Coming into the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal with Club León, the Seattle Sounders knew they were going to be on their heels for much of the match. That’s just how it goes. Perhaps someday the dynamic will change, and to some degree it has. But when MLS teams go to Mexico, bad things usually happen. That’s especially true when the second leg is in Mexico.
Just a day ago, the New England Revolution found that out in particularly humiliating fashion, blowing a three-goal lead as they crashed out of the tournament in penalties.