Sounders FC Plays to Scoreless Home Draw with Austin FC

SEATTLE, WASH. – Sounders FC (0-1-1, 1 point) drew 0-0 with Austin FC (0-1-1, 1 point) on Saturday night on the Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field. It marked the first home match of the 2024 campaign for Seattle, as the Rave Green recorded their first clean-sheet and earned the first point of the 2024 campaign.

As part of Saturday’s festivities, Sounders FC honored the career of Osvaldo Alonso, who signed a one-day contract earlier this week to retire as a member of the club where he began his MLS career. Brian Schmetzer’s side returns to action with a road match next Saturday, March 9 against the Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park (4:30 p.m. PT / Apple TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM).

MATCH NOTES

• Sounders FC now has one point through two games this season (0-1-1), currently tied for ninth in the Western Conference.

• The Rave Green are now 3-1-3 in head-to-head regular-season matchups since Austin joined MLS in 2021.

• Seattle is now 10-5-1 all-time in MLS regular-season home openers.

• Offseason signing Pedro de la Vega made his first start for Sounders FC on Saturday. The Argentine made his club debut last weekend at LAFC and became the eighth player in club history to score a goal in his MLS debut.

• Goalkeeper Andrew Thomas recorded his first career MLS shutout on Saturday. The 25-year-old made his MLS debut last weekend at LAFC, with Stefan Frei sidelined with a hamstring injury.

• Danny Musovski made his Sounders FC home debut as a second-half substitute. The 28-year-old signed with the Rave Green this offseason following a nine-goal season with Real Salt Lake in 2023.

• Sounders FC celebrated the career of club legend Osvaldo Alonso on Saturday. Alonso signed a one-day contract this week to officially retire as a member of Sounders FC, and was honored by the club pregame and during halftime of today’s match. Over 10 seasons in Seattle, Alonso led the club to eight major trophies, earning four MLS All-Star selections and one MLS Best XI honor. His 339 appearances across all competitions are the most by a field player in the MLS era of the club.

MATCH SUMMARY

Seattle Sounders FC 0 – Austin FC 0

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Venue: Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field

Referee: Rafael Santos

Assistants: Raidel Toledo, Andrew Hanks

Fourth Official: Christopher Calderon

VAR: Shawn Tehini

Attendance: 30,067

Weather: 38 degrees and light rain

SCORING SUMMARY

None

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

SEA – Xavier Arreaga (caution) 22’

ATX – Jhojan Valencia (caution) 48’

ATX – Zan Kolmanic (caution) 57’

ATX – Alex Ring (caution) 57’

SEA – Jordan Morris (caution) 83’

ATX – Owen Wolff (caution) 89’

LINEUPS & STATS

Seattle Sounders FC – Andrew Thomas; Alex Roldan, Jackson Ragen, Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou; Josh Atencio, Obed Vargas, Cristian Roldan, Pedro de la Vega (Raúl Ruidíaz 63’), Léo Chú (Danny Musovski 81’); Jordan Morris

Substitutes not used: Jacob Castro, Jonathan Bell, Danny Leyva, Dylan Teves, Paul Rothrock, Cody Baker

Total shots: 22

Shots on goal: 4

Fouls: 14

Offside: 2

Corner-Kicks: 9

Saves: 1

Austin FC – Brad Stuver; Matt Hedges, Jon Gallagher, Julio Cascante, Zan Kolmanic (Guiherme Biro 71’); Jhojan Valencia, Dani Pereira (Owen Wolff 86’), Alex Ring; Emiliano Rigoni, Jader Obrian (Ethan Finlay 66’), Diego Rubio (Gyasi Zardes 66’)

Substitutes not used: Stefan Cleveland, Hector Jimenez, CJ Fodrey, Valentin Noel, Antonio Gomez

Total shots: 2

Shots on goal: 1

Fouls: 18

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 0

Saves: 4