The Sounders must be patient yet efficient against a smothering Columbus side.
For the second straight year, the Seattle Sounders are heading to MLS Cup. This time though, the circumstances couldn’t be more different. Besides the obvious burdens that Covid-19 has put on the league, teams, players, fans, communities, etc., the Sounders now face a shortened run-up to the final in a year where their form has looked shakier than in their previous MLS Cup runs.
For context, in each of the team’s past successful conquests through the Western Conference Playoffs, they cruised through the conference semifinals and finals with multi-goal aggregate or single-elimination victories.