Seattle Sounders ahead Jesus Ferreira was delighted to interrupt his scoring duck final day out, forward of their residence sport in opposition to Minnesota United this weekend.
The Sounders beat San Diego FC 1-0 in midweek with Ferreira netting the one objective, which was his first of the season after 15 MLS appearances.
“It was numerous emotion, numerous happiness, one thing left my physique,” Ferreira mentioned of his roaring celebration, as quoted by The Seattle Instances.
“What I’m very completely happy about is the help that I’ve gotten from the group and from the coaches even after I was going via the spell of no targets.”
The decisive second got here within the 58th minute in opposition to San Diego, with Ferreira having missed team-mate Albert Rusnak’s name for a cross.
“I used to be within the zone,” mentioned Ferreira, who final scored an MLS objective in September 2024. “As soon as I took my contact, I sort of knew I needed to shoot.
“The final sport (a 1-0 win over FC Dallas) confirmed me, gave me a bit of enhance of confidence that I can play that quantity 9 place.
“That I could make runs within the field. I can have alternatives. It’s only a matter of me placing them away. Right now, I used to be capable of put one away.
“We knew from the start of the sport that we needed to present a distinct group.
“We’ve come a good distance. We’ve constructed chemistry. We collectively imagine in one another. So we knew it was going to be a tough sport. It was only a matter of moments.”
Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer, in the meantime, hopes the objective would be the first of many, saying: “I hope this objective begins him off in a great way.
“We wanted him to attain, he wanted to attain to get among the followers off his again. He’s completed numerous good issues and [Wednesday] scoring the profitable objective, I informed him afterward, it’s the primary of many extra targets for the Sounders.”
“Let’s make it three in a row.” pic.twitter.com/drXxN8reIx
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) Could 29, 2025
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Seattle Sounders – Albert Rusnak
Rusnak tops the goalscoring charts on the Sounders, having netted seven occasions in MLS this season.
The Slovenian has additionally laid on three assists and has 5 targets in his final six appearances.
Minnesota United – Tani Oluwaseyi
Oluwaseyi is the highest scorer for the Loons this season with six targets in MLS.
The Canada worldwide has opened the scoring on three events for his group within the 2025 marketing campaign, whereas he has additionally contributed 4 assists.
MATCH PREDICTION: SEATTLE SOUNDERS WIN
The Sounders have gotten the higher of Minnesota of late, having gone unbeaten in opposition to them within the final seven MLS conferences.
Minnesota haven’t overwhelmed the Sounders within the league since July 2021, with Seattle having outscored them 13 targets to 5 throughout that interval.
Seattle come into this match on the again of a 1-0 victory at residence to San Diego final day out, extending their unbeaten run to a few matches.
Minnesota, in the meantime, have taken only one level from their final two matches on the highway, failing to attain, whereas they’ve gained simply two of their final six away video games.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Seattle Sounders – 50.3%
Draw – 25.1%
Minnesota United – 24.6%