Match Report
Seattle Sounders went into the game 12th in the table on 26 points; Colorado Rapids sat 7th on 31 — a 5-point gap. Seattle Sounders ranked just 26th in the league on five-round form despite their 12th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Seattle Sounders 1.14 scored and 1.38 conceded per game, Colorado Rapids 1.41 and 1.27, with the league averaging 1.6.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 3 for Seattle Sounders, 0 for Colorado Rapids and 5 drawn, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Only 13% of these meetings ended in a home win. Both teams scored in 88% of the meetings.
Lumen Field, capacity 68,740, hosted the game. Seattle Sounders led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Seattle Sounders: Albert Rusnák (15'), Paul Rothrock (62')
Key stats
Possession: Seattle Sounders 43% · Colorado Rapids 57% · Total shots: 15-8 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 8-4