Frei taken off in ambulance as Sounders, Crew play to 1-1 draw

SEATTLE (AP) — Paul Rothrock scored a goal in the 43rd minute to lead the Seattle Sounders to a 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew on Sunday.

Seattle Sounders 1, Columbus Crew 1: Match detail

Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei took an accidental knee to the head with seconds remaining in stoppage time and was taken off the field in an ambulance. Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer and the Crew’s Wilfried Nancy agreed to call the game with Columbus due for a corner kick.

Frei had three saves for Seattle (8-6-6).

Columbus (10-3-8), which had won three in a row, is unbeaten in four straight.

Rothrock put away a one-touch shot, off a feed from Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, from the left-center of the area to make it 1-1.

Diego Rossi gave Columbus a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute. Ibrahim Aliyu, on the counter-attack, slipped a perfectly-placed cross between three defenders to a charging Rossi for a first-touch finish from point-blank range.

The Sounders are 8-4-6 all time against Columbus, which includes a 4-0 road win in the only meeting between the clubs last season.

Kossa-Rienzi was shown yellow cards in the 87th minute and the second minute of stoppage and the Sounders played the final few minutes a man down.

Evan Bush stopped one shot for Columbus.

Last time: Seattle Sounders beat Austin FC 2-0 in return to MLS play

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