SEATTLE — Math would clearly say otherwise, but early season games don’t get much more “must-win” than Saturday’s affair with Real Salt Lake.
It’s not so much the difference between 10 and 13 points for Seattle as much as it is simply knowing that they could beat a relatively bad team at home when they had their full lineup.
In a way, the 1-0 win left a bit to be desired. For much of the first half, RSL looked like a team more than happy to take their medicine and walk away with a multi-goal defeat. The Sounders were unable to oblige, thanks mostly to the goalkeeping of Nick Rimando but also due to some genuine wastefulness.