St. Louis City vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

MLS · 2025

St. Louis City

1 – 0

Full Time

Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 16 Mar 2025 · 00:30 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 14' Jackson Ragen

Y 45' Jesus Ferreira

Y 64' Obed Vargas

Henry Kessler 71' Y

Simon Becher 81' Y

Y 83' Alex Roldan

Overview

Match Preview

St. Louis City vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Citypark.

St. Louis City 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

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

St. Louis City 8 games · Avg 2.8 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-07-18 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 St. Louis City 2024-05-26 St. Louis City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-10-22 St. Louis City 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-04-09 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 St. Louis City

Recent Form

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
09 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–0	W
02 Mar	San Diego FC	A	0–0	D
23 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–0	D
20 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	1–4	L
06 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	3–0	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Mar	St. Louis City	A	0–1	L
08 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	5–2	W
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

Season Stats

St. Louis City		Seattle Sounders FC
#22	Position	#24
26	Points	24
18	Played	17
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
24	Scored	20
24	Conceded	22
+0	GD	-2
1.44	PPG	1.41
39%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

St. Louis City are 22nd (26 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Louis City

0-15

2/1

16-30

3/1

31-45

4/2

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/3

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Louis City

Marcel Hartel

5 G

3 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Citypark as St. Louis City face off against Seattle Sounders FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
10' Seattle Sounders FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
14' Jackson Ragen catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 14.
15' Eduard Lowen adds to his 2 season tally! St. Louis City lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
20' A quiet spell here at Citypark. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
25' 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.
30' Danny Leyva needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
35' St. Louis City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
40' Cristian Roldan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 3 goals to his name this season.
45' A moment of madness from Jesus Ferreira on 45 minutes earns him a card. Seattle Sounders FC will be frustrated.
50' Canada international Kyle Hiebert has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
55' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
60' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both St. Louis City and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
62' Another substitution for St. Louis City to replace Cedric Teuchert by Simon Becher on 62 minute.
63' Joshua Yaro is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jannes-Kilian Horn at the 63 minute mark.
64' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Obed Vargas.
64' Another change for Seattle Sounders FC made on 64 minute. Jesus Ferreira leaves to be changed by Danny Musovski.
67' Tomas Totland makes way for Tomas Ostrak at the 67 minute mark. A tactical switch from St. Louis City.
71' The referee shows St. Louis City player a card on 71.
76' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
79' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Cristian Roldan exits the field as Danny Leyva enters on 79.
80' Paul Rothrock makes way for Kalani Kossa-Rienzi at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
81' St. Louis City receives a card for a hard tackle on 81.
83' Alex Roldan has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 83.
88' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kalani Kossa-Rienzi suffering a number of foals already.
90' Joakim Nilsson has so much to prove this time. He replaces Akil Watts on 90 minute.
Full Time. St. Louis City beats Seattle Sounders FC

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

32
Timo Baumgartl
27
Alfredo Morales ↑ 62'
9
Klauss
4
Joakim Nilsson ↑ 90'
7
Tomas Ostrak ↑ 67'
11
Simon Becher ↑ 62'
15
Joshua Yaro ↑ 63'
12
Celio Pompeu
31
Christian Olivares

Coach Olof Mellberg

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Albert Rusnak
9
Jesus Ferreira ↓ Danny Musovski 64'
24
Stefan Frei
7
Cristian Roldan ↓ Danny Leyva 79'
5
Nouhou Tolo
16
Alex Roldan
15
Jon Bell
18
Obed Vargas
25
Jackson Ragen
14
Paul Rothrock ↓ Kalani Kossa-Rienzi 80'
93
Georgi Minoungou

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	3
Cristian Roldan	2
Eduard Lowen	2
Tim Parker	1
Raul Ruidiaz	1
Nouhou Tolo	1
Joshua Atencio	1
Obed Vargas	1

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2025-03-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–3 St. Louis City W 2025-03-02 San Diego FC 0–0 St. Louis City D 2025-02-23 St. Louis City 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2024-10-20 Minnesota United FC 4–1 St. Louis City L 2024-10-06 St. Louis City 3–0 Houston Dynamo W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Los Angeles FC W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.06 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

0.86 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: St. Louis City or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City41% Draw32% Seattle Sounders FC27%

Actual: St. Louis City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes39% 0% No61%

Avg goals/match: 1.92

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	83%	17%
± 1.5	58%	42%
± 2.5	30%	70%
± 3.5	14%	86%
± 4.5	5%	95%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

73%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

59%

St. Louis City or Seattle Sounders FC

68%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City25% Draw56% Seattle Sounders FC19%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

17.1%

1 – 1

14.3%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

11.2%

2 – 0

7.8%

2 – 1

6.9%

1 – 2

5.6%

0 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

3.1%

3 – 0

2.7%

3 – 1

2.5%

1 – 3

1.6%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	11%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	22%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	18%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	7%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

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