Weary Seattle Sounders show spirit in wild Galaxy draw: “Our team still has fight left” | MLSSoccer.com

The Rave Inexperienced limped into this one on a 2W-6L-0D skid, seemingly star-crossed. Their talisman Cristian Roldan needed to be rested on his Southern California homecoming resulting from a painful sports activities hernia situation. Placing nice religion on the teenage shoulders of central midfielder Danny Leyva, coach Brian Schmetzer shifting his injury-stalked aspect right into a 5-3-2 formation in quest of inspiration as their window for a late dash into the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs shrinks steadily.

“I imply, [LA’s] first purpose truly got here from defending a purpose kick. Not simply the tip outcome, however we didn’t do what we had been purported to do defending the purpose kick, they get in our half,” famous Schmetzer postgame. “Second purpose got here off a throw-in deep of their half that we didn’t defend very properly, no group. So yeah, giving up a few targets, and we are available in at halftime, regroup, they’re all nonetheless sort of chattering within the locker room at halftime as a result of they knew they performed properly.”

It’s to their immense credit score that these Sounders, in spite of everything they’ve endured on this odyssey of a season, nonetheless don’t know after they’re crushed: 2-0 immediately become 2-1 as Kelyn Rowe completed off a stunning workforce transfer. A couple of minutes later Albert Rusnak pressed ahead, smelling complacency, cracking two photographs off the woodwork in a chaotic sequence that ended with Raul Ruidiaz thumping Nico Lodeiro’s cross previous Jonathan Bond to equalize the rating.

Perhaps this wouldn’t be a wasted journey south in spite of everything.