PREVIEW | FC Cincinnati, Seattle Sounders square off in crucial interconference showdown | FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati head to Seattle, Wash. Tuesday evening for an inter-conference match in opposition to Seattle Sounders FC at Lumen Subject. It’s the third straight league match wherein the Orange and Blue will tackle a Western Convention opponent.

FCC will put the league’s longest energetic unbeaten streak to the check in opposition to a Seattle facet trying to preserve tempo in a tightening playoff race.

FC CINCINNATI at SEATTLE SOUNDERS – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT – LUMEN FIELD

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Out of Market Stream: ESPN+

Expertise: Tom Gelehrter (play-by-play), Kevin McCloskey (analyst), Alex Stec (sideline)

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Seattle Sounders FC lead the all-time MLS collection over FC Cincinnati, 1-0-0

SCOUTING SEATTLE SOUNDERS

(12-16-3, 39 PTS., tenth in Western Convention)

Seattle enters the week needing three factors in a hotly contested Western Convention. The Sounders have been common members of the MLS Cup Playoffs however discover themselves in actual hazard of lacking out for the primary time in membership historical past.

The Sounders haven’t been capable of safe factors in shut video games this season and it’s the rationale they discover themselves under the playoff line. The Sounders have tied simply 3 times all season, the second lowest whole within the league behind Charlotte FC (two). 21 of Seattle’s 31 matches have been determined by one aim with the Sounders going 7-14-0 in these video games.

Regardless of their struggles in shut video games, Seattle have been unbelievable at residence. The Sounders have received 9 matches at Lumen Subject, tied for the second-best whole within the Western Convention, and spectacular outcomes in opposition to robust sides have stored Seattle within the playoff dialog.

Seattle’s Raúl Ruidíaz has been one in every of MLS’ most harmful and constant aim scorers since signing with the Sounders in 2018. Ruidíaz has hit double-digit objectives in every of his first 4 campaigns and desires only one aim during the last three matches to eclipse that whole for the fifth straight season.

Xavier Arreaga (Ecuador), Jordan Morris (United States), Alex Roldan (El Salvador), Raul Ruidíaz (Peru), and Nouhou Tolo (Cameroon) had been referred to as as much as their respective nationwide groups this previous weekend which can impression their availability for Tuesday’s match in opposition to the Orange and Blue.

The Sounders shut issues out in opposition to Sporting Kansas Metropolis and San Jose Earthquakes who maintain a mixed document of 17-29-17.

Whereas FC Cincinnati can’t clinch a playoff spot in opposition to Seattle tomorrow evening, a win might put them able to safe a spot within the postseason this Saturday in opposition to Chicago Fireplace FC.

A win or draw in opposition to the Sounders would see the Orange and Blue transfer forward of Orlando Metropolis and into fifth place within the Jap Convention.

2 – That is simply the second assembly between the perimeters with the one different assembly coming in FC Cincinnati’s inaugural season in MLS, a 4-1 victory for the Sounders.

10 – FC Cincinnati’s present unbeaten streak. It’s the longest energetic run in MLS and is tied for the longest such run this season (Portland Timbers, New England Revolution)

33 – Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei has conceded 33 objectives from exterior the field courting again to the beginning of the 2017 marketing campaign. It’s the very best whole for any goalkeeper over that span.

GOALS FOR BRENNER… – Brenner’s brace in opposition to Actual Salt Lake was the Brazilian’s second multigoal efficiency in as many matches. Brenner now accounts for 5 of the 9 all-time multigoal video games in FC Cincinnati historical past.

AND ASSISTS FOR LUCHO – Luciano Acosta continues to guide MLS in assists. The artful playmaking midfielder sits on 18 assists coming into Tuesday’s match and holds the membership document for profession assists (28). Acosta has picked up 4 assists in his final 4 league appearances and can look so as to add to his whole in opposition to the Sounders.

WILD, WILD WEST – Tuesday’s encounter with Seattle would be the third straight match in opposition to Western Convention opposition. The Orange and Blue picked up wins in opposition to San Jose and Actual Salt Lake earlier this month scoring a mixed eight objectives whereas conceding only one of their earlier two outings.

NOONAN BACK IN THE EMERALD CITY – Pat Noonan returns to Seattle to teach in opposition to a group he performed for throughout his enjoying profession. Noonan featured for the Sounders from 2010-2011 the place he made 21 appearances and scored one aim. The Sounders would be the third such membership Noonan has confronted as FC Cincinnati’s supervisor (New England, Columbus Crew). 

NOONAN’S TAKE
Head Coach Pat Noonan on Tuesday’s match in opposition to Seattle 
“It is a successful group, a successful tradition, they know what it seems like in robust moments to seek out outcomes. They have been put on this place in years previous fairly just a few instances, the place, whether or not it was accidents, worldwide obligation, regardless of the motive, gamers had been away, they discovered methods to win video games. And that is credit score to Brian and his employees to have the ability to put together any group to step out and win a recreation. We must be very cautious about how we go into this recreation mentally, so far as understanding that whoever we see on the sphere tomorrow, it’s going to be a really difficult recreation and a group that is going to be hungry to get a outcome. That is going to be a really troublesome recreation and I believe our guys at this stage, at this level, perceive it. We’re very conscious of our opponent’s capacity to place out a gaggle to come back and win a recreation and so it will be a problem.”

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