The Seattle Sounders may not have donned their typical neon green kits Saturday night, but they still found a way to remain Austin FC’s kryptonite at Q2 Stadium.

A vintage performance from one of Major League Soccer’s greatest ever goalscorers lifted Austin FC to a 2-1, comeback victory over New York City FC on a rain-soaked Saturday evening at Q2 Stadium.

Austin FC on Thursday announced the signing of Ghanaian winger Osman Bukari, confirming reports that the Verde and Black had tabbed the 25-year-old from Red Star Belgrade to replace Emiliano Rigoni as the club’s third designated player.

Austin FC’s franchise record five-match home winning streak came to an anticlimactic end Wednesday night as the Verde and Black fell, 2-0, to the Portland Timbers.

Austin FC captured another of its patented, improbable road draws Saturday night in the Bay Area, eking out a 1-1 stalemate with the San Jose Earthquakes.

It wasn’t supposed to end like this.

Updated May 22, 11am: Multiple outlets Wednesday reported that Austin FC had already moved to fill the DP spot vacated by Rigoni, nearing the signature of 25-year-old Ghanaian winger Osman Bukari from Serbian club Red Star Belgrade, for a club-record transfer fee north of $7 million.

They say home is where the heart is. For Austin FC, home is where the wins are.

A banner day for Austin FC that saw the club named the host of the 2025 MLS All-Star Game ended in equally celebratory fashion as Sebastián Driussi’s 87th-minute goal sealed a 1-0 win for the Verde and Black against the Houston Dynamo Wednesday night at Q2 Stadium.