There’s nowhere the Seattle Sounders seem to play worse than Rio Tinto Stadium. As if their 11-game winless streak wasn’t enough of a hurdle, Mother Nature added a weather delay that paused the game for more than two hours just a couple of minutes before halftime.
Prior to the break, the Sounders seemed to have settled things down and were scoreless. But the game quickly unraveled after the delay. RSL nearly scored immediately after play resumed and then did score almost directly after halftime. Bobby Wood’s goal stood up for the 1-0 win.
The Sounders have now gone 0-9-3 in their past 12 regular-season trips to Salt Lake and are winless in their past nine MLS matches overall, dating to last year.