New York City FC 1-2 Seattle Sounders: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

New York City FC

N. Fernández Mercau 82'

Seattle Sounders

J. Morris 61'

J. Ragen 87'

Major League Soccer 2025

Regular Season - 34

October 18, 2025 10:00pm

Yankee Stadium, Bronx

Key stats

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

New York City FC 4-2-3-1

Seattle Sounders 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

M. Freese

6.7

S. Frei

6.9

Defenders

K. O'Toole

6.9

N. Tolo

6.3

Raul Gustavo

6.9

J. Ragen

7.5

Thiago Martins

7.5

A. Roldan

7.3

T. Gray

7.2

K. Kossa-Rienzi

6.6

Midfielders

J. Haak

6.3

D. Leyva

7.2

A. Perea

7.3

João Paulo

7.0

H. Wolf

6.7

P. de la Vega

6.5

M. Moralez

6.6

A. Rusnák

7.3

N. Fernández Mercau

7.5

J. Ferreira

7.3

Forwards

A. Martínez

6.7

J. Morris

7.2

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Highest rating

7.5

N. Fernández Mercau

7.5

J. Ragen

Match Summary

On October 18, 2025 during the 2025 Major League Soccer match, New York City FC faced off against Seattle Sounders at Yankee Stadium, Bronx. The game concluded with Seattle Sounders securing a victory. With 49% possession, New York City FC versus Seattle Sounders's 51% and shots on goal at 5 to 4. Seattle Sounders had 87% successful passes (of 480 passes) over New York City FC which had 85% successful passes (of 443 passes). The outstanding efforts by N. Fernández Mercau and J. Ragen played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

Freese

6.7

Played:
82Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
10/12

Gray

7.2

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
39/46

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/5

Martins

7.5

Played:
82Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
66/70

Won duels:
4/4

Gustavo

6.9

Played:
61Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
48/56

Won duels:
2/4

O'Toole

6.9

Played:
82Min

Accurate passes:
30/39

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Perea

7.3

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
39/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Haak

6.3

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
31/37

Won duels:
1/6

Mercau

7.5

Played:
82Min

Accurate passes:
27/28

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Moralez

6.6

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
23/28

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Wolf

6.7

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
15/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
0/2

Martínez

6.7

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
7/8

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/2

Morris

7.2

Played:
82Min

Accurate passes:
15/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/8

Vega

6.5

Played:
24Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
6/6

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/2

Rusnák

7.3

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/51

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
2/4

Ferreira

7.3

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
21/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/5

Leyva

7.2

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
70/79

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Paulo

7.0

Played:
55Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
35/39

Won duels:
8/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Tolo

6.3

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
40/44

Won duels:
4/7

Ragen

7.5

Played:
82Min

Blocked:
3

Accurate passes:
51/55

Won duels:
0/1

Roldan

7.3

Played:
55Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
43/47

Won duels:
3/3

Kossa-Rienzi

6.6

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
30/33

Won duels:
2/6

Frei

6.9

Played:
82Min

Saves:
4 of 5

Accurate passes:
16/25

Substitutes

Coach

Pascal Jansen

Shore

6.9

Played:
21Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
7/10

Won duels:
1/2

Fernández

6.9

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
9/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Ojeda

6.3

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
10/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

Ilenič

Played:
5Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
0/1

Carrizo

Played:
5Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Key passes:
1

Romero

Tanasijević

O'Neill

Reid

Coach

Brian Schmetzer

Rothrock

6.9

Played:
58Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
14/14

Won duels:
4/7

Bell

6.5

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
14/15

Brunell

6.7

Played:
27Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/17

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Thomas

Hawkins

Baker-Whiting

Kingston

Rosario

Musovski

Stats

Ball Possession

New York City FC: 49%

Seattle Sounders: 51%

Total Shots

New York City FC: 13

Seattle Sounders: 9

Shots on Goal

New York City FC: 5

Seattle Sounders: 4

Corner Kicks

New York City FC: 9

Seattle Sounders: 6

Offsides

New York City FC: 0

Seattle Sounders: 3

Fouls

New York City FC: 19

Seattle Sounders: 6

Yellow Cards

New York City FC: 3

Seattle Sounders: 1

Red Cards

New York City FC: 0

Seattle Sounders: 0

Total Passes

New York City FC: 443

Seattle Sounders: 480

Goals Prevented

New York City FC: 0

Seattle Sounders: 0

Passes Accuracy

New York City FC: 378 (85%)

Seattle Sounders: 417 (87%)

New York City FC vs Seattle Sounders

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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