April 30, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC Press Release
Raúl Ruidíaz of Seattle Sounders FC on game night
(Seattle Sounders FC)
Chester, Pennsylvania. – Sounders FC (2-5-3, 9 points) defeated Philadelphia Union (3-2-4, 13 points) 3-2 at Subaru Park on the evening of the 2nd. After jumping out to a 3-0 half-time lead following a brace from Raúl Ruidíaz and his first career goal from Obed Vargas, Rave Green withstood two second-half strikes from the hosts to return to Seattle with three points. Tonight’s game was a resumption of a March 9 game between Seattle and Philadelphia that was postponed after six minutes due to inclement weather. Brian Schmetzer’s team now returns home to take on the LA Galaxy at Lumen Field’s Emerald Queen Casino Pitch on Sunday, May 5 (3:45 p.m. PT / Apple TV, FS1, 93.3 KJR FM, SiriusXM FC, El Rey 1360 A.M.) .
match notes
Sounders FC achieved its second win of the season and is currently in 12th place in the Western Conference with 9 points (2-5-3).
Tuesday’s game was the first meeting between the two teams since 2019. Seattle currently holds an all-time record of 5-5-3 against Philadelphia in MLS regular season games.
With a brace in the first half, Ruidíaz leads the team in scoring and is tied for sixth in MLS with six goals this season. He ranks first in club history with 70 goals in the MLS regular season and 84 in all competitions.
Tuesday marked Ruidas’ second multi-goal game of the season and the 16th of his career (MLS regular season), tied for third among active players. The Peruvian ranks first in club history with 17 multiple-goal games in all competitions (14 in the regular season, two in the MLS Cup Playoffs and once in the Concacaf Champions Cup).
Ruidíaz has converted all four penalty attempts this season, a career high.
Obed Vargas scored his first professional goal in the first half of Tuesday’s game. The 18-year-old Sounders FC Academy product has made 57 appearances in all competitions for Sounders FC and 28 for Tacoma Defiance.
Tonight’s game marked the resumption of the March 9 game between Seattle and Philadelphia that was postponed after six minutes due to inclement weather. The match was restarted with the same line-up and substitutes from the moment it was stopped. However, there are two exceptions to Sounders FC’s matchday roster. Yeimar Gómez Andrade took his place in the starting XI for Xavier Arreaga, who was traded to the New England Revolution last week, while Danny Musovski, who was on the bench for the March 9 game, was sidelined through injury. Albert Rusnák and João Paulo were added to the bench to replace Arreaga and Musovski.
Match Summary
Seattle Sounders FC 3 – Philadelphia Union 2
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Location: Subaru Park
Referee: Joe Dickerson
Assistants: Ryan Graves, Mike Nickerson
Standing referee: Sergi Boyko
VAR: Sorin Stoika
Weather: 79 degrees, sunny.
Grading Summary
Sea – Raul Ruidas 13′
SEA – Obed Vargas (Leo Chu) 22′
SEA – Raul Ruidas (penalty kick) 37′
PHL – Jack McGlynn (Alejandro Bedoya) 56′
PHL – Daniel Gazdag (Quinn Sullivan) 57′
Summary of Offences
SEA – Jackson Reagan (Caution) 27′
PHL – Michael Ure (caution) 45’+10′
SEA – Nuhu (caution) 59′
Lineups and Statistics
Seattle Sounders FC – Andrew Thomas; Alex Roldan, Yeymar, Jackson Reagan, Nuhu; Josh Atencio, Obed Vargas, Jordan Morris (Paul Rothrock 90’+1′), Christian Roldan, Leo Chu (Albert Rusnak 59′); Raoul Rudias (Cody Baker 84′)
Unused substitutes: Jacob Castro, Jonathan Bell, Danny Leiva, Dylan Tevez, Joao Paulo.
Total Shots: 16
Goals scored: 5
Fouls: 7
Offside: 3
Corner kicks: 10
Storage: 5
Philadelphia Union – Oliver Semmle; Jack Elliott, Jacob Glesnes, Oliver Wagner (Kai Wagner 46′), Nathan Hariel; Jose Martinez (Alexander Bedoya 46′), Daniel Gazdag, Jesus Well (Jack McGlynn 46′), Quinn Sullivan; Michael Uer (Chris Donovan 81′) Julian Carranza
Unused Subs: Andrew Rick, Jeremy Rapanello, Sanders Ngabo, Leon Placi.
Total Shots: 16
Goals scored: 7
Fouls: 6
Offside: 2
Corner kicks: 9
Storage: 2
– Sounders FC –
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