Seattle Sounders are a bit of an enigma. An uber-talented team with an expensive striker, a powerful winger, and a midfield maestro pulling the strings, they have only lost once in 2019. But at the same time, the defensive numbers don’t look particularly strong beyond the fact that… the team just isn’t allowing goals.
So what’s the deal — is this one of the only teams that can challenge LAFC, or is it skating by on a run of luck?
Under Brian Schmetzer, the Sounders have always been streaky. After a slow start last year they went on an unprecedented winning run that only ended with Fafa Picault’s Steaz stoppage time winner.