The referee designation for today's game is as follows:
Referee: Said Martinez (Honduras)
Assistant referee 1: Walter López (Honduras)
Assistant referee 2: Raymundo Feliz (Dominican Republic)
Fourth referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)
VAR: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
AVAR1: Selvin Brown (Honduras)
A great match is approaching between these two teams that will seek to emerge victorious in the final of the Concacaf Champions League. Do not take off and then we share the statistics of the last game.
The last time these two teams met was on April 27, 2022 and on that occasion the Seattle Sounders FC drew 2-2 on the road. That confrontation was full of fouls, yellow cards, corner kicks and many shots on goal that we hope will be repeated today.
This game will be the second time that Seattle Sounders FC and Pumas UNAM will face each other. The first was on April 27 in the first leg in Mexico and ended in a draw.
We are a little less than one before the game between Seattle Sounders FC vs Pumas UNAM kicks off at Lumen Field. Both teams will go out in search of victory. Who will make it tonight? Follow our coverage on VAVEL.
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These were Seattle's starting players for the first match:
Stefan Frei, Xavier Arreaga, Yeimar Gómez, Nouhou Tolo, Alex Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro, Albert Rusnák, João Paulo, Raúl Ruidíaz, Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan.
These three players are important for UNAM if they want to win. The first is Argentine striker Juan Ignacio Dinenno (#9), he is the team's top scorer in the tournament with 9 goals in 7 games played and his offensive presence will be very important. The next player is Alan Mozo (#2) who plays defense and with 4 assists in the tournament he is the team's biggest assister. Finally, Rogério (#21) with 3 assists and a goal in 7 games is a key player for the team.
The Mexican team had a regular season in Liga MX, Pumas got 22 points after 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. This puts them in eleventh place in the Mexican league and gives them the opportunity to play the playoffs to enter the league. Their last game was against Pachuca (first place in Mexico) and they took all three points by winning 2-0. They had a great tournament in the Concacaf Champions League, the first round they won 6-3 against Saprissa, the next round they advanced after drawing 3-3 against the New England Revolution and then defeated Cruz Azul 2-1 to reach the final of the tournament.
Uruguayan midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro (#10) is a fundamental piece of Seattle's offense by scoring two goals last game against Pumas and is the team's top scorer in the tournament with 4 goals in 5 games played. Another key player for the team is Cristian Roldan (#7) who is the biggest assister with 5 in 7 games played and is a fundamental piece to generate dangerous plays for Seattle. Lastly, Jordan Morris (#13) plays in the forward position, he is the second highest scorer on the team and has scored 3 goals during the tournament. The three players are considered key to the offensive attack of "The Sounders" and will be of the utmost importance for Seattle to be able to stay with the victory.
"The Sounders" have not had a great start in Major League Soccer, until week 9 of the tournament they have a total of 7 points with two wins, one draw and four losses. In their last game in the MLS they lost 4-3 against the San Jose Earthquakes from California and in this way they got their third consecutive game without getting a victory. In the Concacaf Champions League they have had another story, during the tournament Seattle has not known defeat and they reached the final part of the tournament. In the first round they won 5-0 against Motagua, then 4-1 against the Mexican team León and finally 4-2 against New York City.
Lumen Field is located in the city of Seattle, Washington and is known as the loudest stadium in the United States. It will be the venue for this game, it has a capacity of 67,000 spectators, it was inaugurated in 2002 and it is the home of “The Sounders”.
It is a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Club World Cup, this year is the fourteenth edition of the league and the final is Seattle Sounders FC against Pumas UNAM. During the tournament a total of 16 teams from various countries face each other through a system of elimination rounds, the teams that participated this year are:
Mexico: Cruz Azul, León, Pumas UNAM and Santos Laguna.
United States: Colorado Rapids, New England Revolution, Seattle Sounders and New York City.
Canada: CF Montréal and Forge FC.
Guatemala: Communications Football Club and Club Deportivo Guastatoya.
Honduras: Soccer Club Motagua.
Costa Rica: Deportivo Saprissa and Santos de Guápiles Sports Association.
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