Major League Soccer · 2026

LA Galaxy 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer

1–1Full-time analysis

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders FC drew 1–1.

Shots
1817
Shots on target
58
Expected goals
1.911.73
Possession
48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders FC drew 1–1. Recorded in this match (LA Galaxy – Seattle Sounders FC): shots 18–17, shots on target 5–8, expected goals 1.91–1.73, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

moderate

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for LA Galaxy.

3 days ▲Rest daysLA Galaxy · Seattle Sounders FC7.08 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricLA GalaxySeattle Sounders FCBaseline
Rest days3 days7.08 days—
Matches last 14 days3 matches1 match—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Seattle Sounders FC's recent record differs from the season

weak

Seattle Sounders FC's last-five shots average is above their season average.

15.4 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season13.4 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Shots15.4 shots/match13.4 shots/match12.9 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots18 shots17 shotsLA Galaxy 18 shots, Seattle Sounders FC 17 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots8 shotsLA Galaxy 5 shots, Seattle Sounders FC 8 shots
  • Expected goals1.91 xG1.73 xGLA Galaxy 1.91 xG, Seattle Sounders FC 1.73 xG
  • Possession48%52%LA Galaxy 48%, Seattle Sounders FC 52%
  • Corners5 corners3 cornersLA Galaxy 5 corners, Seattle Sounders FC 3 corners
  • Fouls9 fouls15 foulsLA Galaxy 9 fouls, Seattle Sounders FC 15 fouls
  • Yellow cards0 cards2 cardsLA Galaxy 0 cards, Seattle Sounders FC 2 cards
  • Passes409 passes442 passesLA Galaxy 409 passes, Seattle Sounders FC 442 passes
  • Pass accuracy82.9%88.2%LA Galaxy 82.9%, Seattle Sounders FC 88.2%
  • Shots inside box11 shots12 shotsLA Galaxy 11 shots, Seattle Sounders FC 12 shots
  • Blocked shots4 blocks5 blocksLA Galaxy 4 blocks, Seattle Sounders FC 5 blocks
  • Goalkeeper saves7 saves4 savesLA Galaxy 7 saves, Seattle Sounders FC 4 saves
  • Offsides1 offside2 offsidesLA Galaxy 1 offside, Seattle Sounders FC 2 offsides

As it happened

Key moments

  1. 44′Marco ReusPenalty goal · LA Galaxy
  2. Half-time
  3. 81′Paul ArriolaGoal · Seattle Sounders FC
  4. 90′Peter KingstonYellow card · Seattle Sounders FC
  5. Full time
Player changes · 10grouped by team and minute
  • 46′Seattle Sounders FC · 1 player changeSebastian Gomez
  • 62′Seattle Sounders FC · 1 player changePeter Kingston
  • 67′LA Galaxy · 3 player changesPablo Ruíz · João Klauss · Harbor Miller
  • 79′LA Galaxy · 1 player changeLucas Sanabria
  • 79′Seattle Sounders FC · 3 player changesPaul Arriola · Kim Kee-hee · Hassani Dotson
  • 89′LA Galaxy · 1 player changeMaya Yoshida

Who started

Lineups

Show both lineups

Confirmed lineups as published before kick-off.

LA Galaxy4-3-3
  1. JT MarcinkowskiG
  2. Julián AudeD
  3. Jakob GlesnesD
  4. Justin HaakD
  5. Harbor MillerD
  6. Lucas SanabriaM
  7. Isaiah ParenteM
  8. Pablo RuízM
  9. Kyogo FuruhashiF
  10. Hirving LozanoF
  11. Robert TaylorF
Seattle Sounders FC4-2-3-1
  1. Andrew ThomasG
  2. Nouhou ToloD
  3. Alex RoldánD
  4. Kim Kee-heeD
  5. Stuart HawkinsD
  6. Cristian RoldánM
  7. Albert RusnákM
  8. Peter KingstonM
  9. Dejan JoveljićF
  10. Jordan MorrisF
  11. Paul RothrockF

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2LA Galaxy
2Draws
1Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC — LA Galaxy · Major League Soccer0–2
Seattle Sounders FC — LA Galaxy · Major League Soccer2–2
LA Galaxy — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer0–4
LA Galaxy — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer1–0
Seattle Sounders FC — LA Galaxy · Major League Soccer0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: LA Galaxy favored in 4 of 13 directional metrics · Seattle Sounders FC in 4 · 5 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

LA Galaxy26 matchesSeattle Sounders FC23 matches
1.19 goals/match ▲Goals scored26/231.09 goals/match
1.54 goals/matchGoals allowed26/23▲ 1.3 goals/match
1.39 xG/matchExpected goals23/201.34 xG/match
12.7 shots/matchShots26/2313.4 shots/match
5.15 shots/match ▲Shots on target26/234.83 shots/match
48.9%Possession26/23● 50.5%
5.19 corners/match ●Corners26/234.96 corners/match
2.89 cards/matchCards9/42.25 cards/match
10.6 fouls/matchFouls26/2310.2 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples26 / 23home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 13 Sept 2026, 06:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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