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

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Seattle Sounders FC

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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 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 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	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

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	#17
24	Points	34
17	Played	19
7 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 5
20	Scored	35
22	Conceded	19
-2	GD	+16
1.41	PPG	1.79
41%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts). Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Los Angeles FC get us underway at CenturyLink Field.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Brian Schmetzer will be considering his options from the bench.
11' Raul Ruidiaz has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 11 minutes.
16' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Diego Palacios has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
21' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
26' Seattle Sounders FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
28' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Kelvin Leerdam on 28 minutes.
33' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
38' 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.
39' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Danilo Silva is replaced by Dejan Jakovic.
42' Los Angeles FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
46' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Raul Ruidiaz trudges off to be replaced by Will Bruin on 46 minutes.
48' Jordan Morris doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
49' GOAL! Jordan Morris fires home to make it 3-0!
54' It is a cagey affair so far. Seattle Sounders FC in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles FC's compact .
59' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 59 minutes.
60' Diego Rossi does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles FC surge ahead!
64' It’s a booking for Seattle Sounders FC player. Shane O'Neill gets a Yellow card.
66' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Tristan Blackmon is replaced by Adrien Perez on 66 minute.
69' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Latif Blessing.
70' The referee has no hesitation. Latif Blessing is booked for Los Angeles FC — Yellow card on 70.
72' The crowd applauds Joevin Jones as he leaves the pitch. Nouhou Tolo steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
77' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Daniel Musovski on, Mark-Anthony Kaye off on 77 minutes.
78' Alex Roldan is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nicolas Lodeiro at the 78 minute mark.
79' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Bradley Wright-Phillips is replaced by Francisco Ginella on 79 minute.
84' Los Angeles 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.
86' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Jordan Morris is replaced by Xavier Arreaga.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

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

1.27 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.66 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC33% Draw26% Los Angeles FC41%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.93

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

67%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC22% Draw45% Los Angeles FC33%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–1 not predicted

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 2

0 – 1

0 – 2

7.2%

0 – 0

7.1%

2 – 1

6.9%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

1 – 3

2 – 0

4.3%

0 – 3

3.9%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	16%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	21%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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