SEATTLE — Throughout the Seattle Sounders’ eight-game unbeaten run, there has been plenty of cause to give a bit of a sideways glance to the quality of the results. Most of the wins have either come against bad teams or, in the case of New York City FC, against an opponent coming off exceptionally short rest.
In beating FC Dallas 2-1 on Sunday, though, the Sounders have now shown they are a legitimate threat to anyone in the Western Conference.
As much as Oscar Pareja tried to downplay the Sounders’ achievement — suggesting that because both goals came off set-pieces that FC Dallas deserved a result — the reality was Seattle was the better team for the bulk of the game.