This is, admittedly, a solid day later than I would have liked to print it. But I always try to rewatch the game at least once before watching these and just couldn’t bring myself to sit through the game again until today.
Upon rewatching the first 70-odd minutes, I’m less down on what transpired. There’s simply no way around the frustration that comes with being on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline, but before the final two goals I have to say that I was almost impressed by what the Sounders were doing. In fact, just seconds before the 59th minute goal from David Accam, color announcer Taylor Twellman was finishing up a thought about how well he thought the Sounders were playing and how they had totally cut off what the Chicago Fire were trying to do.