Over the last couple months, raucous postgame celebrations have become sort of the Seattle Sounders’ thing. Led mostly by resident DJ Roman Torres, victories are often followed by blaring music and even dancing.
After clinching a playoff berth with a convincing-enough victory over similarly postseason-bound Real Salt Lake on Sunday, you’d have expected a similarly upbeat atmosphere.
There was some music in the background, pleasant smiles and certainly a fair amount of laughter, but this was not an overtly celebratory scene. Rather, the Sounders had more of a quiet confidence and maybe a bit of relief at qualifying for an eighth-straight postseason.