{"id":109701,"date":"2025-08-01T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/109701\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:48:10","slug":"pedro-de-la-vega-scores-unreal-volley-in-seattle-sounders-vs-cruz-azul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/109701\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro de la Vega scores UNREAL volley in Seattle Sounders vs. Cruz Azul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Argentine Designated Player sealed a historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/leagues-cup\/2025\/matches\/cazvssea-07-31-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7-0 win<\/a> over LIGA MX powerhouse Cruz Azul with a volley for the ages, completing his brace with a strike fans on both sides of the MLS-LIGA MX rivalry can marvel at.<\/p>\n<p>De la Vega ran onto a cross-field switch from right back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/alex-roldan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Roldan<\/a> and, from the edge of the 18-yard box, sent the ball past goalkeeper Kevin Mier, off the far post and in.<\/p>\n<p>Do yourself a favor and watch it (we recommend on repeat):<\/p>\n<p>The goal capped the biggest victory in Leagues Cup history and by the Sounders in their MLS era.<\/p>\n<p>It came less than 20 minutes after de la Vega subbed on, as well, and followed his 76th-minute golazo that truly turned the match into a rout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ball by Alex? Come on,&#8221; said head coach Brian Schmetzer. &#8220;The ball by Alex, and then Pedro just one touch. I mean, that\u2019s really a tremendous goal, and that just put the icing on the cake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The result offered Seattle some revenge on Cruz Azul, who just two months ago won the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-league\/2025\/matches\/cazvsvan-06-01-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5-0 victory<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a>. During that run, La M\u00e1quina eliminated the Rave Green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-league\/2025\/matches\/cazvssea-03-11-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4-1 on aggregate<\/a> in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle are also now unbeaten in seven matches across all competitions (4W-0L-3D) since facing Paris Saint-Germain, Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and Botafogo at the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-club-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA Club World Cup<\/a> earlier this summer. Meanwhile, de la Vega has four goals in his last three matches.<\/p>\n<p>With momentum on their side, Seattle will look to keep the good times rolling on Sunday against Santos Laguna (10:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/seattle-sounders-fc-vs-club-santos-laguna\/umc.cse.2kpigele5hmftqdodlgfvpru4?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLS Season Pass;<\/a> FS1, Univision, TUDN). They&#8217;ll conclude Phase One when hosting Club Tijuana on Aug. 6, hoping to secure one of four MLS spots in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Argentine Designated Player sealed a historic 7-0 win over LIGA MX powerhouse Cruz Azul with a volley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,69872,2961,61117,224,5337,44504,69871,44204,36219,37638],"class_list":{"0":"post-109701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-cazvssea-07-31-2025","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-leagues-cup","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-match-reaction","16":"tag-pedro-de-la-vega","17":"tag-priority-match","18":"tag-seattle-sounders-fc","19":"tag-sendtonews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109701","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=109701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}