Thursday , 2 July 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Real Salt Lake
2 – 0
Full Time
Seattle Sounders FC
Sat 1 Mar 2025 · 21:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Nouhou Tolo
Diego Luna 56' Y
Forster Ajago 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at America First Field.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

9
3
5
Real Salt Lake 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-04-30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 2–0 W
23 Feb San Jose Earthquakes A 0–4 L
20 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–1 W
06 Oct San Jose Earthquakes A 1–0 W
03 Oct Minnesota United FC H 0–0 D
29 Sep Austin FC A 2–2 D
Seattle Sounders FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Mar Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
23 Feb Charlotte FC H 2–2 D
20 Oct Portland Timbers H 1–1 D
06 Oct Colorado Rapids SC A 1–0 W
03 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 3–0 W
29 Sep Houston Dynamo H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders FC
#18 Position #21
26 Points 24
14 Played 13
8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 3
26 Scored 17
19 Conceded 11
+7 GD +6
1.86 PPG 1.85
57% Win % 54%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/1
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Seattle Sounders FC
0-15
2/1
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/–
61-75
–/1
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Real Salt Lake welcome Seattle Sounders FC for this crunch clash at America First Field.
  • 5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 8' Nouhou Tolo doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 13' Jackson Ragen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 18' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 23' USA international Jesus Ferreira has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 25' Seattle Sounders FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 25.
  • 30' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 40' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 45' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 46' The crowd applauds Georgi Minoungou as he leaves the pitch. Pedro De la Vega steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
  • 51' Pedro De la Vega needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 56' The referee calls foul for Diego Luna. He receives a card.
  • 61' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
  • 66' Seattle Sounders FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 68' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Sam Junqua comes on to replace Alexandros Katranis.
  • 69' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Nouhou Tolo trudges off to be replaced by Jackson Ragen on 69 minutes.
  • 74' Dominik Marczuk has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 280 appearances.
  • 79' What a moment for Forster Ajago! That strike on 79 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 81' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Jordan Morris exits the field as Danny Leyva enters on 81.
  • 86' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Forster Ajago on 90.
  • 90' The crowd applauds Philip Quinton as he leaves the pitch. Brayan Vera steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Real Salt Lake players.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Albert Rusnak 3
Albert Rusnak 2
Yeimar Gomez 2
Nouhou Tolo 2
Carlos Gomez 2
Corey Baird 2
Jordan Morris 2
Raul Ruidiaz 2

Head to Head

2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-04-30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2024-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-10-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2024-10-03 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2024-09-29 Austin FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-02-23 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Charlotte FC D 2024-10-20 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2024-10-06 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-09-29 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.14 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.85 Seattle Sounders FC xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake45% Draw31% Seattle Sounders FC24%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes40% 0% No60%
Avg goals/match: 1.99
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 84%
16%
± 1.5 59%
41%
± 2.5 32%
68%
± 3.5 15%
85%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
75%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
55%
Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC
69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake27% Draw55% Seattle Sounders FC18%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
16.1%
1 – 1
14.2%
1 – 0
14.2%
0 – 1
10.3%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
7.4%
1 – 2
5.5%
0 – 2
4.7%
2 – 2
3.3%
3 – 0
3.2%
3 – 1
2.9%
1 – 3
1.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 12% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 23% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 17% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 7% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
43% ✗
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.