Goals and highlights: Seattle Sounders 3-0 Tigres UANL in Leagues Cup

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In a resounding manner, in the Quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup 2021, Seattle Sounders defeats and eliminates Tigres; the team will face the winner of the series between Orlando City and Santos in the semifinals.

Three minutes are added.

Diego Reyes joins the list of those cautioned for a bad foul.

Metal! Diego Reyes' header hits the right post of the home goal.

Seattle Sounders make two more changes: Abdoulaye Cissoko and Will Bruin come on for Raúl Ruidíaz and Yeimar González.

Nicolás Lodeiro scored the third goal of the match.

🚀 LO-DEI-RO pic.twitter.com/pVs0C21p39

— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) August 11, 2021

New Seattle Sounder move: Josh Atencio replaces Kelyn Rowe.

Almost there! Ruidíaz's header is well saved by Ortega. It looked like the fourth Seattle Sounders goal.

Tigres makes more changes: Jesús Dueñas and David Ayala are replaced by Rafael Carioca and Juan Vigón.

With a great shot from outside the box, Nicolás Lodeiro scores the third goal for the home team.

This was Seattle Sounders' second goal of the night.  

🔥 La anotación de @_fredymontero que tiene a @SoundersFC con ventaja 🟢 pic.twitter.com/OuEzp7Xelo

— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) August 11, 2021

After a corner kick, Freddy Montero scores inside the box to increase the home team's lead.

New change for Tigres: Leonardo Fernández leaves and Raymundo Fulgencio enters.

Rowe, a Seattle Sounders player, becomes the first caution of the match.

Tigres made their first changes: Nicolás López and Javier Aquino came on in place of Florian Thauvin and Erick Ávalos.

The match between Seattle Sounders and Tigres resumes.

With a penalty kick goal by Raúl Ruidíaz, Seattle Sounders are defeating Tigres 1-0, and momentarily eliminated from the Leagues Cup 2021.

Three minutes of compensation are added.

With this goal, Seattle Sounders is defeating Tigres. 

📣 @RaulRuidiazM con el gol a lo Panenka. ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/OpRb2xDd0d

— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) August 11, 2021

After the goal against, Tigres regained possession of the ball, but did not look so clear in the final zone.

Almost there! A Tigres play that ends with a shot by Luis Quiñones that goes just wide of the goal.

In perfect fashion, Raúl Ruidíaz's Panenka-like shot put his team ahead on the scoreboard.

Penalty! Ávalos brings down Roldán inside the box, and it's a penalty for Seattle Sounders.

In the final minutes, despite not dominating the ball, Seattle Sounders looked more dangerous. Their vertical attacks have ended in shots on goal.

For the moment, Tigres has taken the initiative and generated a couple of dangerous opportunities.

Seattle Sounders and Tigres are in the Quarterfinals of the 2021 Leagues Cup.

R. Baker, D. Leyva, J. Atencio, S. Richey, E. Dobbelaere, N. Lodeiro, A. Cissoko, J. Medranda and W. Bruin.

A. Garza; J. Vigón, R. Carioca, J. Aquino, N. López, J. Sánchez, A. Delgado, A. Cruz, R. Fulgencio, L. Nájera and A. Ramos.

For his part, Hugo Ayala agreed with his coach, mentioning that at Tigres they are obliged to compete in a great way in any tournament in which they participate: "As in every tournament, Tigres is ready to fight for championships, we always take one match at a time. The team has prepared for this, they have a great squad to fight for any tournament that comes along. We come with that desire and the illusion of being able to be in a Final again, which is what we are used to, and that is what we want, what the team is aiming for, and we hope to be up to the challenge of the tournament".

With regard to tonight's match, Miguel Herrera, Tigres' manager, made it clear that his intention is to demonstrate the strength of his squad in all competitions: "We will go out to win it, this is no exception, despite the fact that it is not official or officially recognized by any confederation; for us, it is an important tournament and we will go out to win it with everything we have".

Cleveland, Yeimar, Arreaga, O'Neill, Smith, Roldan, Rowe, Paulo, Roldan, Montero, Ruidiaz, 

Ortega, Ávalos, Ayala, Reyes, Venegas, Ayala, Dueñas, Fernández, Thauvin, Quiñones y González. 

This is how the team led by Brian Schmetzer arrived at Lumen Field, where they will face Tigres tonight. 

Who: The Boys
Location: In the Building #SoundersMatchday | #SEAvTIG pic.twitter.com/5FciIM7NMr

— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) August 11, 2021

Through social networks, Seattle Sounders show off the jersey with which they will face Tigres tonight in the Leagues Cup.

Best kit in @MLS. 💜🎸#SoundersMatchday | #SEAvTIG pic.twitter.com/iHde8E4FIY

— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) August 11, 2021

The squad coached by Miguel Herrera is already on its way to the Seattle Sounders' stadium. 

En camino al estadio y con la mente puesta en el triunfo. ¡Con todo equipo! 🙌#SiempreContigo 👊#EstoEsTigres 🐯 pic.twitter.com/ygs3xAhT3Y

— Club Tigres Oficial 🐯 (@TigresOficial) August 11, 2021

For tonight's match, Tigres will be without Nahuel Guzmán due to expulsion, André Gignac due to injury and Luis Rodríguez and Carlos Salcedo due to muscular discomfort.

Below is the list of the players who have traveled to the United States.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters for Seattle Sounders vs Tigres live, as well as the latest information from Lumen Field. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute coverage of the match on VAVEL.

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N. Guzman; C. Salcedo, F. Venegas, D. Reyes, R. Carioca, J. Vigon, J. Aquino, F. Thauvin, L. Rodriguez, N. Lopez and C. González.

S. Cleveland, Y. Gómez, X. Arreaga, S. O'Neill, A. Roldán, K. Rowe, J. Paulo, J. Medranda, C. Rodlán, F. Montero and R. Ruidíaz.

In Liga MX, after three games played, the team coached by Miguel Herrera is in tenth place in the general classification with four points, after one win, one draw and one loss.

In MLS, specifically in the Western Conference, the team coached by Brian Schmetzer is in second place after 18 matches played; it has accumulated 33 points, the result of nine wins, six draws and three defeats.

This Tuesday night in Washington, Seattle Sounders and Tigres will face each other in search of becoming the second semifinalist of the 2021 Leagues Cup. For the Rave Green, this will be the first time they will participate in this competition, while for UANL it will be the second time; in the previous one, the universitarios themselves were runners-up after losing to Cruz Azul in the final.

The competition consists of eight teams (four from MLS and four from Liga MX). The rounds will be of direct elimination, so there will be quarterfinals, semifinals and final; all of them will be played in a single match, which will be played in the United States. 

The participating clubs in the second edition of this competition are Orlando City, Santos, Seattle Sounders, Tigres, New York City, Pumas, Sporting Kansas City and Leon.

The Leagues Cup is a tournament in which MLS and Liga MX clubs participate, based in the United States. The teams that qualify for this competition are those that placed first in their local competitions; it should be noted that those competing in the CONCACAF Champions League cannot qualify for this competition.

From U.S. soccer, the fourth and fifth place finishers from the Eastern Conference and the first and second place finishers from the Western Conference in their previous competition advanced; from Mexican soccer, the third, fifth, sixth and seventh place finishers from the general table of the previous soccer season advanced.
 

My name is Alan Rodriguez and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL.