Seattle Sounders forward Danny Musovski (19) moves the ball against LAFC forward Nathan Ordaz, left, and defender Eddie Segura, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas punches the ball away from LAFC defender Nkosi Tafari (91) during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Sounders defender Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (85) scores past LAFC defender Artem Smolyakov during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
LAFC forward Denis Bouanga (99) moves the ball against Seattle Sounders midfielder Danny Leyva, left, and midfielder Cristian Roldan, right, during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
LAFC forward David Martínez, right, reacts after a goal by Seattle Sounders midfielder Albert Rusnák (not pictured) during extra time of the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Sounders fans cheer during the second half of an MLS soccer match between the Sounders and LAFC Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan, left, celebrates scoring against LAFC as teammates, including defender Jon Bell (15) and midfielder Paul Rothrock (14) run to join him during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
LAFC goalkeeper Thomas Hasal (12) can’t stop the goal from Seattle Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan (not pictured) during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
LAFC forward Nathan Ordaz (27) scores against Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas, center bottom, during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
LAFC forward Nathan Ordaz, left, celebrates with teammates including defender Aaron Long (33) after scoring against the Seattle Sounders during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Seattle Sounders forward Danny Musovski (19) moves the ball against LAFC forward Nathan Ordaz, left, and defender Eddie Segura, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
SEATTLE — Jordan Morris became Seattle’s career leader for goals scored, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi scored his first MLS goal, and the Sounders beat LAFC 5-2 on Saturday.
Morris scored his 87th career goal in the 77th minute to make it 3-1, moving past Raúl Ruidíaz on the club’s all-time list. Ruidíaz scored 71 goals in the MLS regular season for Seattle (1-1-1), two more than Morris, a 30-year-old Seattle-native.
Paul Rothrock scored from well outside the area — his first goal of the season — to give the Sounders the lead for good in the 57th minute at 2-1. Christian Roldan subbed on in the 71st minute and his goal in the 84th made it a two-goal lead. Albert Rusnák added a stoppage-time goal and two assists for the Sounders.
David Martínez scored his first goal of the season for LAFC (2-1-0) to make it 4-2 in the second minute of stoppage time. The 19-year-old midfielder scored four goals as a rookie last season.
Kossa-Rienzi scored in the 11th minute to give the Sounders a 1-0 lead. The 22-year-old won a long ball played ahead down the right side by Jesús Ferreira from LAFC’s Artem Smolyakov, cut back at the at the corner of the 6-yard box as the defender slid by and ripped a left-footed shot inside the back post and into the side net.
After Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas mishandled a corner kick played in by Smolyakov, Nathan Ordaz had a one-touch shot blocked by Seattle’s João Paulo, but he slammed home the rebound from point-blank range to make it 1-1 in the 38th.
The 21-year-old Ordaz and Kossa-Rienzi became the eighth and ninth players to score a goal in the MLS this season after spending time in MLS Next Pro, a developmental league launched by MLS in 2022.
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