{"id":1036748,"date":"2026-09-01T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1036748\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:52:13","slug":"match-recap-sounders-fc-earns-2-2-home-draw-with-chicago-on-saturday-afternoon-at-lumen-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1036748\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH RECAP: Sounders FC Earns 2-2 Home Draw with Chicago on Saturday Afternoon at Lumen Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEATTLE, WASH. \u2013<\/strong> Sounders FC (7-9-5, 26 points) drew 2-2 with Chicago Fire FC (11-6-4, 37 points) on Saturday afternoon at Lumen Field. Dejan Jovelji\u0107 scored both goals for the Rave Green in his debut, becoming the first Sounder since Fredy Montero in 2009 to bag a brace in his first career game. Jovelji\u0107 was acquired from Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday. Brian Schmetzer\u2019s side stays at home to host Red Bull New York on Saturday, September 5 (5:30 p.m. PT \/ Apple TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With the result, Seattle sits in 12th place in the Western Conference with 26 points (7-9-5).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Forward Dejan Jovelji\u0107 made his Sounders FC debut this afternoon after being acquired by Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday. The Serbian international recorded 107 all-competition goals in his professional career prior to joining the club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jovelji\u0107 scored his debut goal for the club in the 12th minute, with his second strike coming in the 48th minute, his ninth and tenth of the season including his time at Sporting Kansas City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jovelji\u0107\u2019s became the second player to score a brace in his debut, joining Fredy Montero who did it in Seattle\u2019s first-ever game in MLS on March 19, 2009. He also becomes the fastest player in club history to score a brace in his debut, with his second goal coming in the 48th minute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sebastain Gomez and Kalani Kossa-Rienzi assisted Jovelji\u0107\u2019s goal, both their second in all competitions this season. It was also Gomez\u2019s first career MLS assist. Albert Rusn\u00e1k and Snyder Brunell provided assists on Joveli\u0107\u2019s second goal, Rusn\u00e1k\u2019s team-leading eighth in all competitions and Brunell\u2019s second.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday was the 18th meeting between the two sides dating back to 2009 in the regular season, with Seattle leading the series 10-4-5, including an unbeaten 6-0-2 mark at home. The Rave Green also defeated Chicago in the 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final at Lumen Field on October 4, 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cristian Roldan entered the game in the 57th minute, his first action May 24. Roldan was dealing with a quad injury he suffered during FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 while with the United States Men\u2019s National Team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jordan Morris and Hassani Dotson also made substitute appearances in the 69th minute, their first action since July 16 and July 25, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Seattle stays at home to face Red Bull New York on Saturday, September 5 on the Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field (5:30 p.m. PT \/ Apple TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seattle Sounders FC 2 \u2013 Chicago Fire FC 2<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, August 29, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistants:<\/strong>\u00a0Cameron Blanchard, Kevin Lock<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth Official:<\/strong>\u00a0Alexis Da Silva<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong>\u00a061 degrees and partly sunny<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEA \u2013<\/strong> Dejan Jovelji\u0107 (Sebastian Gomez, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi) 12\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHI \u2013<\/strong> Maren Haile-Selassie (Robert Lewandowski, Andrew Gutman) 39\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEA \u2013<\/strong> Dejan Jovelji\u0107 (Albert Rusn\u00e1k, Snyder Brunell) 48\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHI &#8211;<\/strong> Robert Lewandowski (Puso Dithejane, Haile-Selassie) 82&#8242;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEA \u2013<\/strong> Snyder Brunell (caution) 51\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle Sounders FC<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> Andrew Thomas; Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Kim Kee-hee, Stuart Hawkins, Nouhou; Alex Roldan \u2013 Captain (Hassani Dotson 68\u2019), Snyder Brunell (Cristian Roldan 57\u2019); Sebastian Gomez (Jordan Morris 69\u2019), Albert Rusn\u00e1k, Paul Rothrock; Dejan Jovelji\u0107<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes not used:<\/strong>\u00a0Stefan Frei, Ryan Sailor, Antino Lopez, Danny Musovski<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Fire FC \u2013<\/strong> Chris Brady; Andrew Gutman, Jack Elliot \u2013 Captain, Sam Rogers, Jonthan Dean (Sergio Oregel 73&#8242;); Robin Lod (Puso Dithejane 63\u2019), Dje D\u2019Avilla, Anton Sal\u00e9tros (Jonathan Bamba 73&#8242;); Maren Haile-Selassie, Robert Lewandowski, Philip Zinckernagel (Leonardo Barroso 88&#8242;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes not used:<\/strong> Josh Cohen, Viktor Radojevi\u0107, Joel Waterman, Muricio Pineda, Sam Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE, WASH. \u2013 Sounders FC (7-9-5, 26 points) drew 2-2 with Chicago Fire FC (11-6-4, 37 points) on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1036749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[12086,25714,960,5386,1818,15277,50,10426,36219,414803],"class_list":["post-1036748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-12086","tag-app-news","tag-chicago","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-match-recap","tag-news","tag-press-release","tag-seattle-sounders-fc","tag-seavschi-06-29-2024"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117195410673480416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}