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With the league's cup in the rear view mirror.
Your Seattle Sounders have returned to MLS action and the regular season. It resumes tonight down in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where your Sounders, who are in the seventh place right now in the Western Conference, are facing a Minnesota United team who are ninth.
Place in the Western Conference.
So welcome in to the Sounders FC pre match show presented by Providence Swedish, official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC. Jackson felt alongside the coach Pete Fewing, as we're counting you down kickoff here over the next twenty minutes. It's going to be a little bit of an accelerated premat show and then we'll get to Danny Jackson and Brad Evans. They will have the call for Sounders and Minnesota United
from a lean field out there in Saint Paul. I should mention that tonight's match is presented by Umpquahbank, the official banking partner of Seattle Sounders FC Umpquadbank, Better Together for Better. There is a lot to get to here as we kind of look ahead to tonight's match. It is the resumption of MLS, But before we get to the Delta starting eleven Pete, I think it does take a moment for us to breathe and just decompressed from
the end of League's Cup. This is a team that made a run to the quarter final of League's Cup to a team that you know, and lost to a team that is, i mean, clearly one of the best in all of North America in LAFC. They're in the final. They beat Colorado for nothing to get there. They're in the semi final of Open Cup, as we know, coming
up on a Wednesday. I mean, it's a tremendous LAFC team, but it did come to an end in the quarterfinals, and I think, you know, just taking a moment to evalue it and take a look back at the last month of Open Cup is needed before we move on.
Yeah, there were some great moments for Seattle. The Puma's game was such a great victory. I think that's one of the best ones I've seen in a number of years. You're playing against a really good quality opponent that's winning in League MX. I think they came in at three wins and one loss. Seattle man handled them. They handled a bunch of pressure. There are a bunch of great moments for individual players, and there was a lot of
great teamwork together. The Galaxy game was terrific. Seattle again very much on the front foot, scoring good goals, gave one up at the end, but I was a terrific performance. And then LAFC we hit a juggernaut that is a really good team that is in stride right now and getting reinforcements even though they are phenomenal, but getting Jiu all of a sudden you kind of say, okay, and now you've added another level and Kai Kamara comes in and holy cow, that kid has done incredibly well.
There's no shame in losing three nothing to them. It's really sad and frustrating that it happened. But I think every team, I mean, I don't know if you watched the Colorado game, the four nothing game, but it's it's kind of clear like.
Oh, okay, yeah, they are on a roll. Right now, there's no question. I mean, that is just a very good team, very well organized, surprisingly very direct. They get it, they launch it, but they they are they know what they're doing, and then they're very opportunistic. So I think there were good moments in the League's Cup for the Sounders disappointing. It's great that we've got LAFC Wednesday at Starfire for the Open Cup to try to get that back.
But Jordan might's tired losing to l a f C. And I think I think that's a sentiment all the way across the board, and you have that once in a while, you have that, there's teams that can be dominant with you, and so you've got to you've got to find a way have the resolve and the grit to to get you know, back at them. And hopefully Wednesday that can be a unique opportunity at Starfire five thousand people.
I mean, and we'll see what in Starfair ends up looking like.
It's going to be such an incredible atmosphere on Wednesday, and we obviously we don't want to look ahead too much to that. We'll do that as some in post game, but I will quickly say, I mean LAFC plays tomorrow in the Leaguet Cup Final, so they have one less day arrest and they have to travel to Seattle on Tuesday. So Sounders have a good situation by those regards. We'll see who LAFC even then rolls out on a Wednesday after playing a final on Sunday. So very interesting dynamics
ahead for Wednesday. We'll talk about that in the postgame show. But tonight, it is the resumption of MLS action. It is Minnesota United. It is a road game for the first time in like it feels like four months, it's really only two months that the Sounders have actually played a road game. So with that, let's kind of break this thing down. Let's quickly get to the Delta, starting eleven for the Sounders. I'll rattle this off pretty quick because it is exactly what everybody has just seen. Stephan
Fryan goal new. Who's your left back? You're right back will be Alex Roldan. Your two center backs Jackson Reagan, Jamar Gomez Andrade. Holding midfielders are Jual Paulo and Obed Vargas. Your three they're attacking midfielders are of course Paul Rothrock, Christian ro with Albert Rusnack between them and Jordan Morris.
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I mean, the number one thing that jumps off the page at the Delta starting love and for Brian Schmenzer is the consistency. And consistency is great, but they will have to play much better than this group did one week ago in that loss.
They've got to get back to what they did with Puma's in La Galaxy. That's for sure. They're very capable of that. I think they really took one on the chin in the last one with LAFC. But if they go back to the form, get the service that they were getting from the flanks, the opportunistic inside the box, and then defensively they've got to be really strong today. You know, this is a Minnesota team that hasn't played for three weeks right there, so they're chomping at the bit.
I do like that Seattle's on the road for this one and the fact that it's Minnesota. We have had a tremendous run against Minnesota. We talk about LAFC against Seattle, but Seattle against Minnesota has been exceptional over the course of a couple of years and then even going back to the USL days. So Seattle just they've got to weather it a little bit at the beginning and absorb the energy that Minnesota will bring. And Minnesota brings some
new talent to the field as well. Once they get their feet under them, get comfortable, then they've got to start applying the pressure.
Let's talk some more about Minnesota.
We'll take a break here on the Providence Swedish pre match show, and then it takes some time to talk about the Loons as they call them. We are just about fifteen minutes away from kickoff at Allonsfield in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Today's contdown to Kickoff is presented by Emerald Queen Casino, the entertainment capital of the Northwest, Jackson, Felt and Pete viewing on the pre match show. We'll continue next on Sports Radio Night three point three KJRFM HI.
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Minnesota just a couple spots back of Seattle, as I mentioned, ninth place compared to Seattle's seventh. They have nine wins, ten losses, six draws, thirty three points. They last played, which was back in Seattle just a few weeks ago in League's Cup Action. They lost to nothing in the group stage. They then, you know, I think they did get a win over in Nakasa, but it wasn't good enough.
And what happened was the Sounders advanced into the next round and Minnesota did not, because of course Ncox had beat the Sounders. So as it works out right, now Minnesota has a chance to kind of start their resumption of the MLS on the right foot because they have not played for quite a long time.
Pete.
It's a team that has gotten reinforcements. They are better on paper, but they certainly need to look a lot better on the field than they have the last two times they've seen Seattle, which were both two nothing Sounders wins up in lumin Field.
Yeah, no question, And you know it's an interesting ones. It's thirteen wins for Seattle, one lost two ties overall, that is quite dominance. And this morning Brian was talking about some of those games, and I remember a game at Minnesota. I think we're playing at the University of Minnesota Gopher Stadium, and that Minnesota's up won nothing late late late in the game, and I think the second goal to put us up two to one was a
Will Bruin karm that came off of him exactly right. Yeah, and uh, and you know Brian back then, Adrian the former head coach of Minnesota. They always share a glass of wine. It's an old English tradition. And yeah, Adrian did it. God bless him because the fact that he went in and after just you know, they had the game in hand, uh, and then they ended up, you know, giving it away. So is that part of this game today. We'll have to make sure that Seattle is sharp about that.
Brian has not talked about that, uh with the team too much, but Seattle's had the dominance. But you're right, they've got some new players and they've got you know, we really have. We have Jordan Morris with nine goals. We have Rudias with eight, but he's not been playing a lot, right. We have Paul Rothrock with two, and
then we have nine guys with one. This is a Minnesota team that has a few more goal scorers, so we've got to make sure that we keep him out of the back of the net for that first forty five minutes.
Yeah, Teammumpooki up front. He's a good plea.
He doesn't have the stats this year, four goals, only one assist, but we know he has size and he has ability, you know, coming from I believe finished national team. He has some appearances. He's a good player for them. Sounders are gonna have to worry about some key players. It's funny. Before we move on, you mentioned that two to one win over Minnesota, the comeback where you know, Will Bruin flicks it in and Brian kind of does that little move that we had this sideline camera.
We see him, Brian even kind of doing him. Oh, yes, it's the goal.
We came back, we scored two extra time goals, and we pulled off a win. We have hosts on the KGr station who pull audio, and when things happen on our broadcast, they're like, that's a fun thing, the audio, we should pull that. Here was the start of the postgame show with myself and James Riley after that Minnesota win.
I can't breathe. I literally can't breathe right now.
James Riley, I actually am having a hard time keeping myself composed on the radio. I had a hard time keeping myself composed on the radio. It was hard to breathe. I'm sure for Brian Schmitzer that moment was a little bit hard to breathe. But that was a fun win. There in probably just a few miles from where they're playing this game, did beautiful New Orleans stadium for Minnesota. Let's switch gears, Pete, and let's get to because we're
tight on time. Kickoff is like less than ten minutes away. Now, who's your Sounders player to watch.
Well, it's Stephen Fry's four hundredth regular season start today, so he's our captain. I'm gonna go with him. We need to shut out He's got to come up with some big saves. Watching the EPL this morning, goalkeepers really came up big for West Ham especially, so I'm hoping that Stephan Fry. It's a bit of a sentimental choice. I thought about al Albert Rusnik as well. We need him on the offensive side, but we need a clean sheet today.
You know what I think we need an angry Jordan Morris. Jordan was angry and motivated against Pumas. We saw that fury and that fight come out in the form of two goals. I want to see that angry fighting Jordan back who you know, you'll see whether it's coming off of the LAFC loss, whatever's motivating him. Let's get some motivation, let's get it going, and I want to see Jordan in that mode tonight to score goals and get the Sounders a win in Minnesota. We'll take it one more
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Well, it does start with the defensive side, uh, and we've got a lock it down. Make sure that you know pook it front is dangerous getting in behind. That's where his strength is and that's probably where maybe Jackson Reagan's weaknesses. So they're a good combination, Gomez Andrade and Jackson together, but they can't let him get in behind. That's going to be very important service from the flanks.
I'll tell you what. They've got a couple of guys bought and I think law excuse me, Lot has eleven assists this year and he's on the right hand side. So not letting him get his crosses in as well. That's going to be an important one. And then it's on our side, on the offensive side, we've got to make sure we get our crosses in. Can we get Jordan Morris the ball where he does his best work.
Can Albert Rusnik sit in that little hole right, collect it, go at people, slip Jordan in, slip it wide to Rothrock. Rothrock's been fantastic getting on the end of crosses. Christian's got to do the same thing on his part, getting on the end of Paul's crosses. So it's it's got to go back to what we did, you know, the game against LAFC, excuse me, the LA Galaxy and then the Pumas game as well. They've got to be that kind of sharp. Restarts have got to be important. You know,
we did pretty well on restarts getting goals. We didn't do that against LAFC. We had a lot of cornerkicks, so we've got to make sure that we put some of those chances home.
Well, Sounders have two wins over Minnesota this year, both of them to nothing, both of them in Seattle. We'll see what difference this looks like here playing in Saint Paul. We'll throw out to Danny Jackson and Brad Evans. They have the call for Sounders Minnesota United. It kicks off next on Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
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Good afternoon, and welcome to Alliancefield in Saint Paul Minnesota, where your Sounders get back to league play against Western Conference faux Minnesota United.
It were just a month ago when.
These teams last face each other in League's Cup play. The Sounder is k out Victor's off the back of goals for Morris and Rothrock, which finally with the same two players are scored in the Sounders two zero win in regular NLS season play back in June, and as the Sounders continued their League's Cup journey in August, it was Minnesota who took their break off the field to bolster their squad in the transfer window income five new players,
including two dps. As Eric Ramsy's group looks to rekindle their early season form. For Brian Schmetz, he will be looking to continue their success against Minnesota, losing only one.
Time in MLS play.
With only nine games to go, the run into the playoffs starts tonight. I'm Danny Jackson alongside former Sounders captain Brad Evans for the core tonight. Before we get you to Brad's initial thoughts, let's get you the Delta.
Starting eleven for your Sounders.
No changes for Brian Schmetz as Stepan Fryan Gold about of Alex rolled On, Jeamar Reagan and Nuhu obit Vargas alongside JP in the middle, Christian rolled On on the right, Rouznak in the middle for Rothrock on the left, and Jordan Morris as your number nine up front for Eric Ramsey and his Minnesota United team.
Are three five two or five three to two. We'll see how it stands.
Dan Sinclair and the goal are back three of Tapias boxhaul and then debutant Jefferson Diaz San being Jean on the right, Joseph Rosales with tennisists on the year on the left, Dotson, Trapp and lud in the middle, and then the debutant Kevin Yoboa up front alongside Timu Pooki.
So as we get us these two.
Teams getting lined up to start, Minnesota get us kicked off. They're facing the Sounders attacking the goal to our right. Sounders in their anniversary kit with green shirts, blue shorts and sucks. They're attacking the goal to left. Minnesota in that old Doc kit Navy and Black attacking the goal to our right. So as the teams get going, Brad, what do these two teams, especially the Sounders have to do try and get these three points that push themselves up the table.
Yeah.
Look, I think it's about getting off on the red foot in this game away from home. It's a team that the Sounders have had a lot of success against since Minnesota came into Major League Soccer, and tonight it's about the Sounders playing sharp defensively. You saw it. The game against LAFC wasn't as tight. Looked like LFC was a different level. And now the Sounders have to establish
themselves with eight league games left to go. Obviously the Open Cup coming up midweek, but this is all about getting three points away from home, and this is a winnable game for the Sounders. And for Minnesota, they haven't played here in a month. They've been off since they lost their their game against Nakasa three over three weeks ago now, and so for them it's getting in front of their home fans, building the energy early and trying
to pile it on the Sounders. And we know that Sounders away from home, they can't just sit back defensively. It's about establishing your game early on in this one and putting the ball on the back of the net.
All goes into JP enough yam on here they come, you know, the high press from Minnesota. JP gets his anchors clipped by Lud who's had seventeen goal contributions on his year, career high for Robin Ludd six goals eleven assists on his year and as head coach Ert Ramsey mentioned during the week they've had a somewhat of a preseason er. Ramsey came in late to the start of the season for Manchester United and it was Cameron Knowles who got the team going as a interim head coach
come off to a real good start. Ramsey came in, so he's had a chance now to get them on the practice field, start to incorporate some of these new players and he's excited to get some health back on the field. Two top goal scorers are out of the starting eleven, one of them being long one who's on the bench, Aloach is out of the squad today.
It comes to Minnesota.
To switch the ball left this near side the Minnesota right Sambiingjean playing on this right hand side of a five.
Defensively and then three are offensive. We will see how they kind of break out. They're playing at home.
They have to find some results in these final nine games themselves. The ball gets launched long by Saint Clair, who had a game of games against Nakexa over twenty saves on that game and their.
Last outing where they got their result here.
Much to the efforts of their goalkeeper, who keep viewing and I were chatting just before we went on air mentioning that Saint Clair really has come into his own as well. We were surprised his age twenty seven years old, not his early twenties. So I had established himself and the sticks for Minnesota. As JP gets his pocket picked middle of the park, here comes Pooki driving forward the number twenty two out to Yo.
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Around Yea Mar goes towards the end line goal kick Sounders.
Here in the fourth note, you can see what your bo wants to do. It's a new player, a new face for the Sounders. You can look at video on any player you want to. It's a guy who had a massive transfer just a couple of years ago, and a guy like that is looking for space and speed, and you can see that's what he wants to do. But the Sounders do a good job defending well, keeping your feet I think in games pass they might go to ground early, but it's three minutes into this one.
Most likely the striker is going to take a touch into distance as they build into a game. A new player for this seam. But like you said before, I think Ramsey will actually be happy with this extended time he's had with his team to kind of establish a way he wants to play. Like you said, almost a preseason of sorts to get guys ready. But you saw it on the flip side last year the Sounders got
knocked out and then Atlanta came in. Schmetz told us wanted to remind us that the Sounders got smashed in that game as Atlanta came into Seattle and put one on the Sounders after a long layaway. So yes, can it be beneficial for the team to establish how they want to play in the last eight games of the season. But at the end of the day, it's players you want to be on the pitch. You want to have that consistency and going into it. Spez said yes, with
a quick turnaround against LAFC. It's only four days, but he was happy with that amount of time. Sounders have had such a congested fixtures as of late. It'll allow the Sounders just to keep.
In rhythm, yep, get a breath and then of course a big week ahead of them, starting today midweek LAFC in the semi finals.
Of the US Open Cup at Starfire.
And then on Labor Day weekend, on Saturday night, they go into Portland and play their foe, the Timbers. One of two games against the Timbers and these final nine games, the last being the final game of the season decision Day on October nineteenth against the Timbers at Looming Fields, the ball goes into russneck deflexof Diaz goes over the end line. Good early counter by the Sounders on the right hand side Corny Kate.
Remains nil nil Yeah, good move from the Sounder's just heads up play for Jordan, and I know that box All will be spinning his head tonight and he's filled in the other defenders, especially the new arrivals, on what speed can do. And here it is Jordan, just a
little in and out. We know that there's no other side on a throw in Bruce Knack in the perfect spot, right on the penalty spot, and here's that one with the inside foot and a good defensive play from Minnesota Sounders cornerkick corner kicks.
Sounders weren't able to capitalize for so many corner kicks over two hundred corner kicks, but now Pare comes in.
It was the Sounders against Ella Galaxy.
Is roll done, slices, is shot high and why it's gonna be a goalkick for Minnesota.
But it was against the Galaxy in League's.
Cup where the Sounders from set pieces broke out. Yeamar got in the end of a direct corner kick from Rusnak and then from a rebound it was Jackson Reagan to poke the ball in to make it an early two zero lead against the Galaxy at that time. But the Sounder, especially in these run in brad especially away from home.
We've known it throughout the years.
Whatever level you play, set pieces are vital in these kind of games.
Yeah, it's funny how set pieces are vital in away games, and you often talk about it in championship games as well. Now, yes, it might be even at home in those situations, but they just become so vital.
Well, it goes walking towards the end line, just comes off as.
Backside and stays in playball gets launched long into Morris, who was quiet against LAFC in this last game where that Sounders went down three to nil, identical score line to that loss against LAFC in their last MLS regular season game. But for the Sounders it's only finn two losses in their their last twelve or so, beaten.
Both against LFC.
The Sounders have really taken a grip on what the coming months looks like, pushing themselves up the point standing currently sitting in seventh first game of the weekend here in Minnesota. Ball goes down the line fast side the right to Jordan Morris, already looks more active in today's game to Rosnek, We'll see if the Sounders can dictate tempo and possession, which they like to do both at
home and away. Picked up by Knew who on this near side of the left driving forwarde it pinched in, rolls it out to Rougher getting another.
Star on that left hand side. Had a really good run in League's Cup. Three goals in.
That run, one of them being against Minnesota that two nil win. Bold the right handside whip ten clear by tips picked up on the left hand side.
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Tennis sists on his gyat the outside left player. Already we'll see Minnesota dropping in a back line of five defensively.
Well, here's what Jordan has to do what he didn't do in the LAFC game. You've already seen it twice. Now, if you're gonna play against three in the back, you're you're one against three. The ball up the middle and up the spine, you're not gonna be able to have success if it's played over the top or even through. So his ability now to find channels wide and isolate
box on bring one of the center backs out. Now, the responsibility is on Rusnak to get in the box, and also on Rothrock on the far side as the weak sided midfielder to tuck in. We've seen it twice already, and you can see him on the last play pointing for them to play the ball wide to Christian so that he can get isolated wide. If Jordan doesn't come, that's where the outside midfielders have to have that creativity to beat their man one on one.
Of course, LAFC went from a four to or three against the Saunders and stayed that way in their second game.
All goes to the.
Right inside to Ben Jong who tries to roll it in short picked up by Rothrock with his left foot cleared and closed down.
Well like DS steps way up the field.
Debutante for Minnesota coming in from Columbia, young twenty three year old central defender playing.
In that three on the right hand side.
And we know Alliance Field, they've hosted US national team games.
They've hosted big games throughout the years. It's always a raucous place to go.
And we talk about those areas around the country that has a hotbed of soccer.
Minnesota is definitely that bread.
Yeah, that's a nater challenge away from newho All.
The yellow card for newho it's a lunge tackle just in the left channel about fifteen yards or so from the Endlins could be dangerous spot for Minnesota to this ball in.
Yeah.
I think for Minnesota, they have the history similar to Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Right, they've been around for a long long time. And anytime you have that, you have that culture of soccer, it's gonna inspire the youth to play anywhere you are. Right, growing up in Phoenix, we didn't have it and so you kind of had to create it and manufacture it yourself. You really had to love the game. You didn't really have guys to look up to like a Schmittz that
you could say I want to play like him. And so from Minnesota they have it. They know that they've got it, and you can tell the fans come out and droves even when it's not that successful of a season.
Here comes Minnesota on their right channel, eighteen yards from the end line. We whipped him from Mezales tour with the back post, good left, whick footed ball.
Before I goes to the debck.
Referee cause a foul, it's gonna be a sound As free kick just inside that six yard books. Here in the tenth minute in Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's Minnesota United nil, Sounders nil, and it's a true six point to today full points separates the team Sounders in seventh coming in today's game, Minnesota ninth Sounds can get that win up creates a seven point gap between the two teams. But conversely, if Minnesota, of course get that three points, it closes.
That gap to one.
So every game matters now on this run. In League's Cup Final tomorrow between Columbus and LAFC, Brian mentioned LAFC could have an emotional game tomorrow going into Columbus, not an easy place to play.
And then have to come into starfire.
Here comes Jordan Morris in man the back, three in the back and then it goes.
Wonderful composed finish from.
Jordan Morris, just that Brad Evans said, get in that space between the center backs, finds the spot and then the back of the net it goes and that is his tenth goal of the year and the first Sounders player to get five seasons with.
Ten plus goals for that man puts them up one nil.
And this finish is fantastic. We just talked about it. How do you isolate yourself against three in the back. At the end of soccer's about turnovers and you see it here. It's a switch ball from Minnesota and you see lud come up here for a header and the ground he just slips and then Obed Vargas takes a touch. He's well on side in that play, a little checked run. Look at this. Think of a finish that finds a side netting and box al. It's always gonna be the
guy that Jordan has to isolate. He doesn't have the speed. Yes, he's got the brain. He's got the savviness and experience, but speed kills. And we've seen Jordan do this against box Over before. That's a class finish from the Sounders. And before that was gonna say this game didn't have too much pace and bite to it. You thought that Minnesota would come out and try those balls over the top,
but they seemed content with just keeping possession. Not a lot of Sounders to just settle in and wait wait for the turnovers. Today we talked to Schmidtz, where do you want the line of confrontation to be just on top of the d And that's just about where Jordan was on that one as the ball turned over and just into space, and that's a class finish. We didn't get too many looks at this replay.
Hey, come, the sound is getting down the right handside towards the end line is well done.
Cuts it back to that man. Marris tries to turn out of pressure. Minnesota come back.
Well, the Sounders on the counter attack Breda really causing Minnesota problems these early minutes.
Yeah, look away from home, that's how you want to play. But also I think the Sounders are dictating the pace of play in this one with good possession patients in the back and around the midfield. It needs to be a little bit tighter from JP. He'll be the first one to tell you that the first couple passes a
little bit errand. But for the better part of this first half so far, the Sounders have dictated wait, wait for the turnovers, and that's kind of the name again of the game away from Home is wait for the possibility of a turnover and just get him behind.
Paul goes in behind again.
This time Saint Claire reached the danger well it was rolled on trying to get him behind Rosales. Saint Claire comes off out the eighteen yard box clear as there's lines. It's gonna be a thrown for the Sounders on the far side. The Sounders right. Good start here in Saint Paul for the Sounders. Thirteen minutes gone, Sounders leading off the back of a Jordan Morris goal, his tenth goal.
Of the year.
But the Sounders warn the up and they have enjoyed some record against Minnesota over the years thirteen one and two in all competitions. Their only loss was back just a few years ago one nil. Sounds have been dominant from this season. It's already been two wins out of two, both two goals to nil, both off the back of a Morris and roth Rock goal. So that's Morris's third
goal against Minnesota in twenty twenty four. In three games, all gets clipped down the line easily picked up by knew who and certainly for Minnesota now Brad going behind early at home when they know that three points is important. They've got freshness on the field now, players are back healthy, they've got in integrate some new players into the lineup. They're going to have to start chasing this game, maybe coming out that block of five and pushing into a three.
Yeah, I think we've seen the Sounders in this position at home before. Yes, it's important to push the pace of the game, but it's also at this point, fourteen minutes in, you have to still stay tactically sound and tactically strong because as soon as you get away from the tactics one person, even, it kind of ruins the rhythm for the entire team, and that's where the Sounders
can punish you. Right, So, plenty of time for Minnesota to get back in this one, and now the Sounders it's just about establishing real estate is what Ziggy used to say, right up the field. So if you're gonna play the ball over the top, they kick it out for a throw in, Well you just established another forty yards and that's where you have to keep the ball and make Minnesota work. If you start to let them come forward and inch their way into this game, that's
where you're gonna get into trouble. But for Minnesota, I think you stick with the tactics, try to get your new players involved. As you see, they're just kind of not on the same page just yet.
Right.
You get the thumbs up from your Boa, but this is something that's going to take time as you integrate new players. I mean, we're accustomed to that with de la Vega, right, we still don't know what we're getting out of de la Vega just yet.
Well, certainly dela Vega on the bench tonight.
It's been in two weeks of full practice. His injury picked up against the CASA in League's Cup play wasn't as serious as first thought.
Good for him, good for us.
And yes, the Sounders haven't been active in the transfer window, but you've got della Vega to come back into this team and he will feel like a new signing for Brian Schmetzer and his men. The ball gets launched long, challenged by roll Don Well flicks it up to Jordan Morrice, passed back into Rolldn. It gets Lord nudge in the back, retains possession of Rothart It's nearside the left closed down quickly by Diaz.
Tries to go through the legs of DZ.
Does Rothrock cleared well by the big Colombian central defender, but the Sounders do pick it up love a slice clearance by jp Or sloppy again in the middle of the park for JP's He gets settled into this game. Sixteen minutes gone here nine point fifty sorry, ninety three point three KGr FM Sounders leading one goal to nil. Yeah steps up, ball in his hands. We've thrown down the line, well defended by JP's who comes away.
He wins the ball, as does Knew.
Who.
Heads it out of bounds, and Minnesota slowly make their way.
Up the field.
Here comes Boxel has been out for a number of weeks. Back in the lineup today. He's the one that got caught out when they gave up possession in the middle of the field. Sounder was able to take advantage boxhol was in no man's land, couldn't step, couldn't track Morris. It was Morris who went in behind and finished extremely well. Or comes in off that man box a long throwing headed clear by JP, who shifts out, try and close the ball down. Three Sounders players wrapped around Rosales and
here come the Sounders in transition. Ros Neck to the left, rolled on driving forward through the middle of the park, plays it out to the right hand side to Jordan Morris closed down by bing Jon lo back heel towards GP, who.
Was up in support, shows the Sounders enthusiasm. We got a JP running up sixty yards to support.
His men his Minnesota to clear their lines, but not well straight to the foot of Yama.
Yeah, I mean yeah, JP running. I think it was more of a job JP jogging. JP is looking a little sluggish out there today. But this is a guy that's got so much experience that yes, he's going to put in one hundred percent effort. And you know, Jordan tries a little bit of a back heel there and JP just not on the same page. But the Sounders in every position to pick up every second ball right now,
which is important away from home. Right, you're putting in the defensive effort and if you don't win the first one, you gotta win the second one. And so far the Sounders have been up to the task.
Falling behind by Minnesota almost found the foot of your bow is making a slashing run between Reagan and Yema, and I've got to say your Boa might be one of my favorite new players to sign for MLS. Why he's the nephew of a certain Tony you Boa, who
was a legend for Legia Knights back in the mid nineties. Wow, I remember I was a ballboy against Liverpool ninety five Night six season, first game of the year, you Boa scored the goal of the season, smash the volley his right foot off the crossbar, and I was directly in line with I could watch that ball move in the air, hit the crossbar. Okay, it's a certain Davy James and goal. He was a cult hearer for Leeds back in the day.
And let's hope it doesn't happen tonight. No, that was a one and done for bigs of boas we're hoping.
So it comes JP outside of the foot flicks it down the line.
This knee side the left just scoots through to the foot of Sinclair. Nineteen minutes going here, Sounders leading by an early Morris Gold one nil.
Well, you can tell we're nineteen minutes in. You figured, after a month away from home, that this Minnesota United fan base would be on their feet and kind of encouraging their team. And as we look around the pitch, we look around the screen, they're all sitting down. It seems quiet and almost like the energy when we first had our little pregame session was louder than it is right now in this stadium. And that's a credit to the Sounders Minnesota giving nothing to the fan base right
now to get them into this one. And so I think it's a brilliant game plan so far. Schmitt's will be tactically happy about this one.
In left hand Cidebersars coming off that left hand side across the field, plays it in short to dots and Federal Way, native established player in the middle of the park for Minnesota these days, always picks it up, rolls it out short to lud because they kind of work through now the midfield back to box A who's gonna step actually.
Tapias, who's gonna use his left foot. He's got to clip it along and loan from Batchuka goes over the top.
Well cleared by Nu over his shoulder, difficult technique, managed to bring it down. Clears his line is gonna be a throwing on this near side for Minnesota. Right in front of the Minnesota bench and head coach Eric Ramsey, thirty one years old when he came into Minnesota earlier this year. Camra Renoles sits on the bench, assistant coach. Got this team after a great start, stepping in on an interim roll before a Ramsey was able to leave
his position at Manchester United and come in. Bull gets flipped up in the air by Daz, challenged well by Yama. Clearses lines Minnesota asking the referee to look at that as bekase Yaboa still on the deck with Yemar that man. Yemar clearses line's left foot, slices it out, clipped over the near touch line. Here, look down your bow was a Yamar clearance. That was a little bit erratic clip the heels of your boa. Referee hasn't given anything, Greg, Do you see that found make anything of it?
I don't really make anything of this one. I don't think he's going to be too interested in even taking a second look at this one, but for this out and that's what a long throw in can do at the end of the day. It causes chaos in the box. The ball gets flipped up in the air by Minnesota player and then all of a sudden, as you're a center back and you can't get there with your head, you got to make a play on the ball because if Minnesota takes a touch one way or the other,
then you're behind the gun. But it looks like they might be looking at this one.
Well, the crowd noise you hear is because the referee has signaled the VAR and off he trots to the far sideline where.
The VAR monitor and video review will happen.
Two players put their foot up. It was your Boa. Looks like they maybe got the touch. Yemo missed the ball. It was a clash of bodies.
And it looks like on the replay Brad Yemo did.
Make connection with you Boa after the central striker touched the ball.
Yeah, and I'm just not sure that that's worth a penalty kick in that situation, there's gonna be no control. Both players are going up for a fifty to fifty. Yes, he catches the back of his leg, but it's hard to even tell if he kicks the back of his leg all that hard. Of course, if it was for the Sounders, I'd probably say it was a penalty kick in this situation, but I'm not sure if there's enough there.
Off the review, there is a kicking foul committed by Seattle number twenty eight.
Final decision penalty. There you have it.
The Rep three these days reports his findings to the crowd.
And the decision has been made.
Penalty for Minnesota as Jama connected with the back of your bower's leg. And we'll see if the new number nine, on his debut in MLS, his debut for Minnesota too, will step up and take this penalty.
As a center back, I'm not sure what more you want him to do. Yemar is looking at the ball the entire time. He's not trying to make a play on the on the player, and then that's just a tough one for a center back. And before that was gonna mention Minnesota taking a long throw in killed the pace of the game. If I'm at home, I'm trying to get everything in quick and really put the Sounders under pressure. But at the end of the day, these long throwings caused chaos. And here's the proof.
Step for and Fry.
Shaved head decked out in all yellow captain for the Sounders, stands on the goal line. Your Boa, new signing for Minnesota in the summer transfer window in from Genoa of Italy, was on loan to Standardly Asian Belgium less part of the season.
From February on. Now he's got a chance.
To get his MLS account.
Started.
Takes a big breath, five steps away, steps forward, sutter step plays it and cool as you like, back of the net, celebrates with what looks like a cup of tea celebration.
And it puts Minnesota on the board. Minnesota United one, Sounders one.
Yeah, looks a well taken pik from your ball. He steps up, takes a deep breath, takes a couple of steps, steph tries to go down to his riding a sudden the bull gets put in the back of the net right footed keeper's left and he SIPs the tee. But y Bo hasn't been a main fixture in this game so far. Minnesota hasn't been quality, but Sometimes you don't have to be Sometimes you just have to create chaos
in the box. R Boa steps up here, little stutter step, big step, puts it to his right, STEP's left puts in the back of the net. Minnesota one to one. But the Sounders no reason to panic. You asked me earlier, what does Minnesota have to do with this boy? The Sounders still have to stick to their game plan. It's a penalty kick. At the end of the day, it
wasn't from brilliant play for Minnesota. Plenty of time to get back in this one and just play the way that Schmetts want wants them to play, and I think they'll still be success left in this game.
It pays it all good penalty takers. Now stare at the goalkeeper, wait for that move from the goalie, and then just slotch it the other side.
That's exactly what you Boa did for his.
First goal for Minnesota, first goal in MLS since his transfer. Tony stings up here. Twenty five minutes gone. Crowd, Now, the more boisterous Sounders need to take a breath. We know the next five minutes after you concede or score is when you can be most vulnerable. Sounds have been punished this season already just like that. But Sounders have played well in this first twenty five minutes. Unfortunate goal given by VR decision, soem, I'll try to clear his
lines connected with your boa. Referee deemed it to be a foul. Conclusive evidence shown on the camera and we're one one here in Saint Paul well Tonight's match is presented by I'm quite Bank, the official banking partner of Seattle Sounders FC.
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Fast side the right to Vargas have been quiet so far in this game. Hopes it forward to rolled down clip down the line to that man Vargas running towards box or it takes a heavy touch over the end line. Corner kick Sounders corner kick of the game, a chance for the Sounders off a set piece to try and get back on the board and get back up in.
This game we see this last play. I mean it's up back and through from the Sounders and that's the player you have to isolate. It is gonna be box Ale. In these situations, speed is gonna kill. And in that situation he knows that obed Vargas is younger, fit or faster, and the only thing he can do is take a heavy touch, feeling the pressure, puts it out for a corner kick. First first corner kick for the Sounders to Rusnak, not in the spot that it should have been one.
I'm up by Rosnick outswing on the right hand side and it comes to corner to six.
Bounces around just in the sixth clid by Rossalez, headed back up by Reagan.
Your Boa goes in towards new who pulls out of the challenge, finds the foot of Alex Roldano, plays it back out to the far side the right to Rusnak, still there from his corner.
Cack whips towards the back.
Post head I wanna go headed by Jackson Reagan. Delivery by Rusnak, and he was Jackson Reagan who guided it to the far post to put the Sounders up here in Saint Paul, Minnesota one Sounders two.
That is a finish from a center back right there. How many times have we asked Jackson Reagan to put the ball on the back of the net with his head, And maybe maybe we just have to start putting Jackson up top because This is fantastic from him. It's a quarter kick and the ball gets cycled out. Almost looks like a counter attack. You Bo's gonna get on the
end of this one. Almost, but knew who intercepts. Ball's played wide out to Rusnak and he just hangs this one up on a platter and says, get up there, and Jackson with the ugh, what a fantastic finish, touches the side netting. Dane Saint Clair can do nothing but watch this. He can't even extend his arm because he knows he's beaten in that situation. That's a fantastic finish from Jackson Reagan. Sounders up to one, but Jordan there
also on the back post. Just ready if Saint Clair gets a touch on it to sneak that one into the back of the net. Well done from the Sounders.
The sound is.
It's the twelfth assist for Albert Russneck, second goal in MLS play for Jackson Reagan.
He didn't score last year.
Two goals on his MLS campaign, one goal in League's Cup. So a really good return from the big center back on the season so far, and for Jackson Reagan and for the Sounders and for Brian Schmittze a perfect response.
It's a Minnesota's goal.
As you mentioned, the five minutes after you score is when you can be most vulnortable. For the Sounders, they took advantage of that, the perfect delivery and the perfect header.
Yeah, well you said it, and that's what always happens, right. You have to stay so focused and this Minnesota United team tonight doesn't have what the top tier MLST teams have. You can already see it twenty eight minutes into this game. And so for the Sounders, you got to be smelling an opportunity here to put this team under pressure. And sometimes all it is is just a hanging cross up to the back post that can give you an advantage.
But it begs the question, what would it be like if the Sounders had a six foot four to six foot five striker with the service of Rusnak on a regular basis, maybe even to pair with Jordan War's up top with the speed, something that Sounders fans must be asking themselves on the regular Well, yeah, the first five minutes it's tough, right to stay mentally focused and to keep the ball out of the back of the net. You can tell a Minnesota United feeling a little bit
of pressure. At this point, ball shifts.
It's this side, they're right to Sam Bing Jeong picks it up. Support boy ds Knew which has bought.
It between ball and play rolls over the end line here in the thirtieth minute, it's gonna be a goal kick for the Sounders. Minnesota United one, Sounders two, and this score update is presented by Umpquah.
And Brian Schmittz.
Mentioned they traveled yesterday. Sometimes they do travel two days ahead. Try to change things up because Minnesota, like Kansas City, isn't too far of aflight time difference isn't as severe as East Coast time frame, and so far the Sounders have responded well. Look Enerjoy is in a mid afternoon start.
Paul gets launched long headed forward by Jordan Morris.
Rothrope being quiet so far, and they's opening thirty minutes. It's Minnesota to pick up the ball with Loot driving forward his left foot looking to his left, eventually finds Rosales plays the ball in good challenge by Alex Roldan rolls out fars side for throwing four Rosales in Minnesota five yards from the corner.
Flack I think for Rothrock tonight's game plan is to go at box Hol, and wherever Boxhole is on the field in the back three is where the Sounders are going to attack. Yes, he's on the left side of that center left side of that back three, and so the Sounder is obviously overplaying in all those situations. You can tell Rusnak oftentimes will come out to the left, come out to the right, mix things up. He's been
on the right hand side of the pitch. I'd love to see his heat map tonight because he's really just overloading that side with Christian trying to get any advantage to pull Boxhol out of position.
Paul goes short to loot back to Rosales left foot towards the end line, whips it.
In, headed up in the air by Yama of goes.
Rothrock challenges at heads it clear flick towards his nearside the right to new signing. Diazo brings it down, closed down by that man Jackson Reagan.
And score the second goal to put the Sounders up.
Beckson Reagan. In a challenge, he goes off the heels of Dotson. It's gonna be a throwing for the Sounders chance to take a breath and with that Sounders FC. Soker is presented by Provident, Swedish official healthcare partner of Sounders FC.
And with a six foot five frame in Jackson Reagan.
We've talked about how it needs to be dominant in the air. Certainly offensively can he have more goals, which he has done, but also defensively really kind of using that body to kind of overpower players.
These almost believe the power and the strength he's got.
Well, what's interesting is oftentimes big center backs like playing against big strikers more than they do the shifty, little tiny guy that's gonna make those darting runs in behind. And I remember Chad Marshall used to love that too. Put him up against Addie, put him up against a big striker, but as soon as he saw like a Yurrooti or Valery when he played up top. It causes problems for the big guys, but fortunate for the Sounder Sara. It's a handball on the Sounders, but a foul beforehand.
But for a big center back like him, Schmeetz said today he doesn't actually like playing against big strikers as you think he would have. But yes, I think to your point, I'm not sure he's like a great Dane. He doesn't know how big he actually is and he needs to utilize that power. But that comes with experience. At the end of the day, right and they're in that situation, he rows up and smash that ball to the far post. But that'll give you confidence moving forward.
When the next fifty to fifty comes along.
Jp middle of the puck and the offensive half of the field for the sound is this to roll it back?
Well sluppy on the ball. He comes Jackson Reagan, good challenge. What's that man we talked about on your boa. He comes Lud, rolls it out to this nil side the right to Pooky. He's able to top of the book, strikes it just right. Goal kick sounders. They remain two one up here in Saint Paul.
Well, but good transitional play by Minnesota. Yeah, I could move from Minnesota that. You can see the crowd getting into this one now and it's another errant pass from j Pets and I just looking slow and sluggish away from home. He had multiple days off and that's one that Schmidt's talked about. He wasn't sure if he was going to maybe start JP tonight, but JP not doing himself any favors there with a blind pass hoping that a center back is where he should be. Jackson yes
makes the tackle. Pooky with the shot from distance. Another player has been on fire coming back from injury back into this starting lineup. Last thing you want to do towards the end of this half is give Minnesota any sort of confidence going into the locker rooms.
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Sounders leading here in the thirty.
Fourth minute the back of a Jordan Morris goal, his eightieth all competition goal that surpasses that of Montera. They were tight together at seventy nine.
Now with that.
Gold, Morris enters the eighty goal mark for the Sounders, and we'll see when he maybe passes that Manrael Rudiez is.
On the bench.
We'll hopefully add more goals to his total this season. As Roll Dan tries to skip around Rosars, gets there go the challenge, Rezars comes back, just can't quite get there. This boxto came in with the challenges able to win it picked up by Topis and then Rosales good challenge by roll Dan picked up by Obed Vargas on the far side the right, supporting his right back, tries to bac heal it around. Topis eventually called by the assistant a referee on that far side to be a throwing
from Minnesota and they get going here quickly. Is Hey has just tries to step into the middle of the park. ACTU with dots and who tried to receive that pass. Sounders retrieve it. Here they come again. Obed Vargas foot on the board, just slowing tempo down. It's spend like in matters by supporting bipark and diverse owned businesses all year long. Visit intentionalist dot com to find a business near you. Ten minutes to go in this first half,
thirty five minutes flown by. It comes new It rolls down to this left hand side to roth.
Toork trucher wriggle pass DZ.
He isn't able to ds comes across, puts his foot in, but it goes over.
The end line for a sounder's corner kick.
Bright Evans. I'm not sure it looks like it's ninety five degrees in Minnesota. Maybe it is warmer than we think, But Minnesota just establishing their line of pressure at home, sitting in their own almost fifteen yards above their eighteen, allowing the Sounders midfield just to pick out whatever pass they want. Not many times do you see in games where an attacking team is allowed to just break the lines and for that player to turn and have no pressure.
But the Sounders there with a good string. It passes ten or eleven on that right hand side. A good switching ball on the recovery from the Sounders isolating rothrock corner kick.
On this left town side in swinger towards the near post isn't able to be collected by roll donomated daunting run. The front corner of the six goes over the end line.
Goalkick for Minnesota. The Sounders continue to lead here in warm conditions late afternoon in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Sounds leading to one Minnesota playing out from the back with tapias and the far side of the left rolls into the foot of Pookus being quieter than that shot just a minute or so ago, playing alongside your Boa up front, good old three five to two Formation four Minnesota, and
you'd mentioned Brett I think in your podcast. When plays a back three, as LAFC have done, sometimes you need to provide a bit of support for your attacking man.
All goes in behind. We'll get to that in a minute.
With new chasing down, John clears the ball just off the foot of your bow. The sounder's back line knock down the line.
Rotot Lord slow to a tree picked up by Dotson, comes.
To his left foot, headed clear by Reagan. Not a great head on top of the box. Look Franz Pook and his left foot trace a guy who's the thought post trickles over the end line.
Easy for Frey.
Let's it go go kick sounds remain two want to pay at bred Evans.
Anytime that you try to establish yourself as a number nine against a back three, you need some support from somewhere around the field. And for me it's always you have to counter it somehow, And for me it's it's adding another one into that attack, because if I'm playing three in the back against one striker, that's easy days for me. I can't remember a time wherever played three in the back where I didn't have a game where I just sat as a sweeper and just cleaned up
everything in behind. So for Jordan, I'm sure after that game, yes, Schmitz City was frustrated and Schmidz said, well, what can you do? Hit a guy here and there. I think it goes beyond that. Jordan has to establish what he wants. He's got to go to Schmtz and say, I need someone else in the attack with me, especially coming up on Wednesday night. If LAFC does sit with three in the back on a tighter field, he's gonna need someone to combine with. It's too difficult to play against three
in the back and not have any support. Just rely on the speed of Jordan Morris Yemiltres.
To win the ball.
Referee pulls it back for an earlier foul. It's gonna be a free kick from Minnesota just left of center, thirty five yards or so from Stephan Fry's goal. Sounds are going to retreat to the top of their eighteen yard box. It's looks to be Rissales with his left foot tenn asists on his year. The left sided players gonna put the ball on the deck.
Send the big men up boxel to ps DZ.
Big targets for Rosales to pick out as he clipped it towards the back post up boxall goes over the top of Reagan Sounds asking for a foul, nothing given by the referee, rolls into the hands of Stephan Fry. But twenty twenty five season membership deposits are on sale.
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Fortieth minute Here in Saint Paul, Minnesota one Sounders two.
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President Regodfrey of JP.
Referee says no foul dotsor went to the deck blowt it too early as the ball's flipped down the line in behind Tapias.
Here comes Morris, two players around him, holds the ball up.
Well waiting for support. In it comes the form of Alex rolled on. Sounder is able to now put the foot on the ball and just slow things down. Get here in the final five minutes of the first half. It's been a quick, rapid first forty minute here where teams allowing the game to be wide open. Rosneck with his twelfth assistan in the year, rolls it out to Rothrock plays it square into JP. We'll see what kind of changes Brian schmidtz to make throughout the course of
the second half. With a big US Open Cup semi final against l EFC at Starfire coming up on Wednesday. As you mentioned, then Portland Timbers in Portland to wrap up the week, or clips off Rosales as Alex roddn chance.
To close it down, does.
A good job, picked up by his brother Christian, who drives forward, will flick.
Into Jordan morri It's shot player one to two over the end line.
It goes good defended by taps, but it's gonna be a fourth corner kick for the Sounders.
What it looks like to me is that Minnesota's feeling the effects of the heat, and the Sounders are willing to run. And whenever you're willing to get in behind and stretch the defense and puts the other team. They must make a play right and they're just not able to do that round right now and connect the pass. That one's actually a foul on j On dots and on top of the box. The Sounders get away from one, but every time now the Sounders is able to pick
apart this Minnesota side. Yes it's hot, but the Sounders don't seem to be feeling the effects of that one.
In the first half, Sounders having a.
Full week of Prentice Beck.
It comes to Alex trold on tar Roznick right channel, far side of Whips City, and good ball just bounces across the six yard box. It's gonna roll out on this near side for a throw in ten yards from the end line and corner flag. It's gonna be thrown
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Still. Aul goes in behind.
Pooky top of the box, holds it out to goalscorer. Yet bow is left for a choice to find the far corner that.
Goes over the top.
Stephan Fry walks to retrieve the ball for a goal kick. Here in the four two third minute, it remains Minnesota one Sounders two.
A good movement here from Minnesota, and Pooky's gonna be the one that's gonna unlock the defense. Usually it's been it's been mood this season. You got to call up to the All Star Game, and he's been the guy that's unlock. But tonight Pooky finding the majority of chances in space and when Minnesota does connect from left to right, they're finding a little bit of space and opportunity slicing the Seattle defense open.
There.
It's a left footed shot from distance, always covered out for a goal. Kick ball goes.
From Fry to Christian Waldon, it flicks it on Well mentioned in years past, Christian Woldon is as good in the air as anybody his size in the league, often a target for Stephan Fry from those goalkicks. Quick throw by Minnesota farst sight the left to Yo Boa and goes Reagan covers his central defensive.
Partner yemol Well goes out for a throwing a yader so.
From the corner flag on the far side. The Minnesota left Sounders got a minute or so of regular time or whatever else the referee adds to defend their lead going into the halftime break, and certainly don't leave us Jackson felt Pete feuing we'll be back to break it all down.
As a result as.
Ball in his hand long thrown coming up and it comes towards the corner of the six headed up by Box.
Solatches up by roll Dar goes over the end line. Gonna be a corner kick for Minnesota.
I don't think you will see the replay of the quick throw in. But an experienced player like Jackson Reagan, now we can call him an experienced player after a couple of years now on that back line, his ability to cover there for Jamar save that play for the salvage.
Pickens Rosas outswinger towards Dias, comes off yepot top of the box, rolls it out to Dotson house the balls to clip it towards the back stick of Goes. Tepias bounces through to the fast side to Rosales, rolls it down, clipped in quickly by Lud collected well.
By Stephan Frye.
He starts to burn off a few more seconds. Five minutes of added time given by the referee.
I don't know we going to stoppage four.
The PK call on VR, but won't recall anytime. The medical staff came on the field five minutes seems a little bit excessive. Sounds that those five minutes to see out. Get in the locker room, take a breath. All goes along, picked up easily by and it's rolled on as from lum first touch. Managed to clean it up. Finds JP rolls at square to New tucked in off that left hand side, saying knights and compact with his two center backs.
Jackson Reagan clips it from center far side the right to Alex, rolled on to his brother Christians able to turn out of pressure, roll into JP. Good possession by the Sounder is just dictating tempo right now as they lead here, quick turn by New.
Past Jean.
Looks it around to Jordan Morris, run into Jordan Morris, goes around Diaz, who tries to get physical.
Isn't he able to keep up with Jordan Morris?
Quick little turn by Jordan Marrice strike well block by box so my Prooky now turns out of pressure, moves forward not long, easily off the chests of Yama. When you make the Sounders first half performance, Brad, especially that back line. They've had a couple of times of transition, but managed to clean.
Things up pretty well.
Yeah, I think the only thing that stressed the backline for the Sounders have actually been those long throw ins. And I questioned Minnesota, why you know you're at home. You want to dictate pace of the game. Get the ball thrown in quick a lah lasc right. Everything is fast, fast and fast, and they put you on a pressure but clearly something that Minnesota has designated in their squad,
much like Kansas City. Did you know a few years back with Beesel and they'd send him all the way up the field every single time the ball went out of bounds, And as a center back, you're thinking, here we go again, another set piece. I gotta be on my game. So yeah, some teams use it, some teams don't. But overall, I think the Sounders tactically and positionally on
the field have been in all the right spaces. Every time the game possession, everyone seems to have at least two options when the ball is at that player's feet. And what I like about this game is the willingness and commitment from players to get forward. They know, especially the Christian rolled on when the ball gets played back to an old bed vargas a JP or an Alex Roldan that put your head down and get him behind and good things are going to happen.
Ball goes down the line, over the unline, he goes good play by new just saw it over the endline. Gave Dots a little nudge. It's gonna be a goalkick for Saunders. Here two and a half minutes to go of five added minutes at the end of this first half. Well, Discount Tire I get thirty percent short to average weight time when you buy a book online at discount tire dot com. Paul Rothrock eleven touches on his first half performance has been quiet compared to on the other side of the.
Field and Alex rolled on forty six touches.
So the ball has certainly been heavily involved on that right hand side.
As here's that man Rothrock is able to win the ball.
Two goals against Minnesota this season already is Paul Rothrock. Three goals against Minnesota for Jordan Morris, including one tonight, so Sounders have scored two goals against Minnesota in each of the three games this season. As he mentioned strong record against Minnesota over the years, winning one loss in MLS play against Minnesota eleven wins regular season thirteen wins overall, one of those being in League's Cup just a couple of weeks ago. One of them, of course, being in.
MLS playoffs when they were two nil down. I managed to win three to two.
Or goes in behind the miscommunication as you'd expect between Pookie and Yuboa, or goes into Stephy.
And Fry remains two one sounders.
That's the story of Minnesota's first half, just not on the same page. And you're asking a lot of two new players to come into this lineup and instantly gel with those around them. Sometimes there's unspoken play within the game that you just have to be aware of. And I actually think you Boa makes the right play there and slipping that ball on behind, But Hooky clearly wants that one to his feet, and I don't really think you Boa looks up to see him. I think he
assumes that Pooky's gonna go in behind. So those things will have to get ironed out, and I'm sure that Ramsey will have a talk with the squad at halftime about how to stay a bit more connected, and the best way to do that is I gotta make eye contact with you throughout the game and then you know that the ball is coming into you. If I tell you to go, I'm gonna point right. Little tiny things that get developed and then and then you don't have
to You can do the off the lookoff pass. You can do you know, the slipped ball in behind without having the points that you throw off the defender. But this Minnesota United team just not enough today in this first half.
Yeah, maybe's Pooki five years ago. It's Norwich who was expect to make that run. Pooky of today maybe likes to sit a little deeper. It see be dangerous in and around the top of the eighteen yo books. Already as John runs down towards the end line, clips over the cross where it goes challenge bray Knew who doesn't take a connection and there's a referees.
We're start to bring this first half to a close, and a good first.
Half for your Sounders. They went up in the eleventh minute offer Jordan Morris goal turn over in the middle of the park, quick transition for the Sounders and a really composed finish by Jordan Morris for his eightieth all competition goal and the first player in Sounder's history to score ten goals.
Or more in five seasons. And then through a.
VR check it was Yoboa on his debut from Minnesota who got Minnesota tied up.
And then it was.
Jackson Reagan delivery from Rosneck from the right and a guided header to the far post to put the Sounders up two goals to one.
Brad your final.
Thoughts, Yeah, a good half from the Sounders, and at this point it's what can the Sounders do in the second half. So Schmetzer will be tactically figuring out with the squad what they need to do. Get in at halftime, regroup, come out, stay strong, defensively and get the results away from home.
Well, don't leave us at halftime.
Good have a breakdown by Jackson Felt Pete Fewing but here at halftime at Alliance Field in Saint paul Is, Minnesota, United one Sounders two.
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Forty five minutes in the books, Step there in Saint Paul at Aleon's Field, and you're Sounders leading Minnesota by a score of two to one goals from Jordan Morris his tenth of the year, eightieth across all competitions, and then the other goal coming in the twenty eighth minute from Jackson reaganwig into both of those in a second.
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I was very frustrated by didn't understand that one. But let's focus on the good. Those two goals Jordan Morris from Christian and obed and then Reagan's header looking very good on the offensive ends so far.
Those were fantastic goals. So let's go in anywhere in the world. I say that every once in a while. But Christian rolled On knew exactly what he was doing with the header that he laid off for obd Obd waited the pass perfectly into the space that Jordan Morris was running into. Jordan had a great first touch, forced Saint Clair to come off his line and then just clipped it by him. You know, talk about a guy in the zone right there, because he's going as fast
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Bow goes up at exactly the same time. Yeah, And I don't know, am.
Was Androti's foot is under your boas and so they give the penalty kick.
I don't know.
The soft pedalty kicks.
It is supposed to be clear and obvious.
Yeah, I would put that under the title of soft pedalty. But as Brad said, if it went our way, I'd say, oh, yeah, that's a bet least.
Well.
The good news is that we're looking good in Minnesota has looked disjointed at a number of occasions.
So forty five minutes to play, but we had the lead.
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Welcome back to the halftime show, Sounders leading Minnesota two to one out there in Saint Paul. This copyrighted audio cast, so Major League Soccer may not be retransmitted, reproduce, or rebroadcast without the express written consent of Major League Soccer. Pee fewing with a lead right now you still have firepower off the bench in case you needed. Things are looking good for the Sounders, but what are your keys to the second half?
Well, I think they got to tighten up a little bit because Minnesota has had a couple of chances. Pooky is dangerous getting in in behind. Ramsey, the coach from Minnesota is going to try to help, you know, connect the dots for the players. You've got two new guys ideas on the field and youbon that have not played together right, and so with any of the players that they're making their debuts. So if he can fix a couple of things, that is going to be the Seattle's detriment.
So the Seattle's got to make sure they don't give anything away. And you know, really where they've been dangerous. Brad talked about it is the throw ins the restarts. So a good stat Ryan just gave me is that Seattle's unbeaten in their last twenty when they're leading at the half. Oh having said that, there's a couple of stats right now that with the thirteen one and two against Minnesota and unbeaten their last twenty, these streaks run
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Welcome back Sounders fans to Alliance Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where the Sounders are leading two goals to warn here after goals by Jordan Morris and Jackson Reagan in the first half.
But the Sounders up, so players get ready to kick off this second half.
We don't expect too many changes coming out a half time. Bran Schmidt so often likes to make his changes. Hello the sixtieth minute, Bob. But we'll see with us open Cup semi funnel coming up on Wednesday. Heavy load this next week for the sound Is three really big games won today. With nine to go games left in MLS play, sound Is currently sitting in seventh position, but they can jump a couple of spots with a win today, it'll be a big three points. It will separate Minnesota and
sound Is by seven points. Four points currently separates the two teams before coming into today's game. But bred as the teams get set for this second half, we'll get the lineups in just a moment. But what are your thoughts for the second half coming out here? What's Brian schmittz ha said to his men?
Yeah, I think I think at halftime he's just gonna say, be more composed on the ball. And what I mean by that is when you have the opportunities to keep it in the opponent's defensive third, use it. Make Minnesota work. Yes, it's eighty five degrees, it's warm, but Minnesota seems disinterested in applying a good hard amount of pressure on the ball.
So as you keep that ball in the defensive third, we know as being in practice, Schmitz Ziggy whoever it was, would oftentimes overload the attack against the defenders and make us just defend and go side to side for fifteen to twenty minutes and how exhausting that is. There's no reason in today's game that the Sounders can't do that. And I was surprised that the fifty to fifty possession stat at the at the halftime whistle. And so for the Sounders that means Schmitz will be saying we need
more possession. Right his key has been sixty percent, So if they can even increase that just a little bit, they're going to be able to turn and mix around that Minnesota defense. But I think the game plan right now is they have Minnesota has a left wing back in Resolves that has ten assists on the year, right, but Christian Rolldon. The best way to nullify a player like that is to be high up the field and
put Minnesota under pressure. So you're not seeing the best out of Resales because you're seeing the commitment from the Sounders on the opposite side to make Minnesota have to defend.
Christian well done thirty one touches on his first half.
There's saw a lot.
Of dynamic play, including Alex Troldon who got four six touches in that first half. As the Sounders get us going for this second half leading two goals to one. Here in Saint Paul, they're attacking the goal to our right in the anniversary Kid of Green Shirts, blue shorts, White Sox quickball into Jordan Morris, took it down well and then taking off his toe by boxel back in the lineup.
Today, ball goes.
Down the line to the foot of your boat. That'll flick around the corner. Well, he's able to separate from Yamar.
Well.
It was the two players that came together for that VR decision where Yamar connected with the back of the leg for your Boa who pulled himself off the deck and then scored the ensuing penalty for his first goal in MLS played. That's gonna be an early fell and free kick for the Sounders and that let's get you those lineups. No changes for either team coming out at halftime.
Stefan Frying goal rolled on Yemar Reagan Nu then Oben Vargus with JP in the middle of the park, Christian Rold on the right, Rosnak Rothrock and then Jordan Morris. Ball finds several all the way to the fast side the left of Rothrock, who was well quite in that first half. Two goals against Minnesota already this season fort Paull Rothrock, his cross deflexof jong for an early sound is ConA.
Kick, but oftentimes Young has been the player that's gotten forward from Minnesota on the opposite side, but not today Rothrock. I think the game plan is from both sides, the four two three one four two three, whatever you want
to call the Sounders formation. If those guys stay high, it forces Minnesota's wing backs to sit back and have to defend, and they've really nullified anything from the wings, which makes you wonder why not against LAFC just a couple of weeks ago, and with the opportunity to advance into a final of League's Cup. I think the Sounders maybe learned their lesson just a little bit. Yes, a different side in Minnesota, but Rothrock not utilized today as much.
But I think positionally has shown that it's caused problems for Minnesota or at least make them think twice about marauding up that side, because like you said, he's got two goals already against Minnesota this year, so someone they have to be.
Aware of high pressed by Minnesota, the clear lines from the corner kick, and now they have possession of test Sounders attacking. They're attacking third of the field picked up by dots and Federal Way Native rolls it out to this near side to Rosales.
You mentioned ten assists on his year so far. The danger in delivery on the left.
Side finds Dotson in the left channel, plows down by rolled on clips it in towards the backs take headed clear by your bar picked up by Shong and.
High and wide.
Go kick Sounders here in the forty eighth minute, Minnesota one, Sounders two, it's.
Better from Minnesota. There you finally saw some interchange of multiple midfielders from Minnesota and Rosales actually coming inside opens up that left channel for Dotson to get in behind. And that's why you sit with the four to two three one for the Sounders is to allow one of your midfielders to get forward. And then three five two you still have an overloader, whatever you want to call it.
Five through two, three five two you have an overload in the midfield, but it doesn't matter without the commitment and movement to unlocked spaces.
Minnesoti night and no changes coming out in their second half. The instintclaring goal a back three of taps boxel and then Debutan ds Jean Lud trapped Dots and Rosales an attack in two of Pookie and then goalscorer year Bo on his debut from Minnesota in MLSS. Lud, with seventeen goal contributions on his year, tries to squeeze it into your bau, rolls through to Stepan Fry, who's going to collect it up.
Deck tearing all yellow tonight Minnesota.
In the dark Navy and black kit attacking.
The goal to our left, so they clipped it towards Jordan.
Morris, who was certainly more involved in the first twenty twenty five minutes of the game than he was against LFC, of course, and it's just spring clear on that giveaway in the middle of the park where the sound was able to retrieve possession, play it through to Morris, who was able to find that space, clip it in to the back of the net for his eightieth or competition and goals.
The bor goes this near sight to Rosales. Overlapping run by Lud.
Rozaras goes passing towards his weaker right foot off Jackson. Reagan's head just came out of concussion protocol back up on his fee years dombly new on your boa, collected boy JP asking for a found nothing given, closed down quickly by the Sounders and to Rosa's left foot blocked by Alex Roll Dawn to Pierce cleans it up. Will Trap quiet in the first half as well. Out to
Jeong square inside to Dotson. Crowd on their feet liking what their team are doing in this early stage is to Jong to the side netting it goes should trying to cut it back your bo's asking that question. Jong took the chance to take a shot from a really tight angle. It's wide of the posts, goal kick Sounders. They remained too one up here in Saint.
Paul Well Sounders putting that pressure on themselves, a JP taking too many touches, expecting a foul to be called there and then a sustained pressure from Minnesota. But that probably happens because will Trap five only left the middle of the field and made an overlapping run around the outside That opened up a little bit of room and
a little slip ball for Joung. And yes, if you smash that ball low and hard across the goal, Stephen Fry is gonna be hard done to try and hold on to that one and your bowl will be upset about. But that's the one that goes in the memory bank for Jong and next time the balls hit low, driven hard across the box. But the Sounders need to get that possession back in order right now. You saw them come out in the first half and they were high
pressing almost every time Minnesota played the ball backwards. Those are opportunities to take that real estate that we talked about. You can't just sit here and defend for the next forty minutes of this game. It's gonna be a tough one, especially with the heat.
And Bran Schmans is certainly like's possession orientated football, whether it's home or away. As Brad mentioned, fifty to fifty on possession. Coming into the second half, long throw by Rosales towards the corner of the six bounces in and around your bowl twice to a site swipe volley over the top eight goes goal Cake soundest. But again, the threat for minutes is coming from these long throws.
Bright Evans, Yeah, these long throws have been hard to handle for the Sounders and it's it is difficult. It's a lofto ball. The last thing you want to do is gets is get turned around or put in an awkward position. The Sounders do okay in that one, but it's about the second balls. If you're not gonna win the first one, you must be looking over your shoulder because that's an opportunity as an attacker to just sneak
in behind. As soon as you focus too much on the ball, it opens up space anywhere in that box. And we've seen that ball bounce around in the box. Sounders have been a bit under pressure.
All goes over the top to Christian, rolled on collected by Saint Claus. So the danger came out, picked it up, rolls it out quickly to box. So as you mentioned, Sounders, I've only lost once to Minnesota in all competitions, regular season.
Play, MLS playoffs.
Where it looked inevitable Minnesota, we're gonna win that game. There were tune up going into the funnel minutes of the game, and then three unanswered goals by the Sounders in front of one man in his memory serves COVID times nobody.
In the stadium.
Spenson eventually put the ball in the back and there for that third goal crush the Sounders into the MLS Cup Final. But here comes Dots and driving forward top of the box. That comes Vargas to defense to your bow inside the box, rolls its square straight by Will Trap I should expect from a defensive central midfield player.
Slices it wide. Goalkick Sounders. It's two one up.
Yeah, good break from Minnesota again. Now you're starting to see Minnesota pick up a little bit of rhythm. Ramsey's up off the bench saying encouraging his players to keep going Dots and now finding some space and opportunity in front of him to use that pace and power. And Will Trap on the top of the box there where he should be, and that one's got to hit a little hard just across the face of goals.
Jordan Morrison behind again picks it up inside the box, rolls it to rock through our good block. Eventually by think it was Young came across. It's gonna be a corner kick for the Sounders. There's sixth corner kick of the game. Will Lady the second of the second half. But good break again by the sound is bowling behind.
Yeah, we're talking about Minnesota, and all of a sudden we see this replay and Jordan's found himself in the box. Within two or three passes, a great ball laid back Rothrock in the right spot, going for that near post. And like you said, Joan, with the last dish effort there that's a great tackle the Sounders with another corner kick. But the service hasn't been there tonight for the Sounders. Looks like they're looking for that near post.
Just want it goes short oil short eron passed by russnet Court all plays off god one of them being Alex troll don It retrieves it eventually it was in square and saw it to Vogus who's challenged by Pooky. All clip down the line Batlet Troll done, cleaned up by teppis a good step by Vargas, comes off Vargas's ankle.
Clears by Tippias. Is gonna be a thrown from Minnesota.
And no one was ready there for the Sounders, like you said, everyone anticipating that ball to be swung in the box. And Rusnak at the last second plays that one. Aaron pass lay back and instead of an opportunity and putting Daint Saint Clair under some pressure with good service. Now the Sounders find themself giving away a throw in, and Minnesota allowed to retain possession and continue to apply pressure.
That comes Yevo in the middle of the park, his dots and rolls it out to this near so they left to Pooky. I'll try and get half an yacht of space, weak shot, deflection corner kick four Minnesota.
Pooky again, try to find that far corner, try to guide the ball into the back of the net, takes a deflection. It's gonna be a second corner kick in the game from Minnesota.
Yeah, you see who knew who they're on that replay, just lifting his hands up, trying to encourage the Sounders players to wake up just a little bit. They come out a little bit sleepy, thinking that they were just gonna run through. Anytime you've ever been in a game like this where it seems like you're cruising in the first half, the other team obviously has played poor and that's the first half was not up to Minnesota standards or Ramsey standards for his squad, and he definitely had
some words at halftime. It looks like an awake inside.
Grizalez En swinging with his left foot headed Cleary knew good, strong, powerful, defensive head of finds Jong clipped him by dots and towards the back post.
Chushion headed down, but I think it was trap or bounces around. Eventually the referee looks at the assistant referee in the far side.
His flag went up. It's gonna be off side call for the Sounders. Free kick for the men in green as they continue to lead. Here in the fifty sixth minute, two goals to one against Minnesota United, who quickly goes into Rothrocks skips through Richards Sinclair and I'd love to see the stat Sounders going up aren't beating the last twenty games went up at halftime, certainly as stat the
Sounders feel good about coming to the second half. But I'd love to see the stat on how many times two players have scored in three back to back games against the same opponent. Lawrence has scored in the last three games this year, scored three goals, scored two. Chipowl goes in behind, comes in, flips over the top back of there. It goes out of nothing, you part find some space in behind the back four and it was a cool finish click teat over the top of fry back of that.
It goes.
It's a dream start for the new signing you Boa two Jo.
It's sleepy defending from the Sounders as they fell asleep. They try to play a quick on one end behind a Paul rothrock keeper ends up with the ball and within two or three passes, Yo Bola finds himself in behind. Yamar's caught on the wrong side of your Bola. There there's so much room in behind. It's a slipball from Donson finds its way to Geong, I think, and it's
just a little slip pass in behind it. Yamar. Yes he's athletic, Yes he's strong, but on any day an attacker can use your own weight against you and turn you around. And I'm not sure why this. As a center back, you just don't overplay that and keep all the attackers in front of you because you know that that space is free and behind your bowl with an absolute class finish on that one with the left foot.
He took the PK with the right foot, and that finished with the left dinked up and over and Minnesota find himself back in this game. The crowd is awake, and we talked about the Sounders sleepy coming out in this first eleven minutes and they'll have to find some rhythm and a way back into this one. And I think it's gonna have to be with sharing the ball a little bit more. It's been so right side dominant. Yes, it worked, but at some point you're gonna have to
get the opposite side involved. As Minnesota just creeps in behind once again with Rosales coming up and left flank.
It comes tries to find you both looking for his hat trick now, of course on his debut four Minnesota recent signing from Genoa, nudging it back on knew who knew?
Who goes down easily use.
ALA's experience, just waits for the contact, goes down free kick for the Sounders. And as the Sounders get set for that free kick, let's get you the bench for the Sounders because Brian Schmitzer the Shaws start looking.
Down his bench.
Leo chu Atensio, Jonathan Bell, Andrew Thomas of coursing the goal, Lava Mussovski, Ruy Diaz, Reedbaker Whiting, and then Pedro de la Vega.
And as we call up, I lift my eyes and there's jp substitution been made.
Josh A Tensio on the field to play along sid Obert Voggs. We talked about JP looking little maybe heavy legged.
Potentially just in this game.
Yeah, he looks a little bit sluggish today away from home, and you think, you know, you go and play on turf in hot weather and you're gonna feel sluggish when you come to a great stadium with great grass and for some reason just not not able to find his legs in this one and be the typical jab polo that we've seen in the past. And you know, a good decision by by Schmtz. Wants to field a strong lineup next Wednesday and with jap were the first half
like that. He knows now Minnesota starts to that second half, he's gonna need some some legs to cover ground and Utensio can be that guy.
Shit Polls in play is a little substitution and board goes up. Sino Puki comes off the field four goals in his campaign, just coming back from.
Some injuries this year.
It's a very.
Successful career in England before coming over here and then long Juarne.
Scored a goal against San Jose in their last regular season game. He's going to come on the field seven goals on his campaign. So you've got your Bo with two goals on his debut on the field, and you've got long Warning now coming off the bench, and we'll see if there'll be a slight tweak to the formation. Long Warning typically likes to play a little bit deeper than Pooki's. The ball goes over the top, good defending by Boxels able to find his bearings, heads.
The ball clear. We'll loose on the pass by Daz picked up by.
Substitute Josh Atensia. But let me ask you, obviously Brian has got options off the bench. She could have potentially brought on a more attacking player dropped in Albert Rosneck. But I think he maybe sees some vulnerabilities in the middle of the park. With Minnesota now tail up getting back into this game, they need some solid play by a player like Well.
All of a sudden, Minnesota's center of the park decided that they wanted to move and shift and shake. It was easy in the first half for every midfielder for the Sounders to be able to cover that ground because Minnesota was pretty stagnant. Right We talked about it when we went to the restroom. Was will Trap seemed non existent in that first half, not leaving the center of
the pitch. But then all of a sudden, you come out in the second half and they're moving, getting out wide, making runs as you see here, and that can cause problems for the Sounder. So you need something to cover that middle of the park.
There's Lood just drop of the shoulder, drives forwards inside the bot or defended by Knew.
Who where was that.
Man Will Trapp who supported Jong down the right inside then closed the ball down. Look from Minnesota again, sound is now looking a little heavy leg. We thought they looked fresh in that first half, but now just backs against the wall defending in their half, defensive half of the field of Minnesota have some time and space on the far side of the right. Look to Jong goes down by Knew, comes off New over the end line. Will be a third corner kick four Minnesota. As Knew, who just goes down?
We got hit?
Why doesn't want to get hit? It takes a second to take a breath.
Well, I think as Minnesota starts to push forward, the Sounders are gonna have to. Like we said in the first half, they're pinning back Minnesota's wing backs, and so far in this second half, the inability to get in behind, and when we do hit the ball in behind, it's it's not hit, it's not overhit. It doesn't give the sound or any Sounder attacker an opportunity to get forward. I think that offensive sub is coming in the next next five to ten minutes.
Corner kick boy minnesota'a whipped in right on top of a step fro and Fright does well, punches up in the air, Jackson, Reagan misses the header, Diaz doesn't almost finds Lud who's swung of the ball cleared by atensire, picked up by Will Trapp fast side the right again as rosales to Lud pros to roll it down at ten to he clears the ball, could have maybe let it go over the end line. It clears his lines as Young heads it back to Saint Clair.
Then she just about gets there as rothwalks sprints all the way through trying to close the ball down.
Quick distribution by Sinclair in the Minnesota goal and here come Minnesota. You know it you again in transition to long one, He's substitute seven goals on the air for that man pulled by Jackson, reg and good closing down Jackson Reagan wins it helped by Knew and intensia pulled back.
By Rosalees soon.
Now I was gonna get back in position after taking that corner kick in the sixty third minute Minnesota two, Sounders two.
It's a great piece of defending from Jackson Reagan there just pulled out a position that's the last place you want to be as a center back. It's pulled wide against a fast player. Does such a great job of grabbing the jersey initially and then letting go right. You establish that dominance and then you don't let him turn down the line. You get a little poking and the Sounders fortunate to get out of that situation. Now it's about maintaining possession and finding these spots on the field.
Bruce Knack finally getting on the ball in the middle of the pitch, but he's got to be more mobile. You saw Minnesota come out and the midfielders be more mobile. Sounders midfield has to move now. Minnesota's de especially in their own defensive third.
It comes rothrow a little quiet in that first half, clips it in, ball comes to Christian walland good first such good strike blocked picked up by long Arne wal.
Don came back to try to win the ball off Lert foul and the sound is number seven.
It's gonna be a free kick for Minnesota, but could play by Christian roll done.
Good technique brings it down, good strike. As we looked down.
Here at Dela Vega getting ready to come on, he was an inevitable substitution.
Brad rothrow a little quiet today's game. I talked to him in the week.
He was excited about the season he's had so far, but knows that he wanted to kick on play a little bit better.
Maybe in some of these big games.
And now Dela Vega comes on the field and see what he can do well.
He should be excited about the way he's played this year. You're always gonna have ups and downs. You get the off player like Christian Benteke is seventeen goals, right, You're gonna have a killer year. But for a guy to come up off the bench and be an impact player for a good Sounder squad has said a lot about Paul Rothrock. Now it's about consistency and how you can rebound.
There's a lot of.
Stepover blood buy out rolled on good defending by the Sounders, Roy Becasus Christian and she made the block. But ye Boa looks like a lively character, certainly, two goals in his game so far, his first start from Minnesota and MLS.
Looking for his hat trick.
Teps picks it up left side, plays it back out to Rossale.
There's no pressure on the balls, able to whip a ball.
In comes off the head of Christian Rolldon rolls over the end line for another Minnesota corner kick.
Well, the question now is going to be how Pedro de la Vega fits into this game. He's got ample time right twenty five minutes to really find himself in this one. It's not a situation in the past where yes he started a couple of games and had to come off, but you never really want to come into a game with ten minutes left because that's not the
real tempo and pace of a game. He'll have an opportun t unity here with Tie to make his impact on that left hand side, and how he combines with Jordan starts to build that relationship.
Rozalez left side outs on his left foot, whip ten towards the back stick headed clear by.
Alex roll Don.
It's gonna roll over the far side for a throw in four Minnesota. It's gonna be a substitution for Minnesota.
Will Trapp a little more lively in the second half, is gonna come off the field to be.
Carlos Harvey number sixty seven, who's gonna come.
On and we'll see if that's gonna be a lightful like switch past on the way minnesotaill come out the second half. Most likely is.
What I think Ramsey at halftime probably asks the team like do you want to play or do you not want to play? And that's the bump that you saw. If you don't want to play, I'll just take you off the field. And he's not afraid to make those changes. You don't often see your number six get subbed in the sixty fifth minute. A lot of tired legs out there from Minnesota coming off of a long, a long layaway. What a much better Minnesota side coming out in the
second half. The Sounders looking to match it as Pedro gets his first couple touches on the ball, but.
Jadella Vega looking shop already built out of some pressure in.
The defensive third of the field.
And now switch to the point of attext this NI sight they're right with Alex Roldan striding forward, ball goes into question roll done stride for stride r resolvez. He's closing it down, isn't able to retain possession. The pressure by the Minnesota left outside player forces the bullock rolled on throwing.
Four Minnesota and this NI side the left.
Well, you hope with Pedro's introduction to this game it allows the Sounders to not be so one sided in this one. He's a player that's gonna demand the ball and if not, he's gonna go find the ball as best he can. Roth Rock is a bit more. He's gonna play a bit more positionally when Schmeetz asks him too, and that'll be important for Pedrol de Lvega to come inside and come find the ball and start to create for the Sounders in the attacking third it comes.
Minnesota in transition had lots of the Baalderness attacking.
Half of the field with the Rossales on this near side.
Tucked him from that left hand side, finds Harvey substitution.
Substitute playing in the middle of the park.
Lightful like switch for world trap emlist veteran off the field now with Dotson and Boxel.
It's lung wanna.
To Harvey.
Minnesota able to build some possession, sound as chasing shadows right now, Delvega little munching the back's getting an easy free kick for the referee standing ten yards away, just right of center, twenty five yards from goal.
Chance now for Minnesota to test Stefan frying the.
Sound as God, that's the one As a defender, you have to get goalside if you're gonna if you're gonna tuck in pedroal de l Vega's late there to tuck inside. Monguane does the right thing. Turns into pressure. You always feel any type of pressure and you have control the ball, possibly take a touch forward, you just go down. It's going to be a free kick every time. But Minnesota with some sustained pressure now causing problems for the Sounders.
There's Joseph Rossal's left foot ten asists on his year, hasn't scored yet.
This would not be the time to get off the mark.
Twenty five yards or so, a little bit further from Seth and Fry's gold is right of center with his left foot, comes up, strikes it right into the wall, bounces off New who finds box that flips it outside.
Good challenge by.
New who goes over the end line from that block, going to be a corner kick again for Minnesota.
Good sustained pressure in this.
First twenty minutes or so of the second half for Minnesota. Then Tonight's match is presented by on Quart Bank, the official banking partner of Seattle Sounders FC. On Quart Bank Together for the better. Now the Sounders have to be together here defending this corner kick. The Resours can put in really good delivery. Go short this time to Lud lays it off to ras Ours better angle now eighteen yards from the end line.
Whips it in towards the fast.
Stick collected by Fry just bobbles it once collects it on the second chance.
I'd like to make mention and congratulations.
To Stephan Fry his four hundredth MLS start tonight, the sixth player and MLS history with four hundred regular season starts, so continues to influence not just this team but the league one hundred and twelve clean sheets in regular season play.
Or goes back to Alex Roldan.
Can the Sounders continue their remarkable form and number of results against Minnesota. As we mentioned the first if one lost two Minnesota in MLS play since Minnesota came into the league.
All flicks four by a ten. He wins.
The ball bounces around khn't be collected by Rosneck cleared up to two gold Menu Boa rolls it out to the look. There's nearsight the left right in front of Brian Schmittz are on his feet now trying to urge his team to step up a gear. It's been much of Minnesota in the second half, Sounds dominating first half proceedings, Minnesota getting the equal lines are in this second half off for you, Boa as they build through the back. The sound as FC socket is presented by Provident, Swedish
official healthcare partner of Sounders FC. It's got Ral Rudiez of course on the bench. It feels all the Sounders just need to find something to turn this game.
Brad. Yeah, Well look, look, I think if you're a center back or any of the outside backs with a Sounders you're begging your front six to just keep the ball and keep sustained pressure because you've been defending for
twenty minutes now. It seems pretty consistently and not just defending in a way that you're having to sprint, but you're blocking shots, and then you have to defend for a corner and then you lose the ball, and then all of a sudden, you find yourself as a center back with the ball and you're so tired that you don't make the right decision and then you have to defend again. So the front six have to take onus and put their foot on the ball in the attacking
third and knock the ball around. Yes, you're gonna have to find your center backs every so often, but if I'm an attacker, I'm thinking these guys have just.
Been under pressure.
Let me give them a break by US six keeping the ball against an average Minnesota side, right, And that's what has to happen for the Sounders to at least close this one out finish at one to one, because this one could get ugly as this game goes on and Minnesota picks up the ball in the Sounders defensive third. As a center back, I'm screaming, guys, just keep the ball for five minutes. Just give me a little bit of a breath and let me find my way into this game.
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That was for tips Aaron elbow pull goes long, easy to deal with for Minnesota two with those big boys of the beck. So the betcher from the sounder is keep the ball in the deck, rolls it out to his nissidey're right with Christian rolled on missus Ross flicks it into a tent sho strikes and speculatively goes off balance, goes over the top goal kick. Aaron Saint Paul Minnesota two sounder is two bright Evans.
Yeah, you can see Vargas upset there. The Sounders are in that right position that we just talked about to maintain possession on top of Minnesota's eighteen and just move them around a little bit and wait for that chill a pass to open up, much like Minnesota did on their break. But Tensio, trying to shot from distance, initially
shaped his body. With Jordan Moore sitting at the far post, I thought he was going to just click that ball into the far post and allow Jordan to get something on the end of it, because as a center back, that's the last thing you want to be turned around facing your own goal with an attacker on your left. I mean, yes, Sounders might get a corner kick out of that. It might be a drop ball on top of the eighteen instead of goes out for a Minnesota goal kick.
Change from Minnesota off goes Sam Ben Jeong be'n act him on that right hand side and comes DJ Taylor signed in February of twenty twenty one. Came out of the USL, so good story there, found himself to be a squad player, now is.
Becoming a contributes.
The ball gets driven forward by Atensio, Boat mounts around clip by Dotson, and it was Rusneck and Dela Vega just hanging out on the back post.
Ball didn't come to them.
Morris made the run towards the front post, couldn't connect.
It's gonna be a corner kick, but chance for the Sounders.
That's why you bring on fresh legs and a young player in this heat, just like Josh Atencio on look at this, he just pushes past and slips this run across the six and sounds just in all the wrong positions there, Jordanova ran it, and then you got Rusnak and de la Vega sitting in the same spot on the back of the sixth one's got to make a darting run and lose their defender.
Step over by de la vega left foot.
Now clips it in, headed forward by Reagan, collected in the box by Yama, back to Alex rolled on to attention this time does clip it in evades Boxel finds Rosnick top of the box. De la Vega to his left, doesn't find and goes to his.
Right foot strikes it. What a goal.
Great finish by Rosnick, as to his assist from the game with a goal from twenty five yards, drops his shoulder and then it rips a shot into the boxom corners put the Sounders.
Up three goals to two.
I don't want to say we know what we're talking about, but in that case, we know what we're talking about.
That just good patience by the Sounders. Balls swung in and Yemar does all the right things and maintaining possession drops the ball back to Alex rolled on and then it's that it's the weight of the pass from Alex rolled On to find Nitensio and it's the first time clips him ball to the far post and all of a sudden, Yes, you're under pressure there, and I think it's Boxel that has to head that ball on the top of the eighteen and Rusnak makes good work of
lud loses his footing and then he just smashed that ball near post because you know, Dane Saint Clair thinks it's going far post, curled comes across camp and see it hits off the post and finds the back of the net. Sounder's up three to two, and that's what you have to do, sustain pressure in the attacking half put in Minnesota in positions where they have to actually defend and win those second balls. Well done by the Sounders.
Good defense, I've headed by Yeahmo just cushions it back to Stephan Fry. Now the Sounders have another lead to protect. Ten of the last fourteen games the Sounders have played in all competitions, they've scored two or more goals. Tonight they've scored three goals. So Sounders didn't start the season in particular great goal scoring form, but they've certainly found
in the last couple of months threat going forward. In a variety of players Jordan Morris, Reagan, Rozneck today and you've still got Roal Ridiez to bring off the bench if you knite need him. Sounders leading three goals to two seventy six minutes gone here in Saint Paul got to lead to protect the minnesotao' got to continue to push.
They've looked lively in the second half.
Sounders have absorbed most of the pressure that loose by that goalscorer. Rusnak on the touch picked up by Dots and the middle of the park, flicks it to the middle to long Warni rolls it out to the far side the right to substitute Taylor.
Good challenge by Knew right from the assistant or referee, a little laid.
By tailor on the challenge, but no foul given as they pick it up, throating quickly to Minnesota on the far side. They're right dominated possession of sixty percent in the second half, but the Sounders have done what they do well as an away team. They've absorbed some pressure, given up a disappointing goal, but have rebounded shown resilience now and as they face adversely, the Sounders have found a way to get back in this game, and they
lead stripe by Harvey ricochets of Atensio. We've been lively in the middle of the park, adding it a little bit of fresh energy as the Sounders now with Deleva.
The ball gets cleared, Dela Vega is gonna chase it down. It's rolled back to Saint Clair.
But this copyrighted audio casts of Major League Soccer may not be retransmitted, reproduced, or rebroadcast without the express written consent of Major League Soccer. Minnesota have it in the back, sound As happy just to drop their line of confrontation to the halfway line when Minnesota come at them, as they it's such a retreat. Ball goes down line too easily to look towards the end Line's left foot clips it in, comes off.
Long Ronnie.
To Harvey to Taylor.
Sounders holding just inside their eighteen yard box, dots and fed away. Native rolls it out to the far side to substitute Taylor, rolls it towards the end line too, dots and clips it in a good headed clearance by Alex, rolled on high and away.
Then she knew who rolls it out to Delavega. Here come the Sounds. In transition, Jordan Marri's making a powerful run down the middle.
Here he comes, he's in behind, He's got a chance to finny second all the night clips a good saved by Saint Clair.
Followed by Dela Vega.
Top of the Bucks find space, good save again, get to Tensio, gether he cod the clarence by bok Soil comes off of Tensio.
The Sounders had a chance from Jordan Morris.
Then Dela Vega couldn't get the fourth goal for you see Josh Tensio on the deck with box silver Brad Evans. Really good chance, really good play in transition.
To look at this breakaway and this is where Pedro de Lavega finds his spot. As that ball turns over, he fades wide and finds Jordan behind him. Just takes a little bit of a mistouch. I'm not sure why I didn't round the keeper on that play. Ball falls to Pedro de la Vega. He could have taken a touch around there. As you see in Saint Clair goes
to ground a bit early. Pedro takes the touch, loses the keeper, but somehow Dan Saint Clair gets a hand on and then it's the follow up from Atensio commits the foul and Saint Clair you can see fired up on that one. And now I want to put this one to bed for the Sounders in Minnesota, and that's gonna be on here as Minnesota starts to push forward. That's why Pedro de la Vega's on the field. He has a knack for finding those spaces as Minnesota's defenders
start to vacate outlide and tuck inside. He's a savvy enough player to know that player tucks in. I know that there's space on the outside, especially playing against three in the back.
It comes load with his cultured left foot driving forward top of the box, almost surveys the Sounders back line. They managed to hook it clear.
But Sound as fans.
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time just to burn off some more valuable seconds. We get here in the eightieth minute, Sounds leading against Minnesota be a big win coming back into MLS regular season play.
Nine games to go in this season, sound as if had good form coming in to this game, had a good running League's Cup, and in the last twelve games and so on, eve been two losses, both being LAFC both the score of three goals, and ill will be the Sounders who have a chance to redeem themselves in midweek in the semi finals of the US Open Cup.
As we look at the maximum speed in this one, Jordan Morris twenty two point two miles per hour. He's gotten in a number of times in behind, and there's no one from that back line of Minnesota in that top six or seven, so opportunities is this one gets into the last ten minutes to know, yeah, Jordan's got some tired legs, but turn it on right, You're gonna
have that speed every single time getting in behind. And Christian Wildon and that previous played is such a good job of getting in between the ball and the player. Something that I'd like to see more from Jordan is that ability to just keep that ball in and back in and win the foul. You don't have to stay on your feet if you feel any pressure, like Freddie Montero, like a raw wol, you have control.
Dela Vega. Instringer finds the head of Jordan Morrice. Bryan's is out. Well. You know he's been working on these and it's heading in the last two or three years. This time it goes win. It's gonna be a goalkick four.
Minnesota in Saint Clair, Brian Schmidz, who patrols his technical area, he's second minute here in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They were hoping for a fresh start players coming back new signings.
It's gonna take some time to about those players in.
But one player that's certainly not taken any time to get betted in is your Boa. Two goals in his game so far for his MLS debut, his debut four Minnesota United.
It's like a good acquisition.
Yeah.
Look, I think from Yo Boa, he's obviously just obsure number nine. He's not gonna be that link up player. Looks like from Minnesota, they're not going to look to try and build through him. He's gonna be the final product on every occasion. And he's got speed, he's got paid,
he's got power. Now the question is you have the celebration where you're sipping tea, but can you make it less about yourself and more about your team, then Minnesota's gonna find success, right But they've shown tonight, Yeah, they got the ability to put teams under pressure, whether that's with long throw ins or that little slit ball where he catches Jamark just a little off kilter. They have
a little bit of promise. But I think it was a slow start in the first half that allowed the Sounders to kind of take advantage, and without that, I think Minnesota may have the advantage tonight, but it was to Minnesota's own demise in that first st half. Still with ten plus minutes to play in this one, but they'll be kicking themselves in the foot if they get out of here with zero points.
Tepius has the ball, does Nissan switch to his left foot all the way to the Foma soon it to Taylor brings it down well back to Dutson, closed down by Rosnik. Eleven men behind the ball for the Sounders
in that defensive third of the field doing that defensive work. Now, try to protect Stephen Fry on his four hundred mls start, Can he get a winner on this important day for the Sounders goalkeeper ball gets whipped across the rossales this near side strikes a good block by roll Don finds a fit of tapeas Sounders holding top of that box strike.
Speculative strike by Minnesota. I think it was Taylor.
Sounders will say that all day long. Minnesota United two Sounders three. As we see a couple more changes for the men in green.
Yeah, I think for the Sounders as a center back right, both of us, we're going to be so excited when a player takes a shot from forty yards hoping that it's going to go in, especially after such good sustained pressure. The ball gets slipped inside the eighteen and then all of a sudden it gets circulated and you want to take a shot from forty yards. Stephan Frill put his hand up and say we'll take that all day. You got a couple subs here and read Baker, Whiting and
Rollridiaz coming on the field, fresh legs. Give it ten minutes, I think.
So you think Christian well done, Let's get go.
So Oben Vagas comes off Roznet comes off, so leaving a bit of a void in the middle of the park. Pedro de la Vega most likely will come inside to the ten read Baker wanting comes on the field, probably.
Play on the left and they got Raoul.
We could also play in behind Jordan Marts, but it looks at Jordan shifted to this right hend.
Sorry, Jordan wide and Read wide most likely, and let Pedro kind of patrol that number ten spot and see if they can build a little bit of a relationship here. You need that speed on the wings right now. The last thing you want to do is tired legs on
the outside. You have to negate the overload from Minnesota, and Jordan has put in some work tonight and now he's got to continue to put his head down the last round of subs for the Sounders, so we'll have to close this one out on the right hand side. But there's no reason why he can't ask Pedro and in five minutes as he gets tired, to play out wide and give him help and some support so they can be a little bit savvy on the field.
And is defending well so far leading here in the eighty fifth minute, three goals to two, we'll get shifted from center that's near side the left to long Wanne rolls it into Rosales to Harvey tries to find the foot of loading, made a little running behind Alex Roldan sound has cut it out, come away with it with the Sounders right back. We'll tug on the shirt by lud advantage given by the referee Christian roll. Dan's now shifted into the center of the park to play alongside a ten co.
So just a couple of sub It's a lot.
Of changes across the park now in terms of positions and personnel.
We'll kind of outline that one more time in a second as a Minnesota build out.
But it's one of those questions, right, you bring on they're winning three goals to two, You bring on two subs, and you've changed albeit six or seven positions.
Yeah.
Look, it's a tough one tactically, but it's not something the Sounders are unaccustomed to. At this point in the season. You've got to be willing to play other positions on the field. Very rarely do you have yes center backs play center back number six usually number six and a number nine. Rowell's never gonna play anywhere else except maybe a number ten. But everyone on this Sounders roster is built to play in multiple positions. Jordan's played on the wing,
Reads plays as a right and left back. Christian obviously started as a number six, so they are familiar with those positions. And now for Schmitz, it's who's going to be my freshest I can get on the field to close this game out. Clog up the midfield, make them play outside and try to force the ball down. Knew whose side I think is going to be key as Jordan looks a little bit gassed in this one.
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Twenty five yards or so from the end line.
Good chance for Minnesota now to put some good delivery and Sounders holding. It's about fourteen yards or so from Stephen Fry's goal. Minnesota attack of the goal to our left, Paul gets whipped him by the left foot.
Punch clear well by Fry.
Good punch by the Sounder's goalkeeper comes out center to Tailor whips it.
In to Rosales again. On this near sight closed down well.
By Rail, Roudier just wriggles out of pressure as Rosales loll want two inside the box.
Close down by Yemar. Combination of Sounders players just battling for the balls. Yemar goes to the deck.
Referee gives the foul, just what the Sounders won. Eighty eight minutes gone, Sounders lead three goals to.
Two grand Evans.
Good good pressure from Minnesota, ever better defending from the Sounders. At any point a Sounders defender could go down to ground there and that's what Rosales is looking for. Any chance to just take a little bit of contact. And Yevar does everything well here unfortunately gain the foul. But you look at a player like Rosales and how a player like that would fit into the Sounders, And are they begging for someone like that that can get up and down that left hand wing and just go and attack.
Ten assists on the year, and you just ask yourself if the Sounders had this, if the Sounders had that. But he's a quality player given any inch there. He's just looking for a little bit of contact here.
If results hold, Sounders, of course been in the first game of the weekend. Sounders now jumped to fifth position with forty points. If the Sounders can see out these final minutes we get so over a minute of regular.
Time, we'll see what the referee adds so on. He added five.
Minutes in that first half for a VR calls, so they're real delays to speak of in the second half.
So we'll just see what Refrey Gonzale's junior adds on.
Sounders drop into their defensive half of the field, just that block things out, simple ble into lud almost finds your bow again. It almost became too easy for the Sounders as they dropped down into a low block.
Louder was able to turn. Almost found your ba again in behind the bat four. But the sound has come away.
That ball goes into Rudiaz collected well by Rudiaz looks for a little.
Pop shot over Sinclair, puls it down, rolls it out to Mars.
You knew that Rudiez was always looking for that one. Anytime Raoul picks up the bar at Halffield, you gotta assume that he's gonna take a shot. At dayten, player are doing everything you can to sit on top of the six, but well, don my role regained possession. The smart play there and the Sounders get to kill a couple of minutes.
Off of this clock. Well. Next up, as we've mentioned throughout the broadcast, the Sounders are up against LAFC for the US Open Cup.
Semi Final on Wednesday August twenty eight to seven thirty pm Pacific at Starfire Sports Complex. Watch the match for the MLS Season pass on the Apple TV app and listen on nine to fifty KGr AM. The Provident Swedish pre match show with Jackson Feltz starts at seven pm, four minutes of added time for the Sounders to see this one out.
They lead three goals to two here in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Since two thousand and nine, Sounders stand on top of all MLS teams in terms of road wins.
Then they add another one.
To push themselves up the Western Conference table. Nine games to play, including this one of.
The MLS regular season.
They go to Pauland next week for a Cascadia showdown between their arch rival, and then they'll face Pauland again on the last game of the season, decision Day, hopefully Sounders will be battling for the very top spot. At that point, it all gets headed clear by Taylor read Baker waiting on the field, playing on the left hand side, just challenging the ball, holding onto lud who wriggles out of pressure, roll out to Rossales on this near side, comes in off that left hand side, rolls into your.
Bow a little step over, almost caught out, yea, Mark felt like them. I just kind of went to sleep for a split second.
Then, I mean the recovery from Alex willd on there to know that if Yamar does step out, you have to pressure, cover, balance, and Alex does the perfect move there in covering and balancing out what came a back three.
There comes a long one and strikes the ball comfortably into the hands of Stephen Frisy falls to the grass. It's going to burn off some more valuable seconds. We get here close to the two minute mark of four added time minutes by the referee, Sounders leading three goals to two. Be a happy Sounders group singing jingle bells in the locker room if they can see this one out. Brone Schmitzer decided to change things up a little bit. Traveled yesterday to Minnesota.
So far, so good for the men in Green.
Absorbs some pressure coming out the second half by Minnesota dominated much of the first after the Sounders.
And again some of those main players Morris, Bragan Rosnek scored in this game.
Can they continue this remarkable run against Minnesota? Are losing one game in MLS play as Tensio those fresh legs wriggles clear of Taylor goes down to the deck free kick for the Sounders minute thirty left.
Well, anything will do for the Sounders at this point when you see it in normal circumstances, sound are going to retain possession in their defensive third player back to stuff and try to build out. And at this point it's how do we get the ball into the corners and make sure that we force Minnesota to play in their own defensive third. Yes, you have to apply pressure. You can't just chase like a chicken with your head cut off. And has to be smart. It's got to
be tactical. And this is fine from Ragan all the way into the corner, goes out for a goalkick. But that's the ball that you want into the Appointance's defensive third.
Goal cake four minuteso to minute to go here in Saint Paul to be disappointing loss for Eric Ramsey.
He was feeling excited about.
Getting his players back on the field, getting a healthy squad, new additions in the summer transfer window. Sounders have not done that, but it shows again the Sounders have an incredibly strong squad.
Here comes rudiez out to Jordan Morris towards the end that he can go?
Can he go?
In the corner?
Mat burn Off these final seconds comes back to Alex Roldan Sounds can hold the ball in his right hand side see this game out. Christian roll Don gets nudge in the back, sits in a referee standing two yards away, puts his flag up in the air and Brad Evans that might just be that.
Yeah, that should do it tonight. And that's the play you wanted right there. You're running away from goal, any type pressure, you take a touch, feel anyone behind you, and then you just hit the ground and that's the game.
And as a referee whistle doesn't even allow the free kick to happen.
Bang on four minutes the referees whistle goes.
To bring this game to an end. And what a good win it is for the Sounders going into Minnesota again getting a vital win continue their great run against their Western Conference rivals.
It was goals by Jordan Morris, his eightieth all competition goal, standing on.
His own, just behind ral Rudiez now surpassing Freddy Montero. Jackson Reagan gets his second MLS goal of the year, his third of the season added into a League's Cup goal, and then right at the end, it was a wonderful strike by Roznek in the bottom corner that sealed all three points for the Sounders.
Bred Evans your final.
Thoughts, Yeah, it's the best way to bounce back from a disappointing loss at home against LAFC in the League's Cup and to come in the minute with that road warrior mentality is what the Sounders are all about and that record away from home, like you said, is something that you gotta tip your hat to. Hats off to Stephan Fry four hundred games, a massive accomplishment, Jordan Morris eighty goals in all competitions. A great night for the Sounders.
And again Albert Rusnak with another strong performance player of the match deemed by Apple TV with a goal in and assist and well deserved. And so I think I think tonight everything went well for the Sounders. Yeah, you gave up a soft pek. That's one for me that you let go. I don't even think they'll take a second look at it. And obviously you're gonna give up chances against MLS sides. This isn't achieve us USA where you can win every game four or five, six, nothing.
It's a decent Minnesota side. So the Sounders. Fantastic result of get back on the horse on Wednesday night face LAFC in an Open Cup semi final at Starfire and that'll be one to watch well thanks to.
Mit schell blike Keeley Dunning of course the Sounders legend Brad Evans. We'll see you back here on Wednesday night when we will be at Starfire Sports for the US Open Cup semifinal between your Sounders and LAFC.
What a night that will be.
But for now we'll take a short break. Jackson Felt Pete Fewing. We'll be back to break it all down from Aleance Field.
In Saint Paul. It finishes minnesotnois to two Sounders three.
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Wow, it's a great resumption of MLS action for your Seattle Sounders. A road win jingle bells to come out there in Saint Paul as Sounders have defeated Minnesota United a final score of three to two. Here tonight A lot to break down here over the next half hour. Jackson Feltz pee Fewing here for the postmatch show. We'll mention that tonight's match has been presented by Umquabank, the official banking partner of Seattle Sounders FZ umquad Bank together
for better all right, p Fewing Listen. That was a game where Sounders scored early, Minnesota got back to make it one to one. Sounders scored again and they went into the half two to one leading. Minnesota scored early in the second half to make.
It two to two.
Albert Rusnack eventually finds the winner in the seventy fifth and we come away with a three to two win. What are your instant opening reactions to this one?
Three tremendous goals. That's the quality of those finishes, every single one of them. I don't know that we've had a game where we've had that kind of quality on the finishing. Sometimes you get a little lucky and you earn your luck, so you never want to take that away.
But I'll tell you what. The ball to Jordan Morris from Obed, the ball to the ball from Christian to Obed, Obed to Jordan, Jordan's first touch and then running full speed the wherewithal the composure just to clip it up and over Saint Clair and then the ball to the back post. It was like an alley oop right Albert, and I think it was one that Albert saw Reagan at the back post, and Reagan was standing there saying hit it to me. I saw this once with Messi
and Tierrynrie at loom and Field with Century Lincoln. They kind of looked at each other like should we do it? And and so Messi played it. Tierry and Ree got up smashed the header. But that was such a great ball from Albert and it was such a great header from Jackson Reagan just you know, we always want him to be the next Chad Marshall. That was Chad Marshall, like it was so composed. He knew exactly where I
wanted to go. And then Albert rusnik Hey, he got it, and Brad Evans said it that he got it, and or Danny did that. I think Sinclair thought he was going to go to his left and try to bend it in like Alex roll Don did against the Galaxy, and instead he just he just spanked that thing to the near post. He just smashed it really hard and low and it was off his foot and into the back of the net before Saint Clair really could get a look at it. So three great goals and to
come back. You know each time, right you're on the road, you get the lead, you give up the lead, you get the lead, you give it up again. Now you're tied, and to have the wherewithal to stick with it. That was a great team win. And as you said, we're back to MLS play and what a great way to jump up the table.
It's a great way to break down each of those three goals, and I do want to take it might even take like a segment to try to decipher what should be the Emerald Casino play the match, because they're all so so good where I want to go in this, you know, before we get there, and there's a lot of things still to get to. We have our Toyota
Manva match that should be a discussion as well. I know the Apple broadcast gave it to gave it to Albert and and that's fair, but I think it's at least a discussion because I think that there were some really quality including from Jackson Reagan and I obviously with the goal. We still have to, of course talk about the Open Cup ahead for the Sounders, which will be this coming Wednesday at Starfire Stadium against LAFC in the semi final of Open Cup. There's a lot to get
to quickly before we move forward. I will say that Sounders FC Soccer is presented by Providence Swedish, the official healthcare partner of Sounders FC. And one of the things that you know, we were talking in our production meeting with with Brian Schmenzer this morning and I asked about kind of the vibe of the team, you know, coming out of League's Cup and you know, getting to the quarter final.
Which you know, compared to last year, was a great result.
And then kind of but the result of losing three nothing to LAFC, and I was on vacation, so I wasn't around the players this week, but I was really interested in kind of feeling out what the vibe of
this team was gonna be like this week. All Right, you know, you lost three nothing, and that's obviously making nobody feel good, But at the same time, it's almost like a fresh start because you're in an entirely different schedule now, back from League's Cup to the regular season, where there's what eight nine notches left, and there's got to be a big motivation, big push to get up the table and to get a top four seed, earn
yourself home games in that first round series. And I think the vibe I saw from this team in the first half was cool, calm, collected.
We're back in MLS.
We're gonna keep doing what we've been doing in the League's Cup, which more often than not is winning and controlling games. It was the dominant nature for so much of this game that stood out to me of these guys. I don't know the vibe was, but the vibe on the field was very professional, Pete.
Yeah, that's the exact right word. It was professional because Minnesota came out. Eric Ramsey must have given a very uplifting speech test scene because Minnesota was in our attack a defensive third for a good ten to fifteen minutes. Seattle withstood the pressure. You got numbers behind the ball, did a good job of you know, bending without breaking, and then and then got that third goal. And you're right, I mean you said it just before we came back on.
That was a professional win. And you know, Brian I had chatted with him after the LA game and I was quite impressed that he's, hey, we're on to the next one, right, We're on and he meant it, And that's great. That's the what you have to say. But what they did was they were on to the next one today with Minnesota. They were looking at it. I know, they're looking their chops.
Now.
They're going to sing their locker room song. They're going to get back on a plane tonight and they're going to be really looking forward to l a f C. For the US Open Cup at Starfire, which is a completely different venue, and they get redemption. They're they're looking for redemption there. But it was a professional win today, and so talk is cheap, you know when you say, all we're on to the next one. But they backed
it up today. So I kudos Brian made good subs as well, ten Con for JP and dla Vega look good. Rothrock did his part to get us to a certain place, and then d la Vega looks just so dangerous and you know, Ruidia is getting him on the field for a few minutes was mentally why. So I thought Seattle was really good today. The game was wide open, it was back and forth. It wasn't you know, a dominant performance where they didn't have the ball and have opportunities,
but we stood what they brought to us. And then we've scored thirteen goals in the last five games. We've given up six. So we were looking for gold production at the beginning of the year. We're starting to get that.
I do think the first half was dominant. I think the last ten minutes was dominant. I think the sounders from for much of that game really dominated him. And I think Pedro de Le Vega. I mean, let's all be honest with ourselves. I think Pedro's Padro's still working back to one hundred percent fitness.
We all know that.
And I mean there was a moment in the seventy ninth minute where he picks up a save. Jordan Is on a breakaway, Saint Claire makes a great save, pops back out to dalea Vega. Dale Vega actually gets around Saint Clair after the rebound, and I mean, if he's at one hundred percent day, le Vega scores that and it's four to two in the seventy ninth minute, and
we're going home happy. That's that's a play where like dale Vego looked very good and in that moment, nine times out of ten he's scoring that and making it a fort to two game.
It was just, you know, it was one little moment that clearly, clearly.
Showed what he can do.
Yeah, and he very much so.
Yeah, and he's gonna want that one back and he'll be thinking about that. But that's of course what you want out of your attacking players.
Let it.
Let it sink it.
He's gonna want that moment again where he gets around a goalkeeper. But isn't able to score it, because he will next time.
Yeah. Well, here's what I loved about that. I'm glad you brought it up. I wrote it down as well in the seventy ninth is that he saw Jordan Morris and he played it to him right away.
That's a great ball.
Yeah, you're right, he knows what this team is about. Whereas we saw a Minnesota team that started two guys that haven't played yet. They debuted today and they weren't on the same page. And so day le Vegas had his opportunity to watch a lot from the bench. But he saw Jordan Morris doing what Jordan does, which is getting him behind, and he played it to him right away. If you had taken another touch, play doesn't work exactly.
And you're right, I think he finishes that chance. I think Jordan Jordan doesn't round the keeper very often, right, he's got paid. Yeah. I love the fact that they're saying he's running at twenty two and a half miles an hour. Good lord, I can't ride that play. I
can't ride a bike that fast. But yeah, so I but I love that he saw it, yeah, and he played it right away, and that builds confidence for Jordan Morris too, right, because now there's a trust factor that you know Pedro's gonna get him the ball when he gets to the right spot.
Well, it's a three to two Sounders winn in Minnesota, a great resumption of the MLS regular season schedule. Of course, there's a busy week ahead. We'll talk about that ahead, but we also have to figure out the player of the match and the play of the match.
A lot more to get to here.
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Welcome back to the postmatch show. The Sounders took care of business. That's why we play taking care of business after every Sounders win. It's a road taking care of business. As the Sounders are singing jingle bells out there in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
A three to two win tonight over the Loons.
Lot here to get to as we really kind of start discussion here on tonight's Toyota Man of the Match, Pete. I know that the Club on Socials and also the Apple broadcast went with Albert Rusnak. I think it's a very fair pick, and I think it may be the correct pick. I would just throw in Jackson Reagan because I thought Jackson Reagan had some really strong defensive moments in this game. I think that we can get into the one moment that wasn't but that goal that he scored.
And and I don't want to tip my hand too much for my vote for play the match, but we've been asking Jackson Reagan for so long to get up in the air. You're so big, you have the size on people. You're gaining the muscle on people. Enforce your will on those, whether it's set pieces or you know, just in the air, and he enforced his will. But it's not only about gaining that positioning that you kind of had to get that position, but it's about the placement of the header.
Peat.
It was such a sensational header to place it in that spot, and not to mention it comes six minutes after Minnesota made it one to one. Talk about statement, it's like, no, you're you. You think that you can finally get your second win ever against us, No, we're here to beat you again. I love that header in the twenty eighth I would give a half of a vote from Man of the Match to Jackson Reagan. Yeah, there was a bit of that in the air exactly right.
You know.
Now we're fourteen wins, one loss and two ties. There was a bit of a note, we're going to keep you down. Yeah, what I loved. He squared his body up. You could see that Albert picked him out. You could see that Jackson was saying, hey, get it to me here. He got his body up, he got his positioning. Who won the space and then while winning the space, that's part one part two, knowing exactly where to go. Sinclair's
a really good goalkeeper. I mean he's for him to get scored on three times, but you know, like Steph against LAFC, you couldn't really fault him for the goals, right and Sinclair, you couldn't fault him because that was a terrific goal. Again, I watched a couple epl games this morning, and you know that would have gone in in the Arsenal game.
That placement was insane.
Yeah, it's perfect. It was perfect. And so you know, you reach your in my opinion, you reach your prime in this game when you're twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight, and he's getting closer to that age. So he's starting to learn what he can and can't do, and you know he's let's hope he continues with that. For him to get two goals is great. For him to get five goals is mls.
That's the number you gave Chad Marshall years back.
Yeah, when Chad Marshall would do that, we'd get a cup of some kind. Because and then what it does is it opens it up for Jordan Morrise, it opens it up for Gomez Andrade, it opens it up for Christian Holdon, who's very good in the air. You just have another weapon, and when it becomes something that happens all of a sudden, the cornerkick takes on a whole new meeting.
Absolutely, and listen, I think that the half vote for me for play the match only only a half because at the end of the day, there's that moment in the fifty sixth minute where the ball was slipped into Yoboa, the new Minnesota striker. There're no number nine and the Sounders defenders I believe it was Yamar and Jackson between them, they were just cast sleeping and it's a poor defending
moment that there's no excuse for it. It's just it's just whoops and and that slight mistake there probably costs Jackson, but it is Albert Rusnik.
I think Pete man of the match.
I would agree. I mean, he got the game winning goal and he got a tying assist, and you know that one that Yoboa, that's you know, Kai Kamara mustling somebody out, you know, yeah, b Wonga mustling somebody out. Jordan Morris, we've seen Jordan Morris muscle someone out with her. It's is getting his body right and getting some speed. If we can, if we can stop those kind of things and we can continue to get these kind of header goals, Yep, it's a great next eight games for Seattle.
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Welcome back to the postmatch show a Sounders victory postmatch show three to two. The Sounders get the win there in Minnesota tonight and Delta Airlines is proud to donate on soccer ball for every mile ran by Sounders FC players this season through Ray Foundations One Mile, one Ball program. All right, Pete, it's time to figure out our Emerald
Queen Casino play of the match. We have three very good goals to choose from, and you did a nice breakdown of each of them in the first segment of the post match show.
You have the Jordan Morris breakaway, the great.
Passes from Christian Roldan and then oh Beed Vargas slips it in behind there to Jordan. You have the goal we talked about the previous segment, the header from Jackson Reagan from Albert where he gets positioning and then perfectly places it in the right side of the net. And then you have the final one Albert Rusnak who cuts in from the left on his right foot from distance, goes near post to beat Dane Saint Clair to make it three to two, which ends up being the winner.
I think we give our takes for what we think is the play of the match. I already know mine. We haven't discussed this yet, so you give your vote and I'm interested.
Let's see. I let's see if we come away with the same one.
Well, as you're saying that, I got a clear picture. Yes, Patty and I have three kids. We love them all the same, but they're different, right.
How about that? It's perfect?
Yeah. So the Jordan Morris goal was a great awareness header from Christian right and then a great ball from Ovid and a fantastic finish. The Albert russnet goal was a great thing. He saw Saint Clair cheating to his left and he absolutely smashed it. So he threw a he threw a low, hard fastball into the corner.
I sent a butt coming and then and then the.
Jackson Reagan goal is in the evolution of him getting up. So I love all my kids the same. I love all the goals. Sure, now come on, now, come on, now, I'm gonna go. I like Jordan Morris's goal the best Jordan's school.
See. For me, it's Albert from distance because it's the game winner.
But also I think at Hammer's home because I also gave kind of the half a vote to Jackson Reagan, so that's my nod him. You know, I wouldn't give, but it's the element of Minnesota kind of kept fighting back. It's the game winner. And you look at Roosnack's numbers over the last twelve games, it's just absolutely bonkers what
he's done because whether it's goals or assists. I tweeted out when he scored that he's inevitable because it just feels like every game he comes up with some sort of goal contribution, and either it's him finding the net or him producing the assist, of which he did on the Jackson goal as well. Albert's just on an absolute tear right now. It brings me back to, you know, how people were reacting, you know, some odd months ago, and it's like Albert Rusnick shouldn't be a designated player
and it's just ridiculous. Do you see what he's doing? Do you see the numbers he's putting up? If you extrapolated his last half of a season to a full season, he'd be MLS MVP.
Yeah, And you know what, Bratt Evans made a great point a couple of weeks ago. He just said that Albert has had to play out a position, yeah, right, for quite a while. Now he's good, and now he's in the spot that he needs to be in and we're seeing the Albert Rusnik that we we signed, but he had to acquiesce to Ladero because it was Ladaro's team when he came in, and he had to play a different spot. And now he's in the spot that he needs to start in.
Our broadcast producer Ryan Karnes, Ryan, jump on the mic there because you have to split this vote. So he goes with more Jordan, I'm going with Albert you got to be the tie breaker.
Yeah, I think it's Jordan Morris.
It sets the tone, gets a goal early in the game and lets Minnesota know it's not going to be an easy day.
Early goals in the early starts for Seattle. I mean, it's it's Plumas start.
It's the frankly, the start we had against Nakasa, it's the start we had against the Galaxy. We've been much more trending to these fast starts over recent games. And that listen, that ball from obed Vargas. I've said it once and I've said it again. Let me say this again. I'll just hammer this home to anybody else who's listening. The price for obed Vargas just keeps going up. But I mean, the kid is just better and better and
better every time. And that pass that he found Morrison, I mean, what if if obed Vargas does ever get sold. And it's a big if, of course, you know, because because sports are you know, finnicky, you never know, right, But if obed Vargas ever gets sold, the price tag we are every single game we're seeing another moment that's raising it by another on hundred thousand. It's just it's it's remarkable and that pass was just great.
So his highlight tape is getting better and again that pass. The awareness too. I love the fact that this team knows what Jordan Morris does well and they're looking to put Jordan Morris in the best place possible. Day la Vega did it, yeah, and then Oba did it as well, and I thought, you know, Jordan Morris had seventeen touches in the first half. He had four scenarios that he created.
One was down the right hand side with a cutback ball that he played to Albert and Albert got off a good shot, but Jordan was goal dangerous from the beginning. Ryan's right. It set a tone in this game today.
Well.
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in the Leaguest Cup Final against Columbus. What a surprise it's those teams. Then LAFC will have a couple days to prepare before traveling to Seattle on Tuesday for the match in the Open Cup Semifinal at Starfire Stadium on Wednesday. That will have a Providence, Swedish pre match show of seven o'clock and a kickoff of seven thirty. You're gonna be able to listen to that over on our sister station of Sports Radio at nine to fifty am on Wednesday,
again seven o'clock pre game, seven thirty kickoff. People can also watch the match via MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app and pete listen back to back three nothing losses to LAFC here in the recent last couple months. This is the third game between these two teams and forty days we cannot lose three nothing. We hopefully will not lose because this is at Starfire. Gonna be a spectacular atmosphere down there and it's a huge opportunity for the Sounders to say third time is the charm.
You're not doing this to us again, We're gonna get you.
Yeah. It's a familiar venue for Seattle, it's a very unfamiliar venue for LAFC. And it'll be interesting to see what they bring both teams. It's a semi final, and you know, we felt the momentum of the League's Cup growing as we advanced to the semi final or the quarterfinal. Excuse me, And now semi finals are the Open Cup. We haven't won one in ten years. Yeah, those are great looking trophies. We got a new facility. Be nice to get a fifth one for the Long Acres training
facility that we have. So I think, and I think I think Winston Churchill once said that this is a bunch of rubbish up with which I will not put I think I think we've had enough of l a f C, you know, coming in and doing to us, but what we've been doing to Minnesota. So I know, and you know, I asked Brian, hey, your lineup for LAFC. That was this morning. You know, we're chatting with him and he's, oh, yeah, no, we're putting out our best lineup, so it should be a raucous crowd and it should
be you know, try to get tickets. I've got buddy saying, hey, can you get me tickets for that games? I have no idea, so I know we're going to be working. So that's good.
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Gates would be okay, hey for this one. We played the Huskies in twenty thirteen, five hundred people were outside of the gates for an NCAA tournament game. They shut the gates and it would be awesome. There's enough kind of venues spots, yeah, that you could be between the river and the and the and the field.
You find a way, find a way to get down there, I would say, because it's going to be a really special atmosphere and hopefully we see a Sounders trip to what would be an Open Cup final. This is the semi final against LAFC on Wednesday. So we'll talk to you at seven pm, nine to fifty am on Wednesday for that.
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For today's broadcast, we have our broadcast producers, Ryan Carnes and Kieley Dunning. We have wonderful on the call today. Danny Jackson and Brad Evans had a great call be viewing. My name is Jackson Feltz. We thank you for listening to pre Haven post today and also big thanks to our board operator Mitchell Bly.
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To thank you everybody with the night's broadcast. Thank you all for listening. Obviously, LAFC coming up on a Wednesday that will be a big one. We'll talk to you at seven pm for that. Before tonight, it's all smiles and all victories out there in Minnesota as the Sounders have beaten the Lunes three to two. Have a good rest of your weekend, everybody, and Fox Sports Radio is coming up next.
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