Ragen, Rothrock score as Sounders beat Sporting KC 2-0
Sep 15, 2024, 6:58 PM
Paul Rothrock celebrates a goal with Seattle Sounders teammate Jackson Ragen. (Logan Riely/Getty Images)
(Logan Riely/Getty Images)
SEATTLE (AP) — Jackson Ragen and Paul Rothrock each scored a goal Sunday to help the Seattle Sounders beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0.
Seattle Sounders 2, Sporting KC 0: Match detail
The Sounders have won back-to-back games and three of four since returning from the Leagues Cup break. Seattle, which is 9-1-2 in its last 12 games, moved past the Houston Dynamo and Vancouver into fifth in the Western Conference standings and is just two points behind second-place Los Angeles FC.
Ragen opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a rising one-touch shot from point-blank range. Jordan Morris, near the penalty spot, played a header off a corner kick by Albert Rusnák that was parried by goalkeeper Tim Melia but Ragen was there for the putback to give Seattle (13-9-7) a 1-0 lead.
Right place, right time for Jackson Ragen! 💯 pic.twitter.com/ttanzZzd3F
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) September 15, 2024
Rothrock made it 2-0 when he capped a series of passes with a sliding first-touch goal from 6-yards out. Rusnák, at the edge of the area, tapped a pass backward to Cristian Roldan, who played an arcing ball back to Rusnák for a centering header to Jordan Morris for a one-touch pass to Rothrock for the finish.
TEAM GOAL 😤
Paul Rothrock knocks it home for the 2-0 lead! pic.twitter.com/XRl75FMxYN
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) September 16, 2024
Kansas City (7-15-7) had its three-game unbeaten streak snapped.
Last time: Albert Rusnák nets hat trick as Sounders rout Crew 4-0
