SEATTLE — Dejan Joveljić scored a goal in each half of his debut with Seattle, but Maren Haile-Selassie and Robert Lewandowski answered for Chicago as the Sounders and Fire played to a 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Seattle grabbed the lead when Joveljić scored in the 12th minute, using assists from rookie Sebastian Gomez — his first — and defender Kalani Kossa-Rienzi — his second. It was the ninth goal of the season for Joveljić, who arrived this week after a $6 million cash-for-player trade with Sporting Kansas City.
The Fire pulled even in the 38th minute on Haile-Selassie’s fifth goal, one off his career high. Lewandowski notched his fourth assist in his first seven league matches, and defender Andrew Gutman collected his fifth of the season.
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Joveljić scored again to give the Sounders a 2-1 lead three minutes into the second half. Albert Rusnák picked up his eighth assist and 19-year-old Snyder Brunell his second.
Lewandowski used his head to score his fifth goal for the equalizer in the 82nd minute. Haile-Selassie earned his eighth assist to match his career high set in each of the last two seasons. Rookie Puso Dithejane snagged his first assist.
Chris Brady stopped one shot for the Fire(11-6-4). Brady topped 10,000 career minutes in the 34th on Saturday. He is the Fire’s second homegrown player to reach the mark.
The Fire went 3-0-2 in August and improved to 4-3-4 on the road in its climb to third place in the Eastern Conference. Their next game is Saturday at Toronto.
Joveljić is the fifth player to score in his debut with the Sounders and the second to score twice, joining Fredy Montero (2009), Nelson Valdez (2015), Pedro de la Vega (2024) and Brunell (2025). Montero scored twice in a 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls in the first match of the Sounders’ debut season.
Denver Summit 6, Chicago Stars 1
Melissa Kössler scored twice as the Denver Summit (7-8-6) beat the Chicago Stars 6-1 in Centennial, Colorado.
Janine Sonis scored the game’s first goal in the 13th minute on a cross from Yuzuki Yamamoto, and six minutes later Kössler headed the ball home on a cross from Lindsey Heaps to make it 2-0.
Yamamoto made it 3-0 in the 47th minute, but the Stars (5-16-1) pulled within 3-1 on Julia Grosso’s goal in the 53rd minute.
Natasha Flint made it 4-1 with a long-range shot in the 56th minute. Kössler scored her second goal of the game in the 58th minute.
Summit rookie Olivia Thomas scored her first professional goal in the 85th minute.
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Forward Mallory Swanson was out for Stars because of a hip injury.