Coming off a 3-0 loss to Real Salt Lake in their Leagues Cup opener, the Seattle Sounders’ chances of advancement were always going to be tough. Now, we know exactly how tough they will be.
Monterrey’s 3-0 win over RSL on Wednesday means the Sounders will effectively have to at least equal that in order to move on. The good news — if you choose to look at it that way — is the Sounders have some reasonably recent history of pulling off the necessary result and are well-positioned to advance in the admittedly unlikely scenario that they beat Monterrey by at least three goals on Sunday.