Seattle Sounders

Match report

Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Seattle Sounders 2-0 at Lumen Field in the Major League Soccer Regular Season on 17 August 2026. The visitors moved to the summit of the table while the hosts dropped further down.

R. Elloumi opened the scoring in the 77th minute before T. Muller doubled the advantage six minutes later. Both goals came after the substitutions began flowing—S. Brunell and C. Sabaly on 58 minutes, R. Priso on 66, and the visitors brought on D. Musovski and K. Kossa-Rienzi in the 73rd. By then Seattle had already seen J. Ragen booked in the 57th, and Nouhou would follow suit seven minutes after Elloumi's goal.

The statistics told a familiar story. Vancouver controlled 57 per cent of possession and launched 132 attacks compared to Seattle's 82. The hosts registered three shots, none on target, with an expected goals total of 0.68. The visitors hit six shots on target from 11 attempts, generating 2.06 expected goals. Many shots with two goals meant efficiency when it mattered.

Seattle remain 12th on 26 points after 21 games, while Vancouver sit top with 43 points from the same number of matches. The result extended Vancouver's advantage at the summit and left Seattle nine points behind the leaders with a game in hand on neither side.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 43 – 57.00

Shots on target 0 – 6

Shots off target 3 – 5

Expected goals 0.68 – 2.06

⇄ 18' J. Badwal — Substitution ⇄ 36' J. Ferreira — Substitution 🟨 57' J. Ragen — Yellow card ⇄ 58' S. Brunell — Substitution ⇄ 58' C. Sabaly — Substitution ⇄ 66' R. Priso — Substitution ⇄ 73' D. Musovski — Substitution ⇄ 73' K. Kossa-Rienzi — Substitution 🟨 76' Nouhou — Yellow card ⚽ 77' R. Elloumi — Goal ⚽ 82' T. Muller — Goal ⇄ 85' A. Roldan — Substitution 🟨 86' P. Rothrock — Yellow card ⇄ 86' E. Sabbi — Substitution

Match events

18' 0:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution J. Badwal off: R. Elloumi
36' 0:0 Seattle Sounders Substitution J. Ferreira off: S. Gomez
57' 0:0 Seattle Sounders Yellow card J. Ragen
58' 0:0 Seattle Sounders Substitution S. Brunell off: A. Lopez
58' 0:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution C. Sabaly off: R. Gauld
66' 0:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution R. Priso off: T. Blackmon
73' 0:0 Seattle Sounders Substitution D. Musovski off: O. De Rosario
73' 0:0 Seattle Sounders Substitution K. Kossa-Rienzi off: Kim Kee-Hee
76' 0:0 Seattle Sounders Yellow card Nouhou
77' 0:1 Vancouver Whitecaps Goal R. Elloumi assist: E. Sabbi
82' 0:2 Vancouver Whitecaps Goal T. Muller assist: O. Larraz
85' 0:2 Seattle Sounders Substitution A. Roldan off: C. Gaffney
86' 0:2 Seattle Sounders Yellow card P. Rothrock
86' 0:2 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution E. Sabbi off: N. Djordjevic

Statistics

43 Possession, % 57.00

0 Shots on target 6

3 Shots off target 5

0.68 Expected goals 2.06

1 Big chances 1

82 Attacks 132

1 Corners 8

16 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 15

2 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 5

23 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

18/2767% Aerial duels 9/2733%

64 Backward passes 82

2 Blocked shots 8

29 Clearances 17

1/520% Crosses 6/2227%

2/540% Dribbles 8/2138%

0.39 Expected assists 2.15

79 Failed passes 77

4 Goalkeeper saves 0

11 Interceptions 12

4 Key passes 16

17/4439% Long passes 28/5452%

37 Passes into the final third 146

167 Passes in the opposition half 350

251 Passes in own half 211

0 Shot accuracy 0.32

0 Shots from outside the box 6

5 Shots inside the box 13

12/1867% Tackles 14/2167%

413 Total passes 539

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
26	Andrew Thomas	26
5	Nouhou Tolo	5
16	Alexander Roldan León	16
25	Jackson Ragen	25
85	Kalani Kossa-Rienzi	85
9	Jesús Ferreira	9
11	Albert Rusnák	11
14	Paul Rothrock	14
37	Snyder Brunell	37
45	Peter Kingston	45
19	Daniel Musovski	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
24	Stefan Frei	24
4	Ryan Sailor	4
20	Kim Kee-hee	20
35	Antino Lopez	35
39	Stuart Hawkins	39
32	Ks. Gnauhati	32
84	K. Gaffney	84
90	S. Gomez	90
95	Osaze De Rosario	95

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Vancouver Whitecaps

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Yohei Takaoka	1
2	Mathías Nicolás Laborda Malseñido	2
6	Ralph-William Johnson Priso-Mbongue	6
18	Edier Ocampo	18
28	T. Johnson	28
7	Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly	7
8	Oliver Larraz	8
13	Thomas Müller	13
20	Adrián Andrés Cubas	20
59	J. Badval	59
11	Emmanuel Afriyie Mario Sabbi	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
32	Isaac Boehmer	32
3	Sam Adekugbe	3
29	Mikhail Gerasimencov	29
33	Tristan Blackmon	33
41	Nikola Đorđević	41
25	Ryan Stewart Gauld	25
26	Jean-Claude Ngando Mbende	26
97	L. Mackenzie	97
19	Ryan Ellumi	19

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