Seattle’s Jordan Morris scored two goals to tie a franchise a record before an own goal in stoppage time helped FC Charlotte play the Sounders to a 2-2 draw.
SEATTLE β Seattle’s Jordan Morris scored two goals on Saturday night to tie a franchise a record before an own goal in stoppage time helped FC Charlotte play theΒ Sounders to a 2-2 tie in the season opener for both teams at a rain-soaked Lumen Field.
After two errant touches by the Sounders, Idan Toklomati played a low entry from the right side that was deflected at the near post by Seattle’s YΓ©imar Gomez Andrade and darted between goalkeeper Stefan Frei’s legs into the net in the third minute of stoppage time.
Kristijan Kahlina had six saves for Charlotte.
Seattle had 58% possession and outshot Charlotte 18-7, 8-1 on target.
Adilson Malanda, a 23-year-old in his fourth season with Charlotte, scored his second career goal in the 35th to make it 1-1. The 6-foot-1 defender went up high and headed home a corner kick played in by Pep Biel. Malanda’s first MLS goal opened the club’s account in the 2024 opener, a 1-0 win over New York City FC almost a year ago.
Morris perfectly time his run onto a low entry played by Georgi Minoungou for a volley that bounced off the ground into the top-net to give Seattle a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute.
Albert RusnΓ‘k, on the counter-attack, played a through ball to Morris, who slipped behind the defense and, as goalkeeper Kahlina charged off his line, scored a first-touch goal from the top of the penalty area to give Seattle a 2-1 lead in the 49th minute.
Morris has 68 career regular season goals with the Sounders, three shy of RaΓΊl RuidΓaz’s club record set from 2018-24. The duo is tied for franchise lead with 86 goals across all competitions. Morris’ 10 multi-goal games in the regular season are tied with Clint Dempsey for second most in Sounders history (RuidΓaz, 12).
