Five Thoughts on Sounders’ upward trend

The jury’s still out on whether the good times are back at Lumen Field, but it was a good time Saturday night for the Seattle Sounders.

Pouncing on Austin FC early and often, the Sounders got two goals before halftime and cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win that kept them in the discussion for qualification to the MLS Cup playoffs.

It’s still merely a discussion at this point, because the Sounders have more than a little work cut for them. But at this point, they can only do what they can to put themselves in the best position they can, which is win the games ahead of them.

Not that they can’t do it will a little style, which is something that had been lacking for most of the summer. But on…