Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Los Angeles FC

Mon 31 Aug 2020 · 02:00 UTC CenturyLink Field HT 45+4' · FT 45+5'

Kelvin Leerdam 28' Y

Y 42' Mark-Anthony Kaye

Shane O'Neill 64' Y

Y 69' Latif Blessing

Y 70' Latif Blessing

Overview

Match Preview

Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at CenturyLink Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 28 games · 41 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Edvin Jurisevic

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 21 games · Avg 2.9 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC 2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2019-04-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC 2019-04-21 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-04-30 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	3–1	W
24 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	3–0	W
28 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–4	L
20 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
14 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
11 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–0	D

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–3	L
22 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–2	L
31 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
28 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	4–1	W
24 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D
19 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	6–2	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Los Angeles FC
#24	Position	#21
35	Points	41
26	Played	28
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	11 / 8 / 9
33	Scored	43
34	Conceded	30
-1	GD	+13
1.35	PPG	1.46
35%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/5

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Seattle Sounders FC to score. At the same time, Los Angeles FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Brian Schmetzer will be considering his options from the bench.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
11' Raul Ruidiaz puts Seattle Sounders FC on the lead.
16' Over 16 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
21' Uruguay international Francisco Ginella has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
26' A quiet spell here at CenturyLink Field. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
28' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kelvin Leerdam.
33' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Daniel Musovski has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
38' Los Angeles FC have won 585 goals from 294 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
39' The supporters are chanting for Dejan Jakovic. He replaces Danilo Silva on 39 minute.
42' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 42.
46' Raul Ruidiaz makes way for Will Bruin at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
48' A stunning finish from Jordan Morris — that came from absolutely nowhere!
49' What composure from Jordan Morris! The USA international strokes it home. 3-0.
54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles FC winning 100% of all matches.
59' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tristan Blackmon is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Seattle Sounders FC.
60' GOAL! Diego Rossi fires home to make it 3-1!
64' Poor challenge from Shane O'Neill. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
66' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Adrien Perez comes on to replace Tristan Blackmon.
69' Latif Blessing is having his name booked by the referee on 69.
70' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 70.
72' Fresh legs for Seattle Sounders FC! Nouhou Tolo comes on to replace Joevin Jones.
77' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Daniel Musovski comes on to replace Mark-Anthony Kaye.
78' The supporters are chanting for Alex Roldan. He replaces Nicolas Lodeiro on 78 minute.
79' Los Angeles FC ring the changes. Bradley Wright-Phillips has done his job and it is now time for Francisco Ginella to step up.
84' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
86' Fresh legs for Seattle Sounders FC! Xavier Arreaga comes on to replace Jordan Morris.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Seattle Sounders FC players.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

30
Stefan Cleveland
5
Nouhou Tolo ↑ 72'
17
Will Bruin ↑ 46'
8
Jordy Delem ↑ 78'
16
Alex Roldan ↑ 78'
70
Handwalla Bwana
11
Miguel Ibarra
3
Xavier Arreaga ↑ 86'
84
Joshua Atencio

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
1
Kenneth Vermeer
66
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Francisco Ginella 77'
6
Danilo Silva ↓ Dejan Jakovic 39'
9
Diego Rossi
7
Latif Blessing
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye C ↓ Daniel Musovski 77'
27
Tristan Blackmon ↓ Adrien Perez 66'
4
Eddie Segura
17
Brian Rodriguez ↓ Christian Torres 78'
11
Jose Cifuentes

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	5
Jordan Morris	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Diego Rossi	4
Mateusz Bogusz	3
Eduard Atuesta	3
Denis Bouanga	3
Raul Ruidiaz	3

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC W 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC L 2020-07-20 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC L 2020-08-22 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-07-31 Orlando City SC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC W 2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2020-07-19 Los Angeles FC 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.34 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.55 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC36% Draw27% Los Angeles FC37%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

63%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

64%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC24% Draw45% Los Angeles FC31%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 2

8.6%

0 – 1

7.7%

2 – 1

7.4%

0 – 0

7.4%

0 – 2

6.6%

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 3

4.5%

0 – 3

3.3%

3 – 1

Actual

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	17%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	20%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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