1 - After a slight hiccup in performances, it looks like the Sounders are back on track in challenging for the top seed in the Western Conference. What’s changed from the run of losses in midseason?
The injury narrative is boring. It’s also true. Seattle had a sequence of matches where they used up extreme hardship callups on three players and called up a couple others. The bench was diminished, the depth of the depth peces having to play significant minutes. They weathered the storm getting decent enough results, but faded from a team that looked to be ready to challenge New England for that 70 pont mark.