Whenever the Seattle Sounders play against Atlanta United it will be billed as a marquee matchup, regardless of where the teams are at in reality. It’s why the match on Sunday is on big FOX. Make no mistake about it, this is not a matchup between two good teams. It’s a match featuring the best team in MLS and a team struggling to find its identity. Here’s what we’d like to see when Seattle plays Atlanta.

Play to the crowd

This isn’t the first match with fans back at Lumen Field but it will be the first match since before the pandemic that the Brougham End will be packed with ECS faithful.