been for that goal.

Yeah, No, definitely Sounders took the opportunity in this case. Albert Rosenik right with that goal, I think it would be Yeah, just a different mentality in terms of, Okay, we're Neil, Neil, we have an ex you know, an extra player for the Sounders, but we need to be you know, careful, and we need to be smart and smart about it. So probably we'll be looking at a

And I think it was Danny Jackson was mentioning it was like a game when.

Clumbus twenty eighteen, they they went down a man in like the thirteenth minute, and Burhalter was able to keep his So.

It would be like a different story.

Yeah, and probably in will Fur Nancy would say, okay, you remember that time, and blah blah blah.

Maybe right, but it didn't happen.

I think at at the end of the day, even though without even I was just like thinking about, let's put like this a scenario.

Let's let's play it.

Put like Romero still on the game. Still, the Sounders to me, was the better team in the first half.

What's great point if you.

Think about like the first twenty minutes.

Yeah, Columbus Crew had the Yeah, they were possessing, but they didn't generate any like real like dangerous place on top. Right, It was just like passing the ball back and forth,

Thirty third minute was that Jordan going wide. Thirty seventh was.

A great cross by Rothrock.

Didn't look like anybody believed in it, but it could have easily been in back of the net. Thirty eighth minute was another Paul Rothrock curling shot that forced a great save. Sounders were the better team they're in the first half. And and really if it's a lot, I think it's a great point that if this were eleven on eleven going into the second half, Sounders equally had

Yeah.

So, and but listen, you know, really quickly as we move on, the win puts the Sounders into fifth place in the Western Conference forty three points, and you know, coming out of back to back one nothing lost as Diego. You know the games against LFC and Portland the last week, that's that's now. It failed feels like a year ago.

Yeah, one hundred percent, I think you nail it with that reset term, because I think the Sounders struggled against Timbers, you know that loss, and also against LAFC, and you're talking about like, you know, top caliber teams Columbus Crew, no matter you know, without like six players, I didn't have to tonight. There's still a you know, a top notch club, a club and I even said, like probably

Right.

So to me, this is a staple winning in a sense that no matter what the circumstances, is still three points and you still like winning against the MBLS Cup champion for nil away. So to me, it's it's definitely this type of changing the mindset. Okay, we're now back in fifth place, and you can also even you know, if you see the LA Galaxies with fifty two points in first place, you have LAFC playing right now forty

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Wrapping up the postmatch show here on nine to fifty kr am Sounders with one of the most unique wins you'll ever see for nothing over the Columbus Crew was not unique because of the score line. It was unique because Columbus played the entire second half.

Without a true goalkeeper.

A red card at the end of the first half forced a midfielder to be in goal for the entire second half for Columbus, and as you can probably predict, it did not go very well. For nothing, Sounders win a hat trick from Albert Rusnak. He's now the third Sounder of all time to score a hat trick against Columbus. I believe that's now an eight or nine all time hat tricks for the Sounders. Now, I don't have that off the top of my head. Kevin k Ryan Carns here one of them.

For sure, we'll have that.

But at the end of the day, it's a It's a dominant Sounders win and a very very unusual one. Wells ffc Ravegreen Run presented by Providence Swedish is back. You can join Brad Evans and the Sounders squad tomorrow for a family friendly five k or a shorter kids race at the Provident Swedish Performance Center in Clubhouse Down in Renton. Everyone who registers gets a free race t

That is tomorrow, September eighth.

With the win, obviously, as we mentioned, Sounders rising up to fifth place in the Western Conference with the loss. Meanwhile, it basically ends the supporter shield hopes of Columbus. It basically locks in almost locks in Inner Miami mathematically to win the Supporters Shield. So that's another fallout of tonight's match as well. But in terms of what's next for Seattle, it's gonna be three straight home matches.

There's only six matches left. Four of them are at home.

The next three are all at home, and it starts off against the Sporting Kansas City coming up next Sunday, So a week from tomorrow, Septem number fifteenth, it'll be a four to twenty five kickoff. Our provident Swedish premat show will begin at four o'clock right here. Sports Radio nine to fifty km will also have it in Spanish language on l Ray thirteen sixty, and of course you can watch the match via MLS Season Pass on the

Yeah.

Yeah, it needs to be nine points.

I mean Houston to your point, yeah, that could be the hardest game out of the three because it's it's a good team they're playing right now against the AFC, but also like a Houston Dynamo is not a great team outside of their home field, right, So definitely, I

And as you mentioned, we were the better team in the first half.

Too, exactly right, and and also Columbus.

Yeah I didn't have Kucho, but also Seattle Thunders, they didn't have Stephen Fry, didn't.

Have Joe Paolo right, Roridiaz Right.

So I think in that sense you can you can say, okay, yes, Seattle Thunders, they can actually beat top caliber MLS contender or the actual champions. And I think to me, is this the next few six games are crucial to build up for the playoffs, right, because now you're in a good position, fifth position, or I think about playoffs, but now you have to think about home field advantage because you have those next three games you were mentioning that are winnable games, and.

I remember that first round in the playoffs is a three game series. You want two of those three at home.

Yeah, exactly, So you have to think about that.

And I think Branch Matters already thinking, okay, now is the time to start, like you know, you know, talk about numbers and math and see, okay, you need to take advantage of any any game that you have left. And now as you get like also players recovered and you know, getting back from injuries and having a Pedro de la Vega who even though today wasn't wasn't his best game, but he's starting to get more in rhythm. He had a few you know plays that were really

Six left in the regular season, next three at home. Will have the broadcast right here. Next Sunday, September fifteenth, four o'clock Providence, Swedish premach Show four twenty five kickoffs, we'll see you out at Luminfield for Sounders and Sporting Kansas City. Want to thank everybody on tonight's broadcast. Great call tonight from Kellan Row.

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Analyst Kellan Row thought he did a damn good job tonight. Well done, Kellan Rowe, great call tonight alongside Danny Jackson, Ryan Carr's our statman here, great job producing Tonight's also Keiley Dunning from Afar, Mitchell bly here our board op rolling the tunes and keeping things on the rails, Diego. Great job tonight. This was a unique one and a very fun one. Thank you for the good time. My name is Jackson feltz. We thank you all so much for listening to what has been a broadcast and a

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