Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs – Round One
Seattle Sounders vs. FC Dallas
CenturyLink Field – Seattle
October 19 – 3:30 PM ET
TV: FS1, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports GO, TSN, TVAS
For the fourth time, and first since 2016, the Seattle Sounders and FC Dallas square off in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs with a Round One showdown at CenturyLink Field set for Oct. 19 at 3:30 pm ET.
The Sounders earned the No. 2 seed in the West following a 1-0 win over Minnesota United on Decision Day presented by AT&T. Roman Torres scored the lone goal in the 29th minute to give the Rave Green matching 1-0 victories to close out the regular season.
Seventh-seeded FC Dallas needed a Decision Day win to reach the postseason and it was a decisive one, beating Sporting Kansas City, 6-0, at Toyota Stadium. Zdenek Ondrasek opened the scoring in the ninth minute, the first of his two goals as FC Dallas took a two-goal lead at the break and tacked on four additional strikes in a 22-minute span in the second half.
FC Dallas won 2-1 June 1 in Frisco and the teams played to a 0-0 draw in Seattle Sept. 18. The winner faces either Real Salt Lake or the Portland Timbers in the Western Conference Semifinals Oct. 23 at 10:00 pm ET.
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Seattle vs. FC Dallas
Saturday, October 19 at 3:30 PM ET
CenturyLink Field
Seattle Sounders FC
- Injury Report:
- OUT: Will Bruin (F) - right ACL tear
- Suspended: None
- Suspended after next caution: None
- International duty: None
FC Dallas
- Injury Report:
- OUT: Cristian Colmán (F) - calf strain
- OUT: Dominique Badji (F) - quad strain
- Suspended: None
- Suspended after next caution: None
- International duty: None
Series Matchup at Sounders
- Sounders: 9 wins, 29 goals
- FC Dallas: 1 win, 8 goals
- 1 draw
MLS Cup Playoffs
- Sounders: 2 wins, 8 goals
- FC Dallas: 2 wins, 6 goals
- 2 draws
Officials
- Referee: Nima Saghafi
- Assistant Referees: Ian B. Anderson, Jason White
- 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo
- VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
