When the schedule came out several months ago, it didn’t take much foresight to see that the Seattle Sounders were going to have a tough start to their season. Their first two games were on the road, and five of their first seven would be away from home.
Heading into Sunday’s road game against the LA Galaxy, the Sounders had only played really well in one game and were limping along at a pace not so different from last year’s horrid start. One way or another, Sunday’s encounter was lining up to be match that defined this early stretch.