MATCH RECAP: Sounders FC Draws CF Montréal 1-1 Saturday Night at Lumen Field

SEATTLE, WASH. – Sounders FC (11-10-9, 42 points) played to a 1-1 draw with CF Montréal (6-17-7, 25 points) on Saturday evening on the Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field. After going down 1-0 in the first half, the hosts found the equalizer via Sebastian Gomez, as the two sides each earned a point in their first meeting since 2024. The result concludes a three-match week for Seattle, who hit the road next Saturday, October 24 to face San Diego FC at Snapdragon Stadium (7:30 p.m. PT / Apple TV, iHeartMedia Seattle, El Rey 1360 AM).

MATCH NOTES

With the result, Seattle sits in seventh place in the Western Conference at time of writing with 42 points (11-10-9).

Saturday was the 11th meeting between Seattle and Montréal in the regular season, with the Rave Green trailing the series 3-6-2.

Cristian Roldan earned his 300th regular-season start for the Rave Green tonight. The midfielder was drafted out of the University of Washington in the First Round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He joins Stefan Frei (351) as the only Sounders FC players to reach 300 MLS starts.

Sebastian Gomez’s goal in the 66th minute was his third of the year in all competitions to go along with four assists.

Brian Schmetzer’s side next travels to San Diego FC on Saturday, October 24 at Snapdragon Stadium (7:30 p.m. PT / Apple TV, iHeartMedia Seattle, El Rey 1360 AM).

MATCH SUMMARY

Seattle Sounders FC 1 – CF Montréal 1

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Venue: Lumen Field

Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Assistants: Felisha Mariscal, Kevin Lock

Fourth Official: Ricardo Fierro

VAR: Ismir Pekmic

Weather: 57 degrees and cloudy

Attendance: 33,007

SCORING SUMMARY

MTL – Hennadii Synchuk (Noah Streit, Alexis Sánchez) 13’

SEA – Sebastian Gomez 66’

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

SEA – Hassani Dotson (caution) 15’

MTL – Alexis Sánchez (caution) 33’

MTL – Victor Loturi (caution) 53’

LINEUPS & STATS

Seattle Sounders FC – Andrew Thomas; Alex Roldan (Kalani Kossa-Rienzi HT), Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Ryan Sailor (Snyder Brunell 64’), Nouhou; Hassani Dotson (Paul Arriola 86’), Cristian Roldan – Captain; Caden Clark (Sebastian Gomez HT), Albert Rusnák (Jesús Ferreira 65’), Jordan Morris; Dejan Joveljić

Substitutes not used: Stefan Frei, Antino Lopez, Peter Kingston, Danny Musovski

Total shots: 18

Shots on goal: 7

Fouls: 10

Offside: 2

Corner-kicks: 5

Saves: 1

CF Montréal – Sébastian Breza; Viktor Radojević, Brandan Craig, Efraín Morales, Jalen Neal (Dawid Bugaj 64’); Victor Loturi (Dani Pereira 79’), Samuel Piette – Captain (Matty Longstaff 87’); Noah Streit (Wikelman Carmona 80’), Fabian Herbers (Olger Escobar 86’), Hennadii Synchuk; Alexis Sánchez

Substitutes not used: Samsy Keita, Luca Petrasso, Daniel Ríos

Total shots: 9

Shots on goal: 2

Fouls: 12

Offside: 4