Opposing views during a march to the match are nothing new for Sounders fans.
But the animosity about 100 people encountered Sunday as they walked and chanted from Pioneer Square was different.
A cluster of 11 men and one woman who pledged allegiance to the Proud Boys white-nationalist organization awaited the Sounders supporters outside the southwest end of CenturyLink Field. Some yelled expletives at the marchers who wore T-shirts with Iron Front symbols or raised scarves that read “Anti-Fascist.”
The taunts were prompted in part from news of Emerald City Supporters — the independent supporters group of the Sounders, which has Sections 121, 122 and 123 as its designated seating area in the stadium — being warned about displaying an Iron Front flag at a July 21 match.