LAFC hit the street for a Western Convention showdown towards Seattle Sounders this weekend at Lumen Discipline.
The Sounders have rebounded after their poor begin to the season with six straight wins in all competitions that features a 2-0 victory over St Louis CITY on Wednesday evening. Brian Schmetzer’s facet have climbed up the Western Convention desk as they sit in sixth place with 37 factors from 24 matches.
LAFC, then again, have been stifled of their final two outings. Steve Cherundolo’s crew fell 5-1 to reigning MLS Cup champions Columbus Crew — at residence — earlier than settling for a 1-1 draw towards Actual Salt Lake throughout the midweek. LAFC nonetheless stay on monitor to compete for the highest spot within the West as they path rivals LA Galaxy by simply two factors after 23 matches performed with two video games in hand.
This is 90min‘s information to Seattle vs LAFC.
Present kind (all competitions)
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Seattle Sounders |
LAFC |
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Seattle Sounders 2-0 St Louis CITY – 17/07/2024 |
LAFC 1-1 Actual Salt Lake – 17/07/2024 |
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Austin FC 0-1 Seattle Sounders – 13/07/2024 |
LAFC 1-5 Columbus Crew – 13/07/2024 |
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Sacramento Republic FC 1-2 Seattle Sounders – 09/07/2024 |
LAFC 3-1 New Mexico United – 10/07/2024 |
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Seattle Sounders 2-0 New England Revolution – 06/07/2024 |
LA Galaxy 1-2 LAFC – 04/07/2024 |
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Seattle Sounders 2-1 Chicago Hearth – 29/06/2024 |
LAFC 3-0 Colorado Rapids – 29/06/2024 |
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Nation |
TV channel/stay stream |
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United Kingdom |
Apple TV – MLS Season Move |
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United States |
Apple TV – MLS Season Move |
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Canada |
Apple TV + |
22-year-old Josh Atencio may characteristic within the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games as he was named an alternate for the U23 USA nationwide crew. Thus, he is set to overlook the conflict on Saturday.
Seattle Sounders predicted lineup vs LAFC ( 4-3-3 ): Frei; Tolo, Bell, Ragen, Roldan; Vargas, Paulo; De la Vega, Rusnak, Chu; Ruidiaz.
Younger center-back Lorenzo Dellavalle is ready to overlook recreation as he is nonetheless recovering from a knee drawback. The 20-year-old is predicted to return to motion in early August.
Jesus Murillo and Sergi Palencia are each anticipated to return to Cherundolo’s beginning lineup after serving one-match suspensions after each gamers have been despatched off vs the Crew (Murillo noticed a straight crimson card whereas Palencia was proven a second yellow card).
Midfielder Timothy Tillman is one other doubt for the sport as was substituted off within the draw vs RSL with an obvious hamstring harm.
LAFC predicted lineup vs Seattle Sounders ( 4-3-3 ): Lloris; Palencia, Murillo, Lengthy, Hollingshead; Bogusz, Sanchez, Atuesta; Olivera, Kamara, Bouanga.
The Sounders shall be desperate to get their revenge on LAFC after falling to the Black and Gold again on matchday one of many 2024 season. Nonetheless, LAFC will welcome in defensive reinforcements like Palencia and Murillo that may assist solidify the backline.
The hosts will open the scoring early on, however Denis Bouanga and Cristian Olivera will each get on the scoresheet to show the match round in LAFC’s favor.
Prediction: Seattle Sounders 1-2 LAFC
