It's the third consecutive season the Sounders have had an awful first half. The last two have ended with the club playing for the MLS Cup.
In case you haven’t been giving the pitch your full attention, there’s a soccer team in town that’s been barreling through opponents as though they were mere sparring partners. It hasn’t lost since June 30. It hasn’t so much as tied since July 15. And it just beat the Galaxy 5-0 on national TV Saturday.
In less than two months, the Sounders have gone from 12th place in the 12-team Western Conference to tied for sixth, and look primed not just for another playoff appearance, but another deep playoff run.