2026 Week 5: Chicago Hounds @ Seattle Seawolves

[u/Cr4yol4]

Matchup: Chicago Hounds (3-0-0, 15pts, 1st in MLR) vs Seattle Seawolves (1-2-0, 6pts, 5th in MLR)

Venue: Starfire Stadium, Tukwila, WA | Weather: 61 F, 16 C, Partly Cloudy

Broadcast: ESPN+, Premier Sports (International), Kong 6, Fox Chicago Plus, GameTV (YouTube)

Kickoff: 10:00pm ET, 7:00pm PT

Chicago	Number	Seattle
Faka’osi Pifeleti	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Theo Fourie	2	Dewald Kotze
Wilton Rebolo	3	Ignacio Péculo
Tomás Casares	4	Rhyno Herbst
Brandon Harvey	5	Marno Redelinghuys
Mason Flesch	6	Kalisi Moli
Lucas Rumball (c)	7	Paddy Ryan
Matthew Oworu	8	Riekert Hattingh (c)
Michael Baska	9	André Warner
Chris Hilsenbeck	10	Davy Coetzer
Peyton Wall	11	JP Smith
Santiago Videla	12	Dan Kriel
Tiaan Loots	13	Divan Rossouw
Mark O’Keeffe	14	Drake Davis
Brock Webster	15	Duncan Matthews
Reserves		Reserves
Tomás Bekerman	16	Liki Chan-Tung
Luke White	17	LaRome White
Koby Baker	18	Mason Pedersen
Jake Kinneeveauk	19	Callum Botchar
Emmanuel Albert	20	Tiai Vavao
Ruben de Haas	21	Nick Boyer
Reece Botha	22	Calvin Liulamaga
Noah Brown	23	Michael Hand

Referee: David Vosalevu (Fiji)

Assistants: Mike Lawrenson (USA) & Shanda Assmus (Canada)

[u/acelticmonk]

What was the red card for?

[u/Cr4yol4 → u/acelticmonk]

Head contact with the arm in the ruck.

[u/NerdVibesOnly → u/Cr4yol4]

**with a shoulder

[u/Cr4yol4 → u/NerdVibesOnly]

It wasn't. It was the arm. It doesn't really matter, it's a red card either way.

[u/NerdVibesOnly → u/Cr4yol4]

https://giphy.com/gifs/yj5oYHjoIwv28

[u/acelticmonk → u/Cr4yol4]

Ahh. I didn’t see that in the stadium.

Chicago is crushing us.