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Austin FC rout Timbers for first home win Field Level Media 02 Jul 2021, 14:05 GMT+10 Jon Gallagher, Diego Fagundez, Alex Ring and Hector Jimenez netted goals as the home-scoring floodgates finally opened for expansion Austin FC in a 4-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Thursday. The four goals were the most Austin FC has scored in any one game in its inaugural season. Austin had just six goals in its first 11 matches, and each of the two home games before Thursday were scoreless draws. Aus...

Social distancing to continue in Seoul due to jump in Covid cases Robert Besser 02 Jul 2021, 14:22 GMT+10 Following an outbreak of Covid cases, Seoul and nearby districts will delay the planned relaxation of social distancing for at least one week, authorities said The new cases included the more contagious Delta variants, which were discovered in universities, workplaces and restaurants in the metropolitan area Experts further said the announced relaxing of restrictions could send the wrong si...

Austin FC bring long scoring drought to Kansas City Field Level Media Peter Vermes wanted nothing to do with the storyline. The Sporting Kansas City manager tired of the "Matt Besler returns" talk when Austin FC made its inaugural trip to Childrens Mercy Park last month. With Los Verdes returning to town for a Saturday matinee, the lone match on the MLS weekend schedule, Vermes bristled. "All due respect to Matt, but even the first match was (just) a match, and so is this," Vermes said. "This i...

Seattle Sounders FC (5-0-3, 18 points) and Austin FC (2-4-1, 7 points) played to a scoreless draw on Sunday night at Lumen Field. With a home point, Seattle maintains its hold on both the Supporters’ Shield race and the Western Conference standings heading into the June international break. With five wins and three draws to begin the season, Seattle has not lost in 2021, and

Austin FC head coach Josh Wolff is proud after his team is only the second this season to visit Lumen Field and walk away with a point.

Two more points dropped.

The Seattle Sounders extended their unbeaten start to the season to 5-0-2 with a 1-1 tie against Atlanta in Week 6. The point means that the Rave Green are off to their best ever start to an MLS season and the team will look to build on that with a home match up against MLS newcomers Austin FC. The Positives: The Sounders were once again superb defensively against Atlanta

We talk with Jason Poon of ASA about the Sounders first encounter with the new Texas club.

WHEN AND WHERE: Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. PT at Lumen Field ( WHERE TO WATCH: The match will be televised on FS1. WHERE TO LISTEN: The match will air on 950 KJR AM and El Rey 1360 AM. 2021 RECORDS AND STANDINGS: Seattle: 5-0-2 (17 points, 1 st West), Austin: 2-4-0 (6 points, 11 th West) FORM GUIDE (most recent first): Sounders: DWWWW, Austin: LLLWW LEAGUE LEADERS: The Sounders enter Week 7 atop the Supporters’ Shield standings with 17 points, three points clear of the New England Revolution. Th...

Nashville SC heads home as one of only three unbeaten teams in MLS but will have its hands full with expansion Austin FC when the two sides meet for the first t