Tukwila, wash. – San Diego Royal SC suffered a heartbreaking 5-4 loss in overtime to Seattle Sounders FC. The club’s run at this year’s Lamar Hunt US Open Cup came to an end in the third round despite recovering from a regulation deficit and extra time before extra time. A 123rd-minute stoppage-time penalty kick by Freddy Montero sent the Sounders at Starfire Stadium.
A dramatic contest is headed for a penalty shootout in the 116th minute when Jackson Simba came on as a substitute with a header from Joe Corona’s free-kick before scoring the first touch of the game to tie the match 4-4. It looked like The night SD Royal fought back all along. However, Seattle’s Travian Sousa’s penalty for his area foul proved decisive. Montero’s shot was out of the reach of SD Royal goalkeeper Cork his Vegas and went into the right corner of the net.
Seattle took a 2–0 lead at halftime with a goal from Montero 15 minutes into the first half and a goal from Ethan Doveraele 11 minutes later, but the first goal for Corona, who converted from the penalty spot in the 8th minute of the second half, was away. The team fought back. With a shot to the bottom left corner. The Sounders regained a two-goal lead shortly after Paul Rothrock found the net, but SD Royal mounted the first comeback to send the game into extra time.
Former USA international Joe Corona scored his second goal with 17 minutes left on a bending free kick. Then, in stoppage time of the second half, New Zealand international Kyle Adams scored his first goal of 2023, tying the game with an exceptional left foot explosion and forcing extra time.
The Sounders responded with a great strike of their own in the first period of overtime when Reed Baker Whiting cut in from the left and shot into the top right corner from 20 yards. Simba leveled again with his SD Loyal but looked to send the game to a shootout, but the winner after Montero grabbed his four-time Open Cup champion victory .
Real Salt Lake 3, Las Vegas Lights FC 1 (AET): Las Vegas Lights FC put up an impressive fight to take Real Salt Lake into overtime at Cashman Field. Luke Stauffer scored his third goal in many matches, but Demir Krailach (his second goal in the contest) and Nevada native Danimsowski scored his two goals. rice field. sent off the visitor.
Las Vegas held their opponents apart for 90 minutes and had the upper hand in shooting in the first half, but the game remained scoreless. RSL took the lead late in the first period of extra time, as a back-post header from a corner kick put Krailach free, but Leitz FC scored with Stauffer equalizing in the 112th minute after an assist from Pato Botello Faz. I reacted because I caught up with
RSL found the opening goal after four minutes, but Krailach scored for the first time from a low cross from the right, while Mussovski sealed the result in the first minute of stoppage time.
Nashville SC 1, San Antonio FC 0: Ethan Zubak scored the lone goal as Nashville SC ended San Antonio FC’s second consecutive hopes with a victory over a top-flight opponent at Geodis Park.
San Antonio pressed well in the first half, and Nashville goaltender Elliot Panicco had to make some key saves to keep Igasio Birone out. NSC found the goal they needed with 19 minutes remaining, but Fafapikow stole the ball in his attacking third and quickly passed it to Zubak for an easy finish.
Portland Timbers FC 3, Orange County SC 1: Milan Iloski scored for Orange County SC at Providence Park, but two goals on either side of halftime saw Portland Timbers FC past the visitors and OCSC’s first victory over an MLS opponent in the tournament. could not be accommodated.
Portland took the lead eight minutes before half-time when Marvin Loria hit a low shot from the top of the penalty area into the bottom right corner. The hosts doubled their lead early in the second half as Tyler Clegg headed home from close range, but Orange County consistently proved a threat in attack, with six to five shots into the hosts target. was recorded.
OCSC gave the 2022 Championship Golden Boot winners a chance nine minutes into the second half when excellent interaction between Iloski and Thomas Amann scored a sharp finish from the left side of the penalty area. The visitors continued to create good moments and Iloski and Korede Osundina were saved by Portland goalkeeper Hunter Sulte with 21 minutes remaining. However, the Timbers cooled the game down in stoppage time as Jaroslaw Niezgoda found the net to complete the scoring.
