May 15, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Seattle Sounders FC News Release
Seattle Sounders FC midfielders Cristian Roldán and Nicolás Lodeiro
(Seattle Sounders FC)
SEATTLE, WASH. – Seattle Sounders FC (3-5-1, 10 points) claimed three valuable points against Minnesota United FC (4-5-2, 14 points) with a 3-1 win in front of 32,613 fans at Lumen Field on Sunday afternoon. The victory was Seattle’s first after winning the 2022 Concacaf Champions League and the club’s first win in league play since April 2 at Minnesota, snapping a three-match losing skid in MLS. The points helped Sounders FC move from the bottom of the Western Conference into 11th place, three positions higher than when the day started. Due to their Champions League run, the Rave Green have multiple games in-hand on 12 teams in the conference, with two more matches coming over the course of the next week.
Minnesota got on the board first in the 34th minute, taking advantage of a Nouhou mis-clearance inside his own 18-yard-box. Robin Lod pounced on the loose ball, slamming it into the back of Stefan Frei’s net for his fourth goal of the season and an early 1-0 Loons lead.
After a first half of close attacking chances that misfired, Cristian Roldan helped get his team back into the match by drawing a penalty in the 49th minute, charging through Minnesota’s area and drawing a hard foul. Seattle striker Raúl Ruidíaz stepped to the spot and converted his attempt a minute later, good for his first MLS tally of 2022 and his 65th goal across all competitions since joining the club midway through 2018.
Roldan once again put himself in the center of the action in the 74th minute of play, receiving a square ball roughly 30 yards from goal, setting himself on a half-turn and firing a blistering right-footed shot that gave Minnesota goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair little chance of keeping pace. The long-range strike was Roldan’s second goal of 2022 and his 30th in MLS since being drafted in 2015.
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