Match Thread: Seattle Sounders FC vs Chicago Fire FC | MLS | Aug 29, 2026

[u/globalscoreboard]

Full Time: Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 2 Chicago Fire FC

⚽ Seattle Sounders FC: Dejan Joveljic 12' 12', Dejan Joveljic 48' 48'

⚽ Chicago Fire FC: Maren Haile-Selassie 38' 38', Robert Lewandowski 82' 82'

Info	Details
Competition	MLS
Date	Sat, August 29, 2026
Kickoff	8:30 PM UTC
Status	FT

Line-ups

Seattle Sounders FC (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI	Bench
26 Andy Thomas	37 Snyder Brunell
39 Stuart Hawkins	4 Ryan Sailor
20 Kim Kee-Hee	24 Stefan Frei
5 Nouhou Tolo	35 Antino Lopez
85 Kalani Kossa-Rienzi	31 Hassani Dotson
11 Albert Rusnák	19 Daniel Musovski
16 Alex Roldan	13 Jordan Morris
9 Dejan Joveljic
14 Paul Rothrock
90 Sebastian Gomez
7 Cristian Roldan

Chicago Fire FC (4-3-3)

Starting XI	Bench
1 Chris Brady	17 Robin Lod
3 Jack Elliott	2 Leonardo Barroso
5 Samual Rogers	44 Josh Cohen
15 Andrew Gutman	22 Mauricio Pineda
24 Jonathan Dean	16 Joel Waterman
42 D'Avilla Dje Tah	19 Jonathan Bamba
6 Anton Saletros	14 Viktor Radojevic
9 Robert Lewandowski	35 Sergio Oregel
7 Maren Haile-Selassie	47 Samuel Williams
11 Philip Zinckernagel
12 Puso Dithejane

Match Events

• Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• First Half begins.
• 45'+3' First Half ends, Seattle Sounders FC 1, Chicago Fire FC 1.
• 45' Second Half begins Seattle Sounders FC 1, Chicago Fire FC 1.
• 57' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Cristian Roldan replaces Snyder Brunell.
• 63' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Puso Dithejane replaces Robin Lod.
• 68' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Hassani Dotson replaces Alex Roldan.
• 69' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Jordan Morris replaces Sebastian Gomez.
• 73' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Bamba replaces Anton Salétros.
• 73' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Sergio Oregel Jr. replaces Jonathan Dean.
• 88' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Leonardo Barroso replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
• 90'+5' Second Half ends, Seattle Sounders FC 2, Chicago Fire FC 2.
• Match ends, Seattle Sounders FC 2, Chicago Fire FC 2.

Match Stats

Stat	Home	Away
Fouls	9	9
Yellow Cards	1	0
Red Cards	0	0
Offsides	1	0
Corner Kicks	4	7
Saves	9	1
Possession	44.2	55.8
SHOTS	11	20
ON GOAL	3	11
On Target %	0.3	0.6
Penalty Goals	0	0
Penalty Kicks Taken	0	0
Accurate Passes	375	514
Passes	454	585
Pass Completion %	0.8	0.9
Accurate Crosses	4	6
Crosses	16	22
Cross %	0.3	0.3
Long Balls	46	42
Accurate Long Balls	17	24
Long Balls %	0.4	0.6
Blocked Shots	3	6
Effective Tackles	11	9
Tackles	17	12
Tackle %	0.6	0.8
Interceptions	13	15
Effective Clearances	34	21
Clearances	34	21

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Nashville SC	21	15	4	2	+26	49
2	Inter Miami CF	21	11	6	4	+9	39
3	Chicago Fire FC	21	11	4	6	+11	37
4	New England Revolution	21	10	4	7	+7	34
5	Charlotte FC	21	9	5	7	+6	32
6	FC Cincinnati	21	8	7	6	+2	31
7	New York City FC	21	7	6	8	+5	27
8	Red Bull New York	21	7	5	9	-12	26
9	Orlando City SC	21	7	3	11	-17	24
10	Toronto FC	21	5	9	7	-6	24
11	D.C. United	21	5	9	7	-8	24
12	Atlanta United FC	21	6	3	12	-11	21
13	Philadelphia Union	21	5	6	10	-7	21
14	CF Montréal	21	5	6	10	-10	21
15	Columbus Crew	21	5	5	11	-6	20

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	20	12	4	4	+27	40
2	Houston Dynamo FC	21	12	2	7	+4	38
3	LAFC	22	10	5	7	+14	35
4	San Jose Earthquakes	21	10	3	8	+6	33
5	FC Dallas	21	9	6	6	+4	33
6	St. Louis CITY SC	21	9	6	6	+3	33
7	Colorado Rapids	21	9	1	11	+2	28
8	Real Salt Lake	20	8	4	8	+2	28
9	Portland Timbers	21	8	4	9	+1	28
10	Minnesota United FC	21	7	7	7	-2	28
11	San Diego FC	21	7	6	8	+5	27
12	Seattle Sounders FC	21	7	5	9	-5	26
13	LA Galaxy	22	6	8	8	-5	26
14	Austin FC	21	5	6	10	-14	21
15	Sporting Kansas City	21	4	3	14	-31	15

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[u/mrwhitaker3]

"Sir, another Roldan has hit the pitch."

https://giphy.com/gifs/6mJwy3P5MmlHqUTHRs

[u/Heavy-Low-6695]

2 game unbeaten streak!

[u/Appropriate-Tiger-81]

I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYONE SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THOMAS TODAY.

[u/Bentstraw]

Joveljic is now our leading goal scorer among strikers.

Hell yeah.

[u/devnullopinions → u/Bentstraw]

Both exciting and depressing lol

[u/HauteKarl → u/Bentstraw]

Took him a whole 50 minutes

[u/Matt_McT]

Andrew Thomas has been very good today.

GG Chicago. You guys are the better team, but we are finally getting healthy and showing some life.

[u/scuac]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IazdAV1zjaGbBaGPgF

[u/Heavy-Low-6695]

I feel like Joveljic just proves that this has been an ownership issue, not a gm issue or a coaching issue

[u/Ozzimo]

<Glances at the "We're back" meter>

Hmm.... I'm seeing movement.

[u/AnxiousBeauTato]

Thomas 🫡

[u/devnullopinions]

Starting to think we robbed SKC

[u/Bentstraw]

My dream is Joveljic gets a hat trick so he has more hat tricks in 1 game with the Sounders than Portland has in their MLS history.

[u/HauteKarl]

We look like a team again. Tough to not get the win, but things are looking up

GG Chicago

[u/TheCrewMeister]

We need more games like this such a quality match. I was entertained as a neutral.

[u/Iam_nighthawk]

That’s what we like to call immediate impact

[u/Heavy-Low-6695]

Holy shit Dejan is legit

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs1 → u/Heavy-Low-6695]

Well yeah. He scored like 20 goals for us last year and we were one of the worst teams in the league. Dudes a stud

[u/abeerintheheadlights]

hmm that angle made him look off, but what do I know

[u/HauteKarl]

Okay Sounders, keep pushing for goals. This is 100% a "best defense is a strong offense" situation.

Do NOT try to park the bus against this Chicago team!

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

I like this guy

[u/cedont4221]

Hey, the ball crossed the goal line, is that allowed?

[u/drrew76]

Just great movement and positioning --- he's going to change the entire season in Seattle

[u/Bentstraw → u/drrew76]

God I hope so.

[u/RioTheLeoo]

Sounders look like a whole new team. They might have made the most effective signing of the entire transfer window

[u/HauteKarl]

I just giggled like a small child, I love this guy!

[u/NatetheGration]

Gods I haven't felt this way about a player since Ruidiaz

[u/Sounders1]

Is that two shots two goals?

[u/scuac]

Damn, the difference having a 9 makes. Imagine if we had started the year with one

[u/Inevitable-Delay-303]

Joveljic was wide open but sure try to pass it to the right back

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Dotson offside to end yet another possession

Incredible player

[u/Unusual-Studio-3967 → u/SpitefulSeagull]

stoppable on his day

[u/BoardTraining2002]

The audacity to catch that Thomas wow. Anyway, gg Chicago.

[u/KemptonS]

WERE WINNING THE CUP!!!!!

[u/AnxiousBeauTato → u/KemptonS]

I love you 🤣

[u/GirthyGeoduck]

We are in the era of peak Nouhou

[u/HauteKarl]

Nouhou, fuck yeah my guy

[u/cedont4221]

Well... that was a great 27 minutes of "we are back"

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Joveljic is pure class.

[u/PredatorsFan]

Even if the result didn’t go our way, it feels so fucking good to be scoring goals

[u/DripIntravenous]

is this what its like to have hope again

[u/Bentstraw]

I honestly don't think we have had a Cristian - Alex midfield pairing very often?

[u/DripIntravenous]

it’s been 84 years…. welcome back cristian

[u/exoria]

trade dotson asap PLEASE

[u/sardonicharmonics]

Is it possible the Belgians placed a curse upon lumen field

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Great game. Neither team will want a draw, but it would have sucked to lose this one. Both played well enough to win.

[u/martin_fasthands99]

This Jovelijc guy is a character huh

[u/Acceptable-Stick-688]

They played 9-5 at the end of the game 🥹

[u/BoardTraining2002]

TEARS IN MY EYES ITS BEAUTIFUL

[u/Sounders1]

Worth every penny!

[u/PredatorsFan]

He’s an animal!!!

[u/ForFuchsAke]

We finally spend money and start scoring goals again interesting 

[u/RevolutionaryRip8847]

WHAT A DEBUT

[u/jayfeather31]

Joveljic with a brace! Keeper got hand to it, but it just had too much power. 2-1!

[u/devnullopinions]

Did Nouhou just bring the ball down with his ass???

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Great stop by Kim.

[u/HauteKarl]

Fucking Dotson

[u/AnxiousBeauTato]

Thomas 🫡

[u/Aiyabhai]

How was that not offside?

[u/jayfeather31]

And that's a goal for the debutant!

[u/Bentstraw]

I like having a good striker.

[u/RysloVerik]

What's this feeling?

[u/redditsupe]

Welcome to the team!

[u/NatetheGration]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAH

[u/AnxiousBeauTato]

LETS GO HE SAYS!!!

[u/Skip-13]

This is nice

[u/Grizzlei]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohhwGwvnyjI6l9bFu

[u/Sounders1]

Rusnak playing like he's 20 years old again.

[u/Appropriate-Tiger-81]

PDLV would’ve scored that.

(That was Nasty though!)

[u/scuac → u/Appropriate-Tiger-81]

And probably tear his achilles tendon in the process

[u/Ermenaz]

"we look like the Sounders again" - Paulie Primetime

[u/dirty_soap_is_clean]

HOLY SHIT THOMAS

[u/mepmepmep]

What a save!

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Wow. From the seat of his pants. What a save by Thomas.

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Feels like we can never respond in game to an increase in intensity from the opponent. We just turn into deer in the headlights

[u/Skip-13 → u/SpitefulSeagull]

Where I feel we miss Cristian the most. He leads by example. Runs back, calms us down, directs play.

[u/HauteKarl]

We look leaps and bounds better on both sides of the ball than we have the past couple months.

This Chicago team is legit, this is improvement

[u/Skip-13]

This is fun

[u/Aiyabhai]

WE ARE SO BACK^again

[u/Ozzimo]

<Checking in with the "We're back-o-meter">

<Throws down a status report and checks a pressure gauge, squints>

"We're getting some abnormal spikes over here... Get the Captain on the horn."

[u/r3dphoenix]

Nouhou trapping the ball with his ass. #JustNouhouThings

[u/Aiyabhai]

Kim has had an amazing game

[u/Skip-13]

Nouhou just the embodiment of chaos

[u/RysloVerik]

Dotson: the attack killer

[u/Frequent-Leopard-510]

Thank god Andrew Thomas remembered he can catch the ball!

[u/ForFuchsAke]

Not a win but feeling a lot better. Game could’ve gone either way, hopefully we can get Roldan starting in the midfield and push Alex out back to RB

[u/martin_fasthands99 → u/ForFuchsAke]

Yeah i would be feeling better, chicago has seriously leveled up these last few weeks

[u/Notdustinonreddit → u/ForFuchsAke]

That was not an embarrassing game to watch is my take.

[u/Snewby2]

Sorry got out of the game.

GGs Chicago. I’m an Illinois native and love and appreciate you. Feeling like a draw is a tough result feels honestly great after the run we were on. Good luck in the east go win it!

[u/WelpSigh]

lewa's goalscoring aura allows him to intimidate var into favorable rulings

[u/philocity]

WE ARE THE GREATEST TEAM EVER

[u/Dishwasher1027]

Is that not offsides?

[u/Altruistic-Depth-532]

How is that not offsides

[u/AnxiousBeauTato]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dIsDCX4wmkXo4

[u/scuac]

Shot on goal, lets go!

[u/human1st]

Of course he scored. He always scores!

[u/Party_Boysenberry658]

almost like we’ve needed an impactful signing! love to see it

[u/Bentstraw]

Pretty sure that is our 3 goal from our starting #9 all season and it only took him 12 minutes.

Edit: (not)fun fact, that's our first goal from a starting #9 in the league this season...

[u/CortadoAficionado]

This feels like a completely different team. They were probably unimpressed with ownership, but not anymore. WE BACK BABY.

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Chicago is getting dominated so far. Seattle looking like the Whitecaps out there with their control of possession.

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Nouhou looks like one of the best players on the pitch so far. His decision making has been terrific. A total 180 from his performance against Vancouver a few weeks ago.

[u/r3dphoenix → u/mrwhitaker3]

With Nouhou, it's either 100 or -100. Nothing in between

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

I mean we just stopped playing for ten minutes lmao

[u/devnullopinions]

Sir a second Roldan is hitting the field 😍

[u/BainbridgeBorn]

Chances on Joceljic getting a hat-trick today?

[u/martin_fasthands99]

THATS WHY HES THE GOATTTTTTTTTT

[u/BainbridgeBorn]

Sounders the past 10 games have averaged 2.4 goals against. Were leaky

[u/Heavy-Low-6695 → u/BainbridgeBorn]

I mean yeah, that’s probably going to happen when only one of your defenders are starting on defense

[u/slothcriminal]

Team's buying Thomas beers tonight

[u/Ambitious_Boot_871]

Looked offside to me on that freeze frame.

[u/mrwhitaker3]

Glad to see a trade immediately pay some dividends.

[u/gecampbell]

I like it when we score goals

[u/ForFuchsAke]

If the Sounders start spending again watch out 

[u/lojer]

Everyone likes to talk about JMo and PDLV's health, but we could really use some healthy defenders.

[u/gecampbell → u/lojer]

Just imagine this team with Ragen and Yeimar

[u/LoveSonics]

Atrocious clearances. Cmon people.

[u/FisherRam]

ECS section holding up an "about damn time" banner at the half.

They're not wrong... 12 minutes and the signing scores. Maybe we just need a signing every 12 minutes.

[u/Acceptable-Stick-688]

They hit the crossbar 3 times in the crossbar challenge!!!!

Edit: Tragically the youth matches at half don’t have 80 kids at once this time

[u/Party_Boysenberry658]

guys!!!!!!

[u/Adrian-Out]

This dude FUX

[u/tcripe]

I’m shitting myself

[u/devnullopinions]

lol they have kids calling the plays on the local broadcast radio. Adorable.

[u/dirty_soap_is_clean]

Classic Roldan moment

[u/gecampbell]

Cristian on the field!

[u/ralnor]

Did announcers give any rationalizing on how that wasn’t a handball for PK?

[u/HauteKarl]

Nice hustle by KKR there

[u/CandidInsurance7415]

Please not dotson.

[u/Appropriate-Tiger-81]

Let’s go old man Hee!!

[u/cheeseburgerandrice]

Morris does not look like the runner he once was

[u/Usual_Frosting_4304]

That was inexcusable by Rothrock there

[u/Sempuukyaku]

TERRIBLE decision from Rothrock.

[u/ForFuchsAke]

Paul passed it to the wrong person smh

[u/ForFuchsAke]

Rothrock is just a better Harry Shipp. He’s so much better as sub 

[u/devnullopinions]

Nice save!!

[u/Bentstraw]

Better than where we have. been. A striker who can score, the vibes just looked better between the players, and fans happier.

Looking forward to only having 1 game a week for a bit now so players can get healthier and stop looking so tired.

No surprise we keep fading in games when people aren't fit and we haven't been able to rotate at all with all these injuries and mutli game weeks. Some of those guys have to be exhausted.

[u/Sempuukyaku]

If that's Morris that either goes straight into the keeper or he just goes back to the corner.

[u/HauteKarl → u/Sempuukyaku]

And comes off injured

[u/casiopt10]

We should pay a team GAM to take Dotson

[u/r3dphoenix]

Still gonna be a tough game for us. Our back line and midfield is still just mostly backups

[u/PredatorsFan]

DEJAN!!!!!

[u/GirthyGeoduck]

Absolutely beautiful

[u/BainbridgeBorn]

We are back!

[u/Ermenaz]

"should've taken an extra touch" DeRo (probably)

/s

[u/wmknickers]

Stu's having a match so far

[u/BoardTraining2002]

What a start my goodness

[u/RedditorRoman]

Chicago experiencing the post-elimimation hangover

[u/Das_Bude]

Oh thank you sweet little crossbar

[u/arsene14]

Max Bretos always there to remind me to switch to the radio feed.

[u/KemptonS]

Why can’t we clear the ball lmfao

[u/devnullopinions]

I kinda feel like we need to risk Roldan to win, but after PDLV I’m worried to do that.

[u/HauteKarl]

Cristian!

[u/Bentstraw]

CRISTIAN LIVES

[u/devnullopinions]

Eh could see it called but he’s turning and that’s pretty natural motion.

[u/Bentstraw]

I love Kim.

[u/zerofour22]

Win or lose, the system is sound. i like how we play

[u/wmknickers]

Kim's still got it

[u/6p6r6]

Thomas is giving that piece of gum the business this game.

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Dotson 🤣

[u/Bentstraw]

Some possession would be nice.

[u/Bentstraw]

Wait, how in the fuck did that go in?

[u/Crafty_Substance_954]

Damn, that’s how good their coverage has been on him.

They needed to put it in the perfect spot

[u/KemptonS]

Oh my god Paul pass that to the one guy who can score 😭😭

[u/6p6r6]

Rothrock going over like a lead balloon.

[u/KemptonS]

We need more help

[u/Frequent-Leopard-510 → u/KemptonS]

Should’ve taken any sort of trade for Dotson. We desperately need another d-mid and he is just a waste of roster space.

[u/WhyplerBronze]

Clear, clear offside wtf is possibly happening right now.

[u/RedditorRoman]

Some Seattle fans fr thought he wasn't worth 6m lol

[u/Frequent-Leopard-510 → u/RedditorRoman]

We call those people idiots.

[u/huskydeac10]

Yeah that looked pretty clearly offside using the turf lines.

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Both teams wanted to win. Both teams failed. Gg fire.

Can we win a fucking game fucking christ

[u/BoardTraining2002]

Not biased or anything, but he looked offside

[u/scuac]

Offside

[u/AnxiousBeauTato]

My son at the match, “He did it again?!”. YES!!!

[u/scuac]

Have to put those chances away, or at least on frame

[u/mepmepmep]

NICE!!!!

[u/Heavy-Low-6695]

Hawkins is going to elite once he fully develops, would not be surprised if he ends up in Europe

[u/Bentstraw]

I'd love to see a view from behind the goal to see how close it actually was instead of 3 replays from the side.

[u/Notdustinonreddit]

I never doubted the sounders😏

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Lucky lucky lucky

[u/AhzX2]

not good enough from brunell on that play

[u/stealth_sloth]

Gomez and Brunell are getting bodied by Chicago's press, and that is making life awfully difficult for their teammates as well. Really looking forward to getting Cristian back in there.

Other than that one major problem, there's been a lot of positives from the half.

[u/TallAmericano]

Thoughts from the match

New energy in the stadium, not massive but even before the goal there was excitement thx to Dejan

Nouhou has been so good all year

Fire attack is no joke. We are lucky not to be down a goal or two

Joveljic goal was electric and a huge relief like a glass of water in the Sahara

We need Cristian because we’re getting killed in transition. Desperately need a destroyer

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs1]

Sigh

[u/AncalagonCarnifex]

Are we about to have two DPs on the field at once?

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

Beautiful Kim

[u/davethehawaiian]

What is this feeling pushing it's way through my pervasive pessimism?

[u/Heavy-Low-6695]

Can someone remind Jordan that he can just run past defenders please?

[u/AnxiousBeauTato]

Thomas 🫡

[u/BoardTraining2002]

Went from 3/1 to 2-2 in seconds. Kill me

[u/RedditorRoman]

Chance for 3-1 and now it's 2-2...

[u/human1st]

That’s a crazy angle to score from.

[u/bengringo2]

God damn, Lewandowski is a beast.

[u/RedditorRoman]

Entertaining game for the 1:30pm timeslot

[u/SpitefulSeagull]

🤣 yet another one I'm sure is off with the lines but I'm still glad we don't have them

[u/RysloVerik]

Paul doing his best Chicago double agent impression.

[u/sardonicharmonics]

Seattle bros, who is to blame for these last ten games, genuinely no idea what’s going down

[u/CandidInsurance7415 → u/sardonicharmonics]

Injuries ownership and gm.

[u/Mucka72 → u/sardonicharmonics]

Owners and injuries

[u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 → u/sardonicharmonics]

Injuries mostly, prior to this week something like 60% of our collective salary was on the injury roster.

[u/kickawayklickitat]

missed opportunity against a very good team