Much has been made over the term “match-winners” in recent years. The rather straightforward thinking is that the more a team has, the better equipped they are to win important games, make deep runs in the MLS Playoffs or perform well in cup competitions.
That the Seattle Sounders tend to have their fair share of these players helps explain why they’ve done so well in these situations.
While their track record may provide a satisfactory autopsy and help set future expectations, those players must still actually perform in order to keep the results coming. You only truly know when a match-winners best days are behind them in retrospect.