TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS – Playing its third 2015-2016 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage match, Seattle Sounders FC fell 1-0 to CD Olimpia in Tegucigalpa, Honduras this evening. A second-half goal from Alberth Elis was the difference, as the home side took three points at Estadio Nacional.
Sounders FC remains in first place in Group F with four points (1-1-1) after last Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Olimpia in Seattle and a 1-1 draw with Vancouver on August 5. The Rave Green wrap-up Group Stage play with a home fixture on Wednesday, September 23 against Whitecaps FC. Meanwhile, Olimpia and Vancouber are set to meet twice to complete the group – once at Whitecaps FC’s BC Place on September 16 followed by a contest in Tegucigalpa on October 22.
After a scoreless first hour of play, Olimpia got on the board in the 60th minute when Elis scored his second goal of the Group Stage. Ever Alvarado got behind the defense on the left side of Seattle’s area, forcing Troy Perkins off his line to make the initial stop, but the deflection fell to Elis, who collected the ball and put it into the back of the net.
Sounders FC returns to MLS regular season action this Sunday, August 30 with a nationally televised Cascadia Cup clash with the Portland Timbers. Coverage on ESPN begins at 1:30 p.m. PT with a 30-minute pregame show before a 2:01 p.m. PT sharp kickoff.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 0 – CD Olimpia 1
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Venue: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Sandy Vasquez
Assistants: Joriany Carvajal, Geovany Garcia
Fourth Official: Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Weather: Partly cloudy and 77 degrees
SCORING SUMMARY
OLI – Alberth Elis 60’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Thomás (caution) 49’
OLI – Arnold Peralta (caution) 57’
SEA – Gonzalo Pineda (caution) 64’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Troy Perkins; Micheal Azira, Jimmy Ockford, Zach Scott – captain, Dylan Remick; Thomás (Andy Rose 67’), Gonzalo Pineda, Cristian Roldan, Aaron Kovar (Tyrone Mears 82’); Lamar Neagle, Darwin Jones (Marco Pappa 70’)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Frei, Damion Lowe, Victor Mansaray
Total shots: 4 (Four players, 1)
Shots on goal: 1 (Pappa, 1)
Fouls: 21 (Remick, 4)
Offside: 3 (Jones, 2)
Corner-kicks: 1 (Kovar, 2)
Saves: 2 (Perkins, 2)
CD Olimpia – Donis Escobar; Bryan Johnson, Johnny Palacios, Fabio de Souza, Ever Alvarado; Carlos Mejia (German Mejia 87’), Bayron Mendez, Arnold Peralta, Oscar Salas (Oliver Morazon 80’); Romell Quioto (Javier Estupiñan 90+3’), Alberth Elis
Substitutes not used: Noel Valladares, Elmer Guity, Michaell Chirinos, Roger Rojas
Total shots: 12 (Three players, 2)
Shots on goal: 3 (Three players, 1)
Fouls: 14 (Peralta, 4)
Offside: 1 (Elis, 1)
Corner-kicks: 3 (Mendez, 3)
Saves: 1 (Escobar, 1)
MATCH NOTES
- Sounders FC leads Group F of the 2015-2016 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League with four points (1-1-1), one point ahead of Olimpia, who has a game in-hand. The Rave Green conclude SCCL Group Stage action on Wednesday, September 23 at home against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- Marco Pappa made his first appearance for Sounders FC since July 18 when he came on for Darwin Jones in the 70th minute. It also marked the Guatemalan’s first SCCL appearance for Rave Green.
- Head Coach Sigi Schmid selected the same starting XI as last week’s 2-0 home win over CD Olilmpia.
- Lamar Neagle started alongside Darwin Jones up top in Wednesday evening’s match. Neagle has now appeared in each of Seattle’s 30 matches across all competitions this season, the only Sounder to do so.
