{"id":427666,"date":"2023-02-27T00:05:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=427666"},"modified":"2023-02-27T00:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:07:46","slug":"sounders-open-mls-season-with-resounding-4-0-win-over-rapids","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/sounders-open-mls-season-with-resounding-4-0-win-over-rapids\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounders open MLS season with resounding 4-0 win over Rapids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-436 p Component-p-0-2-426\">The United States international Jordan Morris&#8217;s two headers lifted the Seattle Sounders to a resounding 4-0 win over the Colorado Rapids in the season opener for both teams on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And we&#39;re off! \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvTaQUMhIE\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/dvTaQUMhIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoundersFC\/status\/1630046184101527553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-436 p Component-p-0-2-426\">Cristian Roldan also scored on a header and Brazilian new signing Heber hit the target on his debut to delight 30,032 fans at Lumen Field.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4\ufe0f\u20e3 Goals <br \/>3\ufe0f\u20e3 Points<br \/>2\ufe0f\u20e3 JMo Headers <br \/>1\ufe0f\u20e3 Epic Night at Lumen Field<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoundersFC\/status\/1630053672213446656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-436 p Component-p-0-2-426\">\u201cYou guys saw tonight what the team is capable of,\u201d Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said. \u201cI thought it was great. I thought it was awesome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-436 p Component-p-0-2-426\">&#8220;I thought the guys were sharp and that they were mentally into the game. Starting at 3:30 p.m. when they walked in the locker room, everybody was real focused. And so they answered my questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seattle\u2019s 2023 MLS debut came less than a month after the Sounders had a disappointingly brief appearance at the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The first team from MLS to participate in the event, the Sounders lost to Egyptian powerhouse Al Ahly 1-0 in the quarterfinal round and ended up playing only one match in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-436 p Component-p-0-2-426\">Roldan scored in the 25th minute by finishing off a chance that started with a cross by Morris, who has enjoyed his first multi-goal game since Aug. 30, 2020, against Los Angeles FC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-436 p Component-p-0-2-426\">In the final moments of the first half, Morris got his first of the season with a diving header after an initial pass by Nicolas Lodeiro was bundled in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we had to get fit quicker than some of the other teams with obviously the Club World Cup, so I think that helped us,\u201d 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