Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Real Salt Lake: final score
MLSFinal
Seattle Sounders FC beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 in the MLS.
Goals: Daniel Musovski 48', Albert Rusnák 73'.
Seattle Sounders FC sit 7th on 42 points.
Real Salt Lake sit 10th on 36 points.
Seattle Sounders FC have 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Real Salt Lake have 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Last 5 meetings: Seattle Sounders FC won 1, Real Salt Lake won 3, 1 drawn.
- Competition
- MLS
- Start time
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 9:30 PM (ET)
- Venue
- Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
- Where to watch
- Apple TV (In the United States · ESPN)
The match in numbers
- A 2-0 win for Seattle Sounders FC over Real Salt Lake.
- The first goal came from Daniel Musovski (Seattle Sounders FC) on 48'.
Data: ESPN · votes and picks from Scorely users
Goals and cards
48'⚽Daniel MusovskiGoal
Live commentary
- Match ends, Seattle Sounders FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0.
- 90'+7'Second Half ends, Seattle Sounders FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0.
- 90'+6'Attempt missed. Taylor Booth (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
- 90'+6'Foul by Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 90'+6'Saba Lobjanidze (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4'Attempt saved. Dominik Marczuk (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Andrew Thomas (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 90'+3'Foul by Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 90'+3'Colin Guske (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3'Foul by Caden Clark (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 90'+3'Liam O'Gara (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2'Offside, Real Salt Lake. Saba Lobjanidze is caught offside.
- 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 89'Attempt missed. Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Albert Rusnák with a cross following a corner.
- 89'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by Rafael Cabral.
- 89'Attempt saved. Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Rafael Cabral (Real Salt Lake).
- 88'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Liam O'Gara replaces Noel Caliskan.
- 88'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 87'Delay in match because of an injury Albert Rusnák (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 87'DeAndre Yedlin (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87'Albert Rusnák (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87'Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Real Salt Lake).
- 82'Offside, Real Salt Lake. Taylor Booth is caught offside.
- 82'Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Caden Clark replaces Paul Arriola.
- 81'Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81'Foul by Kobi Henry (Real Salt Lake).
- 80'Attempt missed. DeAndre Yedlin (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 79'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Jackson Ragen.
- 79'Attempt blocked. Lineker Rodrigues (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Junqua.
- 78'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Colin Guske replaces Stijn Spierings.
- 78'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Lineker Rodrigues replaces Sergi Solans.
- 78'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Taylor Booth replaces Morgan Guilavogui.
- 75'Foul by Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 75'Saba Lobjanidze (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73'Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Albert Rusnák (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Arriola following a fast break.
- 72'Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72'Foul by Philip Quinton (Real Salt Lake).
- 71'Attempt missed. Stijn Spierings (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui.
- 71'Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Saba Lobjanidze replaces Luca Moisa.
- 70'Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70'Foul by Dominik Marczuk (Real Salt Lake).
- 67'Attempt saved. Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Rafael Cabral (Real Salt Lake).
- 67'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by Rafael Cabral.
- 65'Attempt blocked. Peter Kingston (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Albert Rusnák.
- 64'Attempt missed. Dominik Marczuk (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui.
- 63'Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Jordan Morris replaces Danny Musovski.
- 63'Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Hassani Dotson replaces Snyder Brunell.
- 62'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Peter Kingston.
- 61'Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61'Foul by Stijn Spierings (Real Salt Lake).
- 61'Attempt blocked. Samuel Junqua (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Noel Caliskan.
- 60'Attempt missed. Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 59'Attempt blocked. Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noel Caliskan.
- 57'Kobi Henry (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57'Danny Musovski (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57'Foul by Kobi Henry (Real Salt Lake).
- 56'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
- 55'Snyder Brunell (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55'Foul by Snyder Brunell (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 55'Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by Rafael Cabral.
- 52'Foul by Danny Musovski (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 52'Sergi Solans (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51'Jackson Ragen (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51'Foul by Sergi Solans (Real Salt Lake).
- 50'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Peter Kingston.
- 50'Attempt blocked. Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Moisa with a cross.
- 50'Peter Kingston (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Andrew Thomas.
- 49'Attempt saved. Sergi Solans (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Andrew Thomas (Seattle Sounders FC). Assisted by Noel Caliskan.
- 48'Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Danny Musovski (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Arriola.
- 45'Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Peter Kingston replaces Kalani Kossa-Rienzi.
- 45'Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Stuart Hawkins replaces Alex Roldan.
- 45'Second Half begins Seattle Sounders FC 0, Real Salt Lake 0.
- 45'+1'First Half ends, Seattle Sounders FC 0, Real Salt Lake 0.
- 45'Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
- 45'Attempt missed. Sergi Solans (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui.
- 41'Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 41'Foul by Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 41'Stijn Spierings (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37'Attempt missed. Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Albert Rusnák with a cross following a corner.
- 36'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by Kobi Henry.
- 36'Attempt blocked. Sebastian Gomez (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Snyder Brunell.
- 29'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Jackson Ragen.
- 24'Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Nouhou Tolo.
- 24'Handball by Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 21'Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21'Foul by Luca Moisa (Real Salt Lake).
- 20'Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20'Foul by Dominik Marczuk (Real Salt Lake).
- 17'Attempt blocked. Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 15'Attempt missed. Paul Arriola (Seattle Sounders FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Albert Rusnák.
- 10'Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 9'Foul by Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 9'Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by Kobi Henry.
- 4'Foul by Alex Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC).
- 4'Morgan Guilavogui (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3'Attempt missed. Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Albert Rusnák with a cross following a corner.
- 2'Corner, Seattle Sounders FC. Conceded by Luca Moisa.
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Commentary: ESPN
Starting lineups
Seattle Sounders FC · 4-2-3-1
26Andy ThomasG
19Daniel MusovskiF
Substitutes
Real Salt Lake · 3-4-2-1
1RafaelG
29Samuel JunquaLM
Substitutes
31Mason StajduharSUB
Game stats
SEARSL
52.8Possession (%)47.2
11Shots12
4Shots on target2
7Corners6
10Fouls9
4Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
0Offsides2
2Saves2
Last 5 games
Seattle Sounders FC
DChicago Fire FC2-2Aug 29, 2026
DRed Bull New York0-0Sep 5, 2026
D@ LA Galaxy1-1Sep 12, 2026
D@ Colorado Rapids3-3Sep 19, 2026
WReal Salt Lake2-0Sep 23, 2026
Real Salt Lake
DLAFC2-2Sep 5, 2026
L@ Houston Dynamo FC2-1Sep 9, 2026
LNew York City FC2-0Sep 12, 2026
LVancouver Whitecaps3-0Sep 19, 2026
L@ Seattle Sounders FC2-0Sep 23, 2026
Head-to-head record
1
Seattle
1
Draws
3
Salt Lake
Last meetings
Feb 28, 2026Real Salt Lake2 – 1Seattle Sounders FC
Oct 11, 2025Seattle Sounders FC1 – 0Real Salt Lake
Mar 1, 2025Real Salt Lake2 – 0Seattle Sounders FC
May 29, 2024Seattle Sounders FC1 – 1Real Salt Lake
May 15, 2024Real Salt Lake2 – 0Seattle Sounders FC
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vancouver | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | +32 | 55 | DLDDW |
| 2 |  St. Louis | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +15 | 51 | WWWDL |
| 3 |  Dallas | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +8 | 51 | DWLWD |
| 4 |  San Jose | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | +10 | 48 | DWDDD |
| 5 |  Houston | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +2 | 47 | DLDDD |
| 6 |  LAFC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | +15 | 46 | DLDWD |
| 7 |  Seattle | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | +2 | 42 | DDDDW |
| 8 |  LA Galaxy | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 40 | WWLWD |
| 9 |  Colorado | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 39 | DLDDD |
| 10 |  Salt Lake | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 36 | DLLLL |
| 11 |  Portland | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 34 | LLDLD |
| 12 |  San Diego | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 34 | DDLDD |
| 13 |  Minnesota | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 34 | LLDDW |
| 14 |  Austin | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -18 | 31 | DDLLL |
| 15 |  Kansas City | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -39 | 22 | WLDLL |
MLS: upcoming games
FAQ
What was the score in Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake?
Seattle Sounders FC beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Wednesday, September 23 (MLS).
Who scored in Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake?
Goals: Daniel Musovski 48' and Albert Rusnák 73'.
When do Seattle Sounders FC play next?
Seattle Sounders FC play San Diego FC on Saturday, October 24 at 10:30 PM (ET).
When do Real Salt Lake play next?
Real Salt Lake play St. Louis CITY SC on Saturday, October 24 at 9:30 PM (ET).
Related news
All news →
Match reportMLS
Real Salt Lake 3-1 Sporting Kansas City
Morgan Guilavogui scored twice as Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1 at Sporting Park, leaving Sporting Kansas City on 22 points.
PreviewMLS
New England Revolution Host Seattle Sounders in High-Stakes MLS Matchup
New England Revolution host Seattle Sounders FC at Gillette Stadium on 2026-10-10, battling for vital MLS playoff positioning.
NewsMLS
Messi Set to Rejoin Inter Miami vs. Red Bulls After Spain Award
Lionel Messi will rejoin Inter Miami vs. the New York Red Bulls on Saturday after the Princess of Asturias award, per ESPN.
NewsMLS
Messi scores 2 as Inter Miami beat D.C. United 4-0
Messi scored 2 goals in Inter Miami's 4-0 win over D.C. United, and the club now sits 2nd in the Eastern Conference with 55 points.
AnalysisMLS
Nashville SC leads the MLS standings with 67 points after matchday 30
Nashville SC leads the Eastern Conference with 67 points after matchday 30, and can clinch the Supporters' Shield against CF Montréal.
PreviewMLS
FC Cincinnati vs. D.C. United on October 21 at TQL Stadium
FC Cincinnati (36 points) host D.C. United (33 points) on October 21 at 7 p.m. at TQL Stadium, with Apple TV listed to watch.
MLS: latest resultsAll results →
Sat, Oct 24
Wed, Oct 21
Sun, Oct 18
Sat, Oct 17