Five things we liked from Sounders vs RSL

These are the days of our lives, friends. Drink it up and appreciate it. Your Seattle Sounders are absolutely flying and we saw them dismantle Real Salt Lake on Saturday night to the tune of a 2-0 victory. Here are five things that got our attention from the match.

João Paulo is actually better than you think he is

That’s just a wild thing to think about, really. But it is true. I think every Sounders fans spent last season with a JP-sized hole in their hearts as Seattle slogged along with several different iterations of a midfield.

I understand that caveats abound when his first two matches are against the Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake. Both teams were poor and might end up being bad…