Seattle Sounders

Raúl Ruidíaz firmó un doblete histórico para la MLS, que cortó una racha de títulos ganados en Concacaf por equipos mexicanos. Seattle Sounders derrota a ...

Los cambios no funcionaron para Lillini esta vez; el DT de Pumas tardó demasiado quizás en reaccionar. El peruano remató, pero el balón se desvió en las manos de Freire cambiando por completo el rumbo del mismo y terminando en el fondo de la red para el 1-0. Al 45’, Raúl Ruidíaz se encontró el balón en el corazón del área tras una serie de rebotes.

Seattle Sounders terminó con la hegemonía de los clubes mexicanos y conquistó la Liga de Campeones de Concacaf al imponerse 3-0 a Pumas de la UNAM,...

Pumas ya tenía el balón y no permitía la salida de su rival. ¡UN GOL QUE SACÓ LAS LÁGRIMAS DE RUIDIAZ!#ÁnguloFOX Las malas noticias llegaron para el cuadro de casa, pues Nouhou Tolo y Joao Paulo salieron por lesión.

A resounding 3-0 victory saw the Seattle Sounders make CONCACAF Champions League history behind a brace from Raul Ruidiaz.

The crowd will be jumping, and this Seattle team is resilient. Had the Sounders been able to capitalize on those, this would be a very different matchup. The club went to FC Dallas and won 2-0 in 2011-12, and picked up a 3-1 win against the Houston Dynamo in 2008-09. Not only did Dinenno make the starting lineup, but he scored a brace and caused the Seattle backline problems all evening. 80th min: GOAL! SEATTLE! Ruidiaz has the ball in the back of the net on a venomous counter-attack, and the Seattle Sounders have nearly done it!! With that, Seattle has stuck with the same starting lineup from the first leg. 3rd min: Dinenno the early target with a long-ball, and he's immediately swarmed by a double-team down near the corner flag. It was a very hard whack right to the noggin, and he seems a bit woozy. Seattle controlled long stretches of the first half, and while the hosts didn't create many opportunities in front of net, they still felt largely in control. The USMNT international takes aim, and his shot clatters the post, touched wide by Talavera. The rebound falls at the feet of Lodeiro, and he makes sure to finish the game off, burying the ball with a ripple in the back of the net. Jordan Morris is nearly clean through on goal but the feed from Lodeiro is just inches out of reach as Talavera comes out to collect. Stefan Frei made a huge save midway through the second half to keep Seattle in front, and the leaders up front in Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan, and Nicolas Lodeiro swarmed the Pumas back line consistently.

FULL-TIME: The Seattle Sounders became the first MLS team to win the Concacaf Champions League, dispatching Pumas UNAM 3-0 in the final on Wednesday in ...

SOUNDERS 1, PUMAS 0: In a half where seemingly nothing went right for the Sounders, they were the ones to catch the first big break. The Sounders got two goals from Raúl Ruidíaz and one goal by Nicolás Lodeiro. - This is the eighth time the Sounders have hosted a literal cup final, the first four of which were during the A-League/USL-era. The Sounders are 6-0-1 (and they won the tie in a penalty shootout) in those games. - The aggregate score is tied 2-2 after the Sounders went to Mexico City last week and earned a tie on two second-half penalties. SOUNDERS LOSE TWO PLAYERS TO INJURY: The Sounders were forced to make two substitutes inside the first 30 minutes. FULL-TIME: The Seattle Sounders became the first MLS team to win the Concacaf Champions League, dispatching Pumas UNAM 3-0 in the final on Wednesday in front of a sellout crowd of 68,741.

It took five tries with four ending in disappointment but the Seattle Sounders have won Concacaf Champions League and are heading to the Club World Cup.

After a whirlwind past few months for American soccer as the U.S. men's national team will head to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Seattle Sounders will give fans another World Cup to look forward to. Vargas completed 82 percent of his passes to keep the ball moving under pressure and while he didn't create much on the attacking end, he didn't need to be a like-for-like replacement for Paulo. He scored the Sounders' third goal in the 87th minute as Morris' shot was unlucky to go off of the post. When the team needed it before the half, his shot took a deflection to get things going before he iced the match in the 80th minute with help from Jordan Morris and Nicolas Lodeiro. Kelyn Rowe and Obed Vargas stepping up to replace injured players are important markers of how important depth is, as is Fredy Montero's performance in the tournament earlier in the season when Will Bruin and Ruidiaz were both out injured. Obed Vargas, 16, would sub in to replace him in midfield becoming the youngest player to appear in a Concacaf Champions League final.

The Seattle Sounders will face off against the Pumas UNAM Wednesday night to decide who heads to the FIFA Club World Cup. Here's what you need to know.

Con un doblete de Raúl Ruidíaz y una diana más de Nico Lodeiro, Sounders castigó errores de Pumas durante la eliminatoria, en la que dejaron escapar una ventaja ...

En el complemento, Pumas perdió la brújula, por lo que el Seattle Sounders ganó confianza y acabó con el equipo de Andrés Lillini. Ruidíaz volvió a golpear, con el 2-0, y cuando se esperaba una gesta de los universitarios, como las que acostumbran en la Liga Mx, apareció Nicolás Lodeiro para anotar el 3-0. Pumas volvió a hacer el ridículo en la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf. Los universitarios eran el último equipo mexicano que había perdido una final del torneo continental y volvieron a caer en el certamen, 16 años después, para pausar el dominio de los equipos de la Liga MX y entregar el campeonato a un equipo de la MLS. Nicolás Lodeiro y Raúl Ruidíaz salieron de cambio al minuto 92 del Lumen Field. Las dos estrellas del Seattle Sounders acabaron con el dominio de los equipos de la Liga MX en la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf, al derrotar por 3-0 a los Pumas y coronarse con un global de 5-2.

(Reuters) -- Seattle Sounders de Estados Unidos conquistó por primera vez en su historia la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf tras golear el miércoles 3-0 como local a Pumas UNAM de México con doblete del peruano Raúl Ruidíaz en el partido de vuelta de ...

"Estoy feliz, se lo dedico a mi familia y a mis hijos, a todos aquellos que confiaron en mí, es el título mas importante de mi carrera. De esta manera, Seattle Sounders será el primer club de la MLS que representará a la Concacaf en el Mundial de Clubes. En el partido disputado en el estadio Lumen Field, Seattle Sounders metió el primer gol a los 45 minutos con un disparo de Ruidíaz que fue desviado por el brasileño Diogo de Oliveira, por lo que el portero Alfredo Talavera ya no pudo reaccionar.

For all the jokes about what Seattle has invented as it relates to American soccer, the Sounders have been a model MLS franchise and are worthy ...

“It’s all the young kids that are coming up, you know the academy guys—they all get a taste of what this club is all about. “Right now, I’m living the moment and I’m just so proud of that group of players—all of them—because it’s not just the guys that scored the goals tonight,” he added. And then I’ll go to the next layer … the exact meaning for MLS vs. The Sounders finished the 2022 CCL with an undefeated 4-0-4 record, eliminating two Mexican clubs and the reigning MLS champs along the way. The Sounders are ahead of the curve. And in each of those 13 seasons, they finished among the top four in the West. The Sounders are just about the only safe MLS bet. That’s a .290 win percentage, which would get a GM and coach fired from any team in the world. The Sounders aren’t the highest-spending team in MLS but they’re typically near the top, and they’re likely the best at constructing a competitive roster under the league’s complex and sometimes stifling rules. “Since ’18, we’ve really had this [core] and we’ve tried to add one piece a year without subtracting,” Lagerwey said before the match. It takes time to make history, and Wednesday’s climactic 90 minutes represented the final steps of a lengthy journey that began when the Sounders, a four-time champion in American soccer’s second tier, entered MLS in 2009. Across the ensuing dozen seasons, the Sounders won two MLS Cups, four conference titles, three more Open Cups and a Supporters’ Shield. Their streak of 13 consecutive playoff appearances is a league record. Where MLS teams had stumbled and failed for two decades, the Sounders now stand triumphant.

Get a report of the Seattle Sounders FC vs. Pumas UNAM 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, Finals football match.

The passion is so strong in this city and we appreciate it. Real Salt Lake and Montreal both returned home after pulling off draws on the road against LigaMX opponents only to be defeated in the second legs. His best chance was a free kick midway through the second half that missed the net. It's a Wednesday and we're packing this place with 68,000 people. Prior to that, there were only two other American teams to have won a CONCACAF club crown -- D.C. United in 1998 and the LA Galaxy in 2000 -- when it was known as the Champions Cup. Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei, who was named the player of the tournament, made a terrific save on Diogo's free header in the 65th minute.

The Sounders will become the first MLS time to play in the Fifa Club World Cup after Wednesday's historic win.

Joao Paulo exited after 25 minutes following a clumsy challenge from Leonel Lopez, forcing Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer to bring on 16-year-old teenager Obed Vargas as a substitute. Tolo limped out of the fray after an ugly challenge from Pumas right back Jose Galindo, who earned a yellow card for a wild kick on the Cameroon international’s thigh. A cagey opening 45 minutes saw Seattle forced to reorganize their defense and midfield after early injuries to left back Nouhou Tolo and midfield playmaker Joao Paulo.

The Seattle Sounders are the first Major League Soccer club to win Concacaf Champions League, defeating Pumas UNAM 3-0 on the night and 5-2 on aggregate in ...

In addition to being the first MLS club to win Concacaf Champions League, the Sounders will also be the first to represent the league at the FIFA Club World Cup. They will face the continental champions from across the world. Following the match, Frei was given the Best Goalkeeper and Player of the Tournament Awards for the 2022 Concacaf Champions League. By no means did the Sounders have a cakewalk on the road to this historic achievement.

SEATTLE – As the clock ran down in the second leg of Seattle Sounders FC's Concacaf Champions League Final series against Pumas UNAM at Lumen Field, ...

Right now I’m living in the moment and I’m just so proud of that group of players, all of them, because it’s not just the guys that scored the goals tonight, it’s not just Yeimar, Stef and all of those guys. Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer is also a Seattle lifer, with deep roots dating back to his playing days for the NASL iteration of the club in the 1980s. “The reality is we had a sold-out crowd, a crowd that was in the game, that won us the game. The Sounders were already one of the league’s most decorated clubs, with two MLS Cups, a Supporters’ Shield and four US Open Cup titles in their trophy case. Outside the venue before the game, the atmosphere and feel were notably different, akin to the last time Seattle played host for a Final in their victorious MLS Cup 2019 effort – but this time with continental glory on the line. The scene at Frei’s longtime home stadium, already known as one of the most raucous venues in MLS, was in a state that even the veteran backstop had never seen.

Get a report of the Seattle Sounders FC vs. Pumas UNAM 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, Finals football match.

The passion is so strong in this city and we appreciate it. Real Salt Lake and Montreal both returned home after pulling off draws on the road against LigaMX opponents only to be defeated in the second legs. His best chance was a free kick midway through the second half that missed the net. It's a Wednesday and we're packing this place with 68,000 people. Prior to that, there were only two other American teams to have won a CONCACAF club crown -- D.C. United in 1998 and the LA Galaxy in 2000 -- when it was known as the Champions Cup. Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei, who was named the player of the tournament, made a terrific save on Diogo's free header in the 65th minute.

It had been over 20 years since an MLS side could claim continental supremacy but now the Seattle Sounders can after beating Pumas.

To do it with the Sounders and do it this way and do it with these fans is really special." You've got the best generation of American players who come into play in the World Cup. It's just such an exciting time to be part of American soccer." All of a sudden, the Sounders were running downhill all the way to the CCL title. Sounders GM and president of soccer Garth Lagerwey wasn't holding back and didn't hesitate to revel in the win. "It's been a team effort to push this over the line, I can't understate it," he added. It's great to have a good team on paper but you also have to show that we're a good team on the field. "This is a hard tournament to win. Even in the moment of arguably his biggest triumph, he was reluctant to get drawn in to the historical import. But then prized offseason signing Albert Rusnak provided a bit of composure on the ball, and kick-started the sequence that led to Ruidiaz's second tally. The win amounts to a badly needed feather in the cap of MLS. For what has seemed like forever, MLS commissioner Don Garber has been touting how the league's goal was to be the best in the world by some seemingly random date. In the aftermath, the hugs on the field were almost as plentiful as the cheers in the stands. Other teams have claimed championships during Seattle's MLS existence, but the Sounders have been impressive for their consistency in a salary cap league, making the postseason every year, and reaching the MLS Cup final four times.

Seattle Sounders venció a Pumas de México y será el primer club de la MLS que representará a la Concacaf en el Mundial de Clubes.

"Estoy feliz, se lo dedico a mi familia y a mis hijos, a todos aquellos que confiaron en mí, es el título mas importante de mi carrera. De esta manera, Seattle Sounders será el primer club de la MLS que representará a la Concacaf en el Mundial de Clubes. En el partido disputado en el estadio Lumen Field, Seattle Sounders metió el primer gol a los 45 minutos con un disparo de Ruidíaz que fue desviado por el brasileño Diogo de Oliveira, por lo que el portero Alfredo Talavera ya no pudo reaccionar.

Con un doblete de Raúl Ruidíaz y una diana más de Nico Lodeiro, Sounders castigó errores de Pumas durante la eliminatoria, en la que dejaron escapar una ...

En el complemento, Pumas perdió la brújula, por lo que el Seattle Sounders ganó confianza y acabó con el equipo de Andrés Lillini. Ruidíaz volvió a golpear, con el 2-0, y cuando se esperaba una gesta de los universitarios, como las que acostumbran en la Liga Mx, apareció Nicolás Lodeiro para anotar el 3-0. Pumas volvió a hacer el ridículo en la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf. Los universitarios eran el último equipo mexicano que había perdido una final del torneo continental y volvieron a caer en el certamen, 16 años después, para pausar el dominio de los equipos de la Liga MX y entregar el campeonato a un equipo de la MLS. Nicolás Lodeiro y Raúl Ruidíaz salieron de cambio al minuto 92 del Lumen Field. Las dos estrellas del Seattle Sounders acabaron con el dominio de los equipos de la Liga MX en la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf, al derrotar por 3-0 a los Pumas y coronarse con un global de 5-2.

The Sounders Leg 2 win on Wednesday saw them lift the Concacaf Champions League trophy, making them the first American team to take home the prize.

Then starting attacker Joao Paolo needed a stretcher after taking a hit to the knee area, putting Seattle down two subs in just the first 29 minutes. The home team took a 1-0 lead going into the half. Starting defender Nouhou Tolo went down after a hit to the upper knee and was replaced in the 11th minute.

El atacante uruguayo aseguró que la MLS dio un golpe sobre la mesa tras poner fin a la paternidad de la Liga MX en Concachampions.

El delantero peruano reconoció que no fue sencillo ante Pumas, pero se dijo satisfecho por sentar un precedente con el club de Washington. “No hay palabras para describir lo que estoy sintiendo en estos momentos. Se lo quiero dedicar a todos los clubes de la MLS también porque ellos hacen que la liga sea cada día más competitiva.

One prize for Seattle's Concacaf Champions League title was a chance to face some of the world's best clubs. When are those games? “No clue,” one FIFA ...

The very first Club World Cup, in 2000, was an eight-team event in Brazil. That year was the last one in which an American team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, won the continental championship. Too late for the Galaxy. Mexican and Costa Rican teams — to the immense frustration of M.L.S. — have won the title every year since. The pandemic-delayed 2021 Club World Cup that was held in February, and won by Chelsea, was nominally the final one under the old, smaller format. In a meeting in Shanghai in October 2019, it approved the change and awarded China the hosting rights for the first edition in 2021. But financial concerns and the collapse of a sponsor led the event to be scrapped. An American team has nearly played in the Club World Cup once before. The Club World Cup has been held annually since 2005, with representatives of each of FIFA’s global confederations facing off to determine a world club champion. One of them presumably could be the Sounders after Wednesday’s victory, although the official qualifying criteria has not been announced. The Seattle Sounders won the Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday night, beating Pumas of Mexico, 3-0, to claim a 5-2 victory on aggregate in the two-legged final. FIFA, which runs the Club World Cup, has been eager to expand the tournament, and it put a plan on the table for a 24-team tournament shifted to the summer and held every four years instead of annually. One prize for Seattle’s Concacaf Champions League title was a chance to face some of the world’s best clubs. Facing off against teams like that in an international competition has been a dream for many M.L.S. players, executives and fans.

El entrenador de Seattle Sounders, Brian Schmetzer, fue el gran arquitecto del campeonato del Seattle Sounders ante Pumas en la Concacaf Champions League.

Fue el 26 de julio del 2016 cuando comenzó a construir su legado y su inicio fue de manera interina. Un club que ha sido un invitado constante a los Playoffs de la MLS. El entrenador de Seattle Sounders, Brian Schmetzer, fue el gran arquitecto del campeonato del Seattle Sounders ante Pumas en la Concacaf Champions League.

It's a reality: A Major League Soccer club is the Champions of Concacaf.

They added a great deal of quality with Albert Rusnak and have multiple players in contention to play in November at the World Cup in Qatar. They have every domestic trophy in their cabinet and now they have added the most important one. Now the question is, will the floodgates open with clubs in the MLS trying to emulate what the Seattle Sounders accomplished? We had played against each other many times at the national team level as well as when I was with Puebla. That was definitely different and unexpected. Winning this trophy will undoubtedly bring more global exposure to the club and to MLS. More importantly, as players, you want to play against the best and compete in the most meaningful matches. I remember arriving at PSV and Manchester City and I can’t remember one time that any of my teammates asked me about MLS or what was it like to play there. The talent coming out of Concacaf right now is improving but that needs to be followed by a collective ambition across organizations. Until other MLS clubs see the value in winning this tournament, sadly it will continue to be “one-offs.” If MLS clubs want to be talked about in the same breath or even a superior one to Liga MX clubs and earn more respect, then why not go all out in trying to win the Concacaf Champions League every year? Will your league form dip slightly in the beginning of the MLS season? The Concacaf Champions League simply was not a priority for us in 2019. Seattle Sounders FC won the Concacaf Champions League, the competition that provides the best club in our region the opportunity to play in the FIFA Club World Cup and bragging rights at least for a year. No other MLS team has won the competition since the new format in 2008.

Pasaron más de 20 años desde que un equipo de la MLS pudiera reclamar la supremacía continental, pero ahora los Sounders de Seattle lo hicieron después de ...

El hecho de que un joven de 16 años y un veterano de 10 temporadas sustituyan a esos dos chicos es algo que no se puede imitar en esta liga”. Y con una liga en ascenso, la competición de la Leagues Cup se hace mucho más emocionante porque es realmente competitiva. Es cierto que un mal momento se puede romper fácilmente cuando se cuenta con un definidor implacable como Ruidiaz. Su primer tanto, convertido poco antes del descanso, tuvo un elemento de suerte, ya que el balón se desvió de Diego y pasó frente a un desorientado Alfredo Talavera en el arco de los Pumas. Su segundo gol, marcado en el minuto 80, fue el punto culminante de una magnífica jugada colectiva en la que participaron Jordan Morris y Lodeiro. Lodeiro, que remató después que Morris intentara convertir para ser atajado por Talavera, ayudó a aumentar la ventaja. Para él, se trataba de una redención. Lagerwey había recorrido una trayectoria similar en la CCL cuando era gerente general del Real Salt Lake en 2011, aunque ese equipo se quedó a muy poco de alzar el título en una agónica derrota. Obviamente, una de las funciones laborales de Garber es promocionar su liga; sin embargo, este loable objetivo, se defina como se defina, parece ignorar el hecho de que hay que ocuparse de la coyuntura en su propia región antes de empezar a pensar en competir con el resto del mundo. Sin embargo, incluso a pesar de que Seattle tomó ventaja en el marcador, la plantilla se vio acechada por elementos que parecían indicar que la historia volvería a repetirse. Eso se vio en el encuentro del miércoles. Vargas y Rowe actuaron hábilmente y sentaron las bases para que Seattle reafirmara su supremacía. Y ya la MLS la tiene en su haber. Sumamos un calendario implacable y había la sensación de que la caída de un equipo de la MLS parecía casi inevitable. Sin embargo, en aquellas ocasiones en las que un equipo de la MLS parecía estar listo para dar el salto, también parecía verse abrumado cuando las circunstancias iban en su contra. Unos Pumas que hasta entonces no fueron los mejores sobre la cancha comenzaron a encontrar su ritmo y parecían tomar control del partido. El mar de hinchas vestidos con camisetas verdes creció y saltó en medio de la euforia.