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Seattle Sounders at Austin FC: Player ratings
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Many people thought Seattle was in for a tough match against Austin on Thursday night. Missing 10 first team players, starting (literal) teenagers by the handful. With maybe any other coach, I’d have thought this was a rout in the making. But something about the way this team plays for
THIS coach, the way they have pulled out improbable results prior, the system that promotes a culture of winning, and a group that doesn’t leak goals, gave me actual hope pre-match. When Seattle left the building with my predicted 1-0 win, they had played a fantastic match in an unorthodox but effective manner. Conceding 75 percent of the ball didn’t matter. Allowing 737 passes with nearly 90 percent accuracy against didn’t matter. What mattered was the better team did the important stuff to fulfill their win conditions. The duels, the tackles, the run-through-wallness, the mentality to step up when it counted Seattle had that
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When Brian Schmetzer first assumed the “interim” role as Seattle Sounders head coach in 2016, the organization was at a low point. Sigi Schmid had just been fired, the team was languishing near the bottom of the table, and the run of playoff appearances seemed to be all but over.
Still, claiming the title of Sounders head coach interim or not was the fulfillment of a longtime goal. Schmetzer had, of course, been a highly successful head coach during the USL days, but he’d mostly been in the background during the organization’s MLS era. This was the chance he’d been waiting for.
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FULL-TIME: The Seattle Sounders moved back into the Supporters’ Shield lead by pulling off a 1-0 win at Austin FC on Thursday.
AUSTIN FC 0, SOUNDERS 1: Raúl Ruidíaz blocks a pass and then immediately shoots from about 41 yards out, beating Brad Stuver off his line for his 11th goal of the season.
67 YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! @RaulRuidiazM just did that!!!
Once again, the Seattle Sounders come into a match on short rest and short on available first-team bodies. Joining the list of unavailable players for Thursday’s game at Austin FC is Xavier Arreaga, who will have to sit this one out due to yellow-card accumulation.
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