This was the 16th time the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers have met in the MLS regular season. The Sounders have won eight of those games. Now, let’s get to some of the more interesting numbers.
2: Cristian Roldan drew his second penalty in as many weeks. The Sounders had only drawn one penalty in the 22 previous matches, and that was off a handball. Roldan is the only Sounder this year to draw a penalty by being tackled in the box.
3: For the third consecutive game, the Sounders managed to use the same starting lineup.