Maybe the Portland Timbers are just what the Seattle Sounders need right now.
The Sounders ended up tied with Orlando City, who scored in the dying seconds of their 1-1 game on Wednesday at CenturyLink Field in another game where their ‘big 3’ of Clint Dempsey, Nicholas Lodeiro and Jordan Morris failed to get a goal. That leaves the Sounders with a 5-7-5 mark at the half way point of a season they new would be a challenge given their early schedule configuration and their status as the defending MLS champions.
So a game against their Cascadia Cup rivals, in Portland, could be what gets them focused and moving in the right direction?