When a club goes on the road for its second of three matches in eight days against a rival and earns a point, it is usually taken as a respectable result.
Not for these Sounders, though.
After recording a 1-1 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place on Wednesday evening, there was tangible frustration in Head Coach Brian Schmetzer's post-match comments -- and a pin-drop silence among the players in the locker room.
"We're extremely disappointed in that locker room. All of us," Schmetzer said. "But we have to prepare for Portland on Sunday, so we are moving on.