Minnesota edges past Seattle on penalties to take playoff series opener

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEATTLE SOUNDERS AT MINNESOTA UNITED MLS PLAYOFF GAME SHOWS: SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES  (OCTOBER 27, 2025) (SOCCER UNITED MARKETING – Editorial use only. No more than 30 seconds per match. Must on screen courtesy 'MLS on Apple'. No use after December 31, 2025. No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation) SEATTLE SOUNDERS (GREEN JERSEYS) AT MINNESOTA UNITED AT ALLIANZ FIELD 1ST HALF 1. OPENING KICKOFF 2. MINNESOTA'S BONGOKUHLE HLONGWANE WITH LONG RUN BUT SHOT GOES JUST WIDE OF GOAL 3. REPLAY OF HLONGWANE RUN AND SHOT GOING WIDE 2ND HALF 4. SEATTLE'S CRISTIAN ROLDAN WITH SHOT BUT MINNESOTA GOALKEEPER DANE ST. CLAIR MAKES NICE SAVE 5. REPLAY OF ROLDAN SHOT AND ST. CLAIR SAVE EXTRA TIME PENALTY KICKS 6. MINNESOTA'S JAOQUIN PEREYRA SCORES PK PAST SEATTLE GOALKEEPER STEFAN FREI – MINNESOTA LEADS 3-2 7. REPLAYS OF PEREYRA PK GOAL  8. SEATTLE'S ROLDAN PK GOES OFF THE CROSSBAR  9. MINNESOTA'S JULIAN GRESSEL PK HITS THE POST 10. SEATTLE'S DANNY LEYVA PK HITS THE POST, MINNESOTA'S CLINCHES 3-2 PK WIN 11. MINNESOTA GOALKEEPER ST. CLAIR CELEBRATING WITH TEAM 12. FANS CELEBRATING WIN STORY: Kelvin Yeboah, Nectarios Triantis and Joaquin Pereya converted penalty kicks as Minnesota United FC defeated the Seattle Sounders following a scoreless draw Monday (October 27) night in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the opener of their best-of-three MLS Western Conference playoff series. Game 2 is scheduled for next Monday in Seattle. Minnesota's Dayne St. Clair, one of three finalists for MLS goalkeeper of the year, stopped a penalty kick by Seattle's Alex Roldan, then watched as the Sounders' Cristian Roldan put an attempt off the crossbar and Danny Leyva hit the left post. The Sounders held 64% of the possession and had a 15-11 advantage in shots, but couldn't find the back of the net in regulation. St. Clair made a diving stop on a shot by Cristian Roldan in the 54th minute. There wasn't another attempt on net until St. Clair stopped substitute Danny Musovski from close range after a cross from Jordan Morris in the 80th minute. Musovski had another chance in the opening minute of second-half stoppage time, but his header from 5 yards out after a cross from Morris sailed just over the crossbar. Seattle had a 10-8 advantage in shots in the first half, though the Loons had a 4-2 edge in attempts on target. Minnesota had the half's best scoring opportunity on Bongokuhle Hlongwane's breakaway from midfield in the 9th minute. Hlongwane dribbled into the penalty area before Sounders defender Jackson Ragen caught up with him and gave Hlongwane just enough of a shoulder-to-shoulder nudge to cause him to pull his shot just wide of the left post. Seattle's Alex Roldan cleared a Hlongwane shot off the goal line in the 18th minute and Minnesota's Nicolas Romero did the same on Cristian Roldan's header off a corner kick in the 22nd. Seattle's Stefan Frei made a diving stop on a shot from the right side of the penalty area by Triantis in the 41st minute. (Production: David Grip)

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