Real Salt Lake vs. Sounders: Thrashed in Sandy

In their Leagues Cup opener — a tournament they’ve long insisted they are taking seriously — the Seattle Sounders had arguably their worst performance of the season, a 3-0 loss to Real Salt Lake.

The Sounders didn’t look great in the first half, but did manage to get to halftime tied 0-0. But directly on the heels of generating their best scoring chance of the night, the Sounders got caught in transition and surrendered the opening goal in the 48th minute. Just three minutes later, they surrendered another goal in transition.

The Sounders seemed to catch a break in the 60th minute when Marcelo Silva was shown a straight red card for a tackle on Raúl Ruidíaz, but did very little to take…