Seven-game unbeaten streaks are pretty rare things. This is just the fifth time a Sounders team has gone this long without a loss and it’s only been bested twice (in 2011 the Sounders went nine unbeaten and they finished the 2015 regular season on an eight-game run).
What’s really remarkable about this run isn’t just the lack of losses, though. The Sounders are +10 on goal-difference during the streak, the second best goal-difference they’ve ever had during any seven-game run (in 2011 they were +11 during a late-season stretch that saw them go 5-1-1).
Despite a frustratingly slow start, the Sounders are now in position to pull even on points for the top spot in the Western Conference if they can beat first-place Sporting Kansas City at home on Saturday.