CARSON, CALIF. – Western Convention rivals Sounders FC (10-13-3, 33 factors) and LA Galaxy (10-11-4, 34 factors) performed a late-season thriller on Friday night time at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park, as the 2 sides battled to a 3-3 back-and-forth draw. Seattle discovered second-half targets from Kelyn Rowe, Raúl Ruidíaz and Jordan Morris, however the dwelling aspect was in a position to equalize with a 92nd-minute penalty kick to ship every group dwelling with a degree.

The Galaxy struck first within the tenth minute courtesy of Javier Hernández. After receiving a ball from the appropriate aspect of the realm from Kevin Cabral, the Mexican worldwide took a fast contact earlier than firing it throughout the face of purpose and into the again of the web for a 1-0 lead. Víctor Vázquez doubled the house aspect’s benefit in quick-strike trend simply earlier than the halftime whistle, taking part in a artful ball from the appropriate wing into the realm that discovered its approach into the again of the web, sneaking in beneath the crossbar previous Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei.

Seattle acquired its first purpose early within the second half, with Ruidíaz laying a ball off for Rowe in the course of the realm for a roller into the highest nook of the web. Sounders FC leveled the rating eight minutes later following a wild sequence that noticed Albert Rusnák hit the submit twice in fast succession. The ball ultimately discovered the ft of captain Nicolás Loderio on the left flank for a cross to Ruidíaz, who headed it in for his sixth purpose of the season.

Morris gave the Rave Inexperienced the lead within the 73rd minute along with his team-leading seventh purpose of the season. Loderio, this time on the appropriate flank, crossed one other ball in that met the top of defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade, whose preliminary effort was saved by Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Bond, however the rebound fell to Morris for a point-blank end.

The Galaxy secured the draw within the 92nd minute after VAR deemed that Seattle defender Xavier Arreaga dedicated a hand-ball inside the realm, giving the house aspect a penalty kick. Dejan Joveljić buried the try to degree the rating for the 3-3 ultimate.

The Rave Inexperienced proceed their three-match street stretch in every week’s time with a high-stakes Cascadia Cup conflict at Portland on August 26 (7:00 p.m. PT / ESPN, ESPN Deportes, 93.3 KJR FM, El Rey 1360 AM). The upcoming contest is Seattle’s second of 2022 towards the Timbers, with Sounders FC dropping the primary match of the season on July 9 at Lumen Subject. Along with beneficial factors within the race for the MLS Cup Playoffs, Cascadia Cup positioning can also be on the road, with Seattle presently in second place within the regional cup standings.   

• The outcome places Seattle above the playoff line in the interim, presently in seventh place within the Western Convention with 33 factors.

• At present’s match marked the forty second MLS matchup (together with postseason play) between Seattle and LA, making the Galaxy Seattle’s most frequent opponent since becoming a member of the league in 2009.

• Within the common season, Sounders FC’s all-time report towards the Galaxy strikes to 12-10-13. The Rave Inexperienced have a 3-4-0 mark towards LA within the MLS Cup Playoffs.

• Seattle prolonged its unbeaten streak towards the Galaxy to 9 video games (5-0-4), with its final loss coming in September of 2018. In that stretch, the Rave Inexperienced are 2-0-3 at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park.

• Scoring an equalizing purpose within the 61st minute of play, Raúl Ruidíaz recorded his ninth Sounders purpose in 9 MLS regular-season video games towards the Galaxy, tying LA’s Robbie Keane for essentially the most strikes within the regular-season collection.

• Ruidíaz now has six MLS targets in 2022, one behind teammate Jordan Morris for the group lead. The Peruvian has tallied 9 targets in all competitions in 2022.

• Morris’ go-ahead purpose within the 74th minute was his team-leading seventh MLS strike of 2022.

• Membership captain Nicolás Lodeiro recorded his team-leading eighth MLS help of the season on Ruidíaz’s equalizing purpose, which was additionally his seventh help in 14 regular-season matches towards the Galaxy. No participant within the all-time collection has extra assists.

• Kelyn Rowe’s purpose in the beginning of the second half was his first strike of the MLS regular-season and his second in Rave Inexperienced since becoming a member of his hometown membership previous to the 2021 season.

• Ruidíaz assisted on Rowe’s strike, his second helper of the 12 months and his eleventh general in regular-season motion since 2018.

• Alex Roldan was credited with a second help on Rowe’s purpose, his fifth of the 2022 MLS season.

• Nouhou was credited with a second help on Ruidíaz’s purpose, his second of the 2022 MLS season.

• With the beginning tonight, Alex Roldan now has 100 profession MLS regular-season appearances since being drafted by Sounders FC within the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. He and his brother Cristian now turn into the primary pair of siblings in MLS historical past to every log 100 profession regular-season appearances whereas taking part in for a similar membership.

• Scoring towards Seattle within the tenth minute of play, Galaxy ahead Javier Hernández recorded his fourth profession strike towards Sounders FC in seven MLS matches. Hernández has extra targets towards the Rave Inexperienced than some other lively Galaxy participant, having additionally scored the opening strike on March 12 in a 3-2 loss to Seattle at Lumen Subject.

• Head Coach Brian Schmetzer modified his formation tonight from the membership’s final match vs. Actual Salt Lake on August 14, deploying a 5-3-2 form in Southern California this night. Just one personnel change was made, with Kelyn Rowe changing the injured Cristian Roldan within the beginning group (left athletic pubalgia).

Seattle Sounders FC 3 – LA Galaxy 3

Friday, August 19, 2022 

Venue: Dignity Well being Sports activities Park 

Assistants: Jeffrey Greeson, Cameron Blanchard 

Fourth Official: Brandon Stevis

VAR: José Carlos Rivero 

Climate: 68 levels and clear 

LA – Javier Hernández(Kévin Cabral, Julián Araujo)10’

LA – Víctor Vázquez (Mark Delgado)42’

SEA – Kelyn Rowe (Raúl Ruidíaz, Alex Roldan) 53’

SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Nico Lodeiro, Nouhou) 61’ 

SEA – Jordan Morris 73’ 

LA – Dejan Joveljic (penalty) 90’ + 2’ 

LA – Samuel Grandsir (warning) 49’

LA – Víctor Vázquez (warning) 58’

SEA – Nico Lodeiro (warning) 75’

SEA – Danny Leyva (warning) 90’ + 1’

SEA – Jimmy Medranda (warning) 90’ + 6’

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou, Kelyn Rowe (Jimmy Medranda 78’); Danny Leyva, Albert Rusnák, Nico Lodeiro (Josh Atencio 83’); Jordan Morris (Will Bruin 86’); Raúl Ruidíaz (Jackson Ragen 83’)

Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Ethan Dobbelaere, Dylan Teves, Léo Chú, Fredy Montero 

LA Galaxy – Jonathan Bond; Julián Araujo, Séga Coulibaly, Nick DePuy, Raheem Edwards; Kévin Cabral (Douglas Costa de Souza 62’), Mark Delgado, Gastón Brugman, Samuel Grandsir (Eriq Zavaleta 71’); Víctor Vázquez (Ricard Puig Martí 62’); Javier Hernández Balcázar (Dejan Joveljic 70’) 

Substitutes not used: Kelvin Leerdam, Chase Gasper, Jonathan Klinsmann, Efraín Álvarez, Sacha Kljestan