Seattle Sounders FC vs D.C. United SC, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
Seattle Sounders FC vs D.C. United SC — MLS .
- Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
- D.C. United SC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sorin Stoica
- Referee Daniel Radford
- Referee Ian Anderson
- Referee Younes Marrakchi
- Referee Jose Da Silva
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Jun D.C. United SC H 2–1 W 03 Jun Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L 26 May Real Salt Lake H 0–1 L 13 May Portland Timbers A 0–1 L 09 May Toronto FC A 2–1 W 05 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Jun Seattle Sounders FC A 1–2 L 27 May Los Angeles FC A 1–1 D 20 May San Jose Earthquakes A 3–1 W 13 May Real Salt Lake A 2–3 L 28 Apr Philadelphia Union A 2–3 L 14 Apr Columbus Crew SC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United SC #21 Position #9 24 Points 18 13 Played 15 7 / 3 / 3 W / D / L 4 / 6 / 5 17 Scored 21 11 Conceded 25 +6 GD -4 1.85 PPG 1.20 54% Win % 27% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this seasonSeattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts). D.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Seattle Sounders FC0-152/116-302/331-452/146-602/–61-75–/176+4/3■ Scored ■ ConcededD.C. United SC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-602/361-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Seattle Sounders FC and D.C. United SC is underway.
- 5' It’s high time Brian Schmetzer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Seattle Sounders FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' 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.
- 30' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' It looks surprising D.C. United SC does not make any changes. Zoltan Stieber has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' The travelling D.C. United SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 50' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 60' Seattle Sounders FC is showing some good football. However, Seattle Sounders FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 65' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 70' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. David Ousted made 257 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
- 80' Clint Dempsey has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nicolas Lodeiro, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 90' Will Bruin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- Another three points for Seattle Sounders FC.
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Lineups
Seattle Sounders FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 20
- 14
- 19
- 24
- 18
- 7
- 5
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17
Will Bruin ↓ Jose Alfaro 88'
- 2
- 8
Bench
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6
Osvaldo Alonso ↑ 65'
- 90
- 35
- 16
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15
Jose Alfaro ↑ 88'
- 23
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22
Magnus Wolff Eikrem ↑ 69'
Coach Brian SchmetzerD.C. United SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 18
- 7
- 1
- 15
- 10
- 22
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28
Joseph Mora ↓ Bruno Miranda 86'
- 91
- 5
- 11
- 13
Bench
- 26
- 21
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Bruno Miranda ↑ 86'
- 23
- 25
- 20
- 16
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Christian Benteke 2 Magnus Wolff Eikrem 1 Darren Mattocks 1 Lucas Rodriguez 1 Frederic Brillant 1 Leo Chu 1 Darren Mattocks 1 Nicolas Lodeiro 1 Head to Head
Seattle Sounders FC Form
2018-06-10 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2018-05-13 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2018-05-09 Toronto FC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-05-05 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC DD.C. United SC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.61 Seattle Sounders FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.94 D.C. United SC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Seattle Sounders FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.55Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Seattle Sounders FC or Draw 78%Draw or D.C. United SC 48%Seattle Sounders FC or D.C. United SC 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.7%1 – 0 11.6%2 – 0 9.8%0 – 0 9.8%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 6.3%1 – 2 5.3%3 – 0 5.2%3 – 1 5%2 – 2 4.4%0 – 2 3.4%3 – 2 2.4%Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC
Handicap Seattle Sounders FC covers Push D.C. United SC covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 16% 72% -1.5 28% — 72% -1 28% 24% 49% -0.5 51% — 49% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 13% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✓D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

