Goal and highlights: Seattle Sounders 0-1 LAFC in MLS 2023

Match ends. Seattle Sounders 0-1 LAFC.

RUSNAK! Powerful shot from the Seattle player that goes over the crossbar.

The referee adds eight minutes to the second half.

LAFC: Olivera and Tillman are out; Palencia and Long are in.

Final stretch of the match. Seattle goes all out in search of an equalizer. LAFC retreats.

Goal disallowed by Seattle for a previous foul.

Yellow card for Palacios.

CREPEU AGAIN! Impressive save by the visiting goalkeeper who once again saves his team with a phenomenal deflection after João Paulo's shot.

GREAT SAVE! Crepeau again. The Canadian goalkeeper saves a mid-range shot by Alex Roldán.

LAFC: Carlos Vela is out, Mateusz Bogusz is in.

Tillman saves on the line! Lodeiro manages to put the ball to the center and Yeimar Gómez does not finish in the best way, but Timothy clears.

Seattle: Atencio out, Ruidiaz in

Yellow card for Joao Paulo.

Medical assistance enters to attend to Ragen.

We reached the hour mark and tempers flared between Roldan and the referee.

Dangerous play inside the box where Morris was looking for space to shoot, but the defense blocks.

Seattle: Chu out, Lodeiro in.

First minutes of the second half where Seattle shows an offensive face, while the visitors have constantly fouled.

Seattle Sounders long throw-in, but Crepeau takes the ball easily in the back.

Jordan Morris was claiming a foul, but the referee says everything goes on.

The second half begins.

First half ends! Seattle 0-1 LAFC.

The referee adds one minute to the first half.

Final stretch of the first half. The Seattle Sounders are looking for an equalizer before the break.

The medical assistants come in to treat Chiellini.

Yellow card for Atencio for a foul on Chiellini.

The half-hour mark has passed, LAFC with the advantage despite the home side's lack of possession.

Scored by Denis Bouanga.

Denis. Bouanga.

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GOAL LAFC! Scored by Bouanga.

Timothy Tillman wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Yellow card for Tolo

We reached the first quarter of the match. The visitors are unable to find depth to penetrate the opponent's area.

In the first minutes of the match, the home team started very offensively.

Crapeau again! The LAFC goalkeeper again with a giant deflection after a shot from Morris who misses a great opportunity after being one on one in front of the goalkeeper.

The Seattle Sounders' first goal of the match was saved by the visiting goalkeeper, who made a great save to prevent the first goal of the match.

The match starts!

The other Eastern Conference final has already been defined. It will take place next Saturday, December 2 and will be between Cincinnati and Columbus Crew.

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The Houston Dynamo have already advanced to the Western Conference final after narrowly defeating Sporting Kansas City.

Crepeau, Hollingshead, Murillo, Chiellini, Palacios, Tillman, Sánchez, Acosta, Olivera, Vela, Bouanga.

Frei, Nouhou, Ragen, Yeimar, Roldan, Chu, Rusnak, Roldan, Atencio, Joao Paulo, Morris. 

Both the home and visiting players are already on the Lumen Field field doing warm-up exercises prior to the start of the match.

The visiting fans are present in Seattle to support the Angelinos in their quest for a second MLS championship.

For this match, the visitors will have a full roster, unlike the Seattle Sounders, who will have two absentees for this match:

S. Kitahara (muscle injury)

R. Baker-Whiting (hamstring injury)

They have arrived! The protagonists have arrived. Both Seattle Sounders and LAFC players are already at Lumen Field Stadium for this MLS Conference Semifinal match.

In the head-to-head history between Seattle and LAFC, the Los Angeles Angels have the balance in their favor with 8 wins to 5 for the Seattle Sounders. Only 4 draws have been recorded.

The stadium that will host this conference semifinal will be Lumen Field, a multipurpose venue located in the city of Seattle, United States. It hosts the home games of the MLS Seattle Sounders and the NFL Seattle Seahawks. It has a capacity of 72 thousand spectators.

All set! We are just under an hour away from the start of the MLS League conference semifinal between the Seattle Sounders and LAFC. Both teams will be looking to qualify for the final of the Eastern Conference Can the home team or the visitors come out on top? Follow our coverage on VAVEL Mexico.
 

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This is the kickoff time for the Seattle Sounders vs LAFC match on November 26 in several countries:

Argentina: 11:30 PM to be confirmed

Bolivia: 10:30 PM to be confirmed

Brazil: 10:30 PM to be confirmed

Chile: 10:30 PM to be confirmed

Costa Rica: 8:30 PM to be confirmed

Colombia: 9:30 PM to be confirmed

Ecuador: 9:30 PM to be confirmed

United States (ET): 9:30 PM to be confirmed

Mexico: 8:30 PM

Paraguay: 11:00 PM to be confirmed

Peru: 9:30 PM to be confirmed

Uruguay: 11:30 PM to be confirmed

John McCarthy, Aaron Long, Denil Maldonado, Ryan Hollingshead, Sergi Palencia, Ilie Sánchez, Mateusz Bogusz, Timothy Tillman, Mario González, Denis Bouanga y Carlos Vela.

Frei, Roldan, Yeimar, Ragen, Nouhou, Vargas, Joao Paulo, Roldan, Rusnak, Chu, Morris.

The center referee for this Seattle Sounders vs LAFC will be Ted Unkel; Corey Rockwell, first line; Cory Richardson, second line; Filip Dujic, the fourth assistant.

On the other hand, the team from Los Angeles, which is the reigning MLS champion, wants to win the U.S. league championship twice, and to do so, it must eliminate one of the favorite teams, the Seattle Sounders. Carlos Vela's LAFC finished the regular phase in third place in the Western Conference with 52 points, the result of 14 wins, 10 draws and 10 defeats. The Los Angeles-based club is on a very positive streak with four wins in its last five matches played. In their most recent match, LAFC came away with a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps.

The Seattle team, coached by Brian Schmetzer, had a very good regular season and finished second in the Eastern Conference with 53 points, only behind the leader, St. Louis City, product of 14 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses. In their last 5 games they have performed well with three wins, one draw, and one loss.
In their most recent game, Seattle faced FC Dallas where a solitary goal by Rusnak gave them the victory by a score of 1-0 at home.

The U.S. league is back in action! After the FIFA break, today there is soccer, to continue with Sunday's matchday of the 2023 season, we will have a very attractive match between the Seattle Sounders who will host the reigning champion of Major League Soccer, Los Angeles FC. The locals want to take advantage of the match at home to continue with the good streak and eliminate Los Angeles FC in the playoffs. Both will want to go for the victory and give a joy to their respective fans. Who will get the pass to the great final of the conference?

The Seattle Sounders vs LAFC match will be played at Lumen Field Stadium, which is located in the City of Seattle, United States. Kickoff is scheduled for 9:30 pm (ET).

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