Here are the notable observations for the first Cascadia Cup
matchup of 2016 in addition to the Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps upon
Saturday night at CenturyLink Field:
Mark Geiger is the pay for a ruling, Frank Anderson and
Matthew Nelson are his assistants and Alejandro Mariscal is the fourth
governor. Going assertion to the original NASL, the Sounders have a
66-50-23 edge in 139 all-mature meetings nearby the Whitecaps. In MLS, the
series is tied 5-5-4. Seattle went 2-1-0 nearby Vancouver in league toss around
an accomplishment last season, in addition to topping their shared CONCACAF
Champions League organization.
The Sounders are the Cascadia Cup holders, breaking the
Whitecaps two-year reign. Vancouver has yet won the regional competition more
time (five) than Seattle (four) and Portland (three).
These are the unconditional two useless teams in the Western
Conference, as soon as join up stamp album of 0-4-0 and take goal differential
of minus-four. Seattle has never unproductive to register a narrowing in
its first three league games back entering MLS for the 2009 season.
And knocked out are the lineups for both teams, once
Sounders speak to Nelson Valdez recovering from his quad bruise to create the
begin and Stefan in endeavor after missing a go in the midst of as soon as than
elbow inflammation:
Seattle starting XI: Frei; Mears, Scott, Marshall, J. Jones;
Alonso, Roldan, Ivanschitz; Morris, Valdez, Dempsey. Sounders subs: Remick,
Miller, Fisher, Alfaro, Sturgis, Kovar, Anderson
Vancouver starting XI: Ousted; Aird, Waston, Parker, Harvey;
Laba, Morales; Bolanos, Perez, Manneh; Rivero. Whitecaps subs: Tornaghi,
Adekugbe, Kudo, Mezquida, Techera, Seiler, Jacobson. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and will be televised locally upon
both Q13 FOX and Univision-Seattle.
