Postgame Pontifications: As uninspiring as it gets

Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty ImagesThere has been no shortage of disappointing performances by the Seattle Sounders over the last year or so. Their collapse down the stretch last season is well documented at this point, as is their swoon that started in early April.

But for most of that stretch, there have usually been some mitigating circumstances. Oftentimes, the Sounders have played well but didn’t get the result they felt they deserved for one reason or another. Even when they’ve looked flat, they could point to schedule congestion or key player absences.

The complete absence of any of that is what made Saturday’s complete capitulation during a 3-0 loss to Real Salt Lake stand out. For…