Seattle Sounders forward Jesus Ferreira was delighted to break his scoring duck last time out, ahead of their home game against Minnesota United this weekend.

The Sounders beat San Diego FC 1-0 in midweek with Ferreira netting the only goal, which was his first of the season after 15 MLS appearances.

“It was a lot of emotion, a lot of happiness, something left my body,” Ferreira said of his roaring celebration, as quoted by The Seattle Times.

“What I’m very happy about is the support that I’ve gotten from the team and from the coaches even when I was going through the spell of no goals.”

The decisive moment came in the 58th minute against San Diego, with Ferreira having missed team-mate Albert Rusnak's call for a pass.

“I was in the zone,” said Ferreira, who last scored an MLS goal in September 2024. “Once I took my touch, I kind of knew I wanted to shoot.

"The last game (a 1-0 win over FC Dallas) showed me, gave me a little boost of confidence that I can play that number nine position.

"That I can make runs in the box. I can have opportunities. It’s just a matter of me putting them away. Today, I was able to put one away.

“We knew from the beginning of the game that we had to show a different team.

"We’ve come a long way. We’ve built chemistry. We collectively believe in each other. So we knew it was going to be a difficult game. It was just a matter of moments.”

Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer, meanwhile, hopes the goal will be the first of many, saying: “I hope this goal starts him off in a good way.

“We needed him to score, he needed to score to get some of the fans off his back. He’s done a lot of good things and [Wednesday] scoring the winning goal, I told him afterward, it’s the first of many more goals for the Sounders.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Seattle Sounders – Albert Rusnak

Rusnak tops the goalscoring charts at the Sounders, having netted seven times in MLS this season.

The Slovenian has also laid on three assists and has five goals in his last six appearances.

Minnesota United – Tani Oluwaseyi

Oluwaseyi is the top scorer for the Loons this season with six goals in MLS.

The Canada international has opened the scoring on three occasions for his team in the 2025 campaign, while he has also contributed four assists.

MATCH PREDICTION: SEATTLE SOUNDERS WIN

The Sounders have got the better of Minnesota of late, having gone unbeaten against them in the last seven MLS meetings.

Minnesota have not beaten the Sounders in the league since July 2021, with Seattle having outscored them 13 goals to five during that period.

Seattle come into this match on the back of a 1-0 victory at home to San Diego last time out, extending their unbeaten run to three matches.

Minnesota, meanwhile, have taken just one point from their last two matches on the road, failing to score, while they have won just two of their last six away games.

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Seattle Sounders – 50.3%

Draw – 25.1%

Minnesota United – 24.6%