Seattle Sounders FC 2 return to Starfire today, licking their wounds from a dismantling in Reno that they will be looking to ablate from memory. They look to do so against a Sacramento Republic team with the same record (4-5-1) as them, though Sacramento was the victor in the two teams previous meeting this year.
Though S2 lost that first meeting their performance in the first 60 minutes of that game provide an excellent example of how S2 can defeat the more experienced Sacramento side. S2 put Sacramento under a lot of pressure early with a high press that saw S2 gain an early lead.