SEATTLE—It was just a few weeks ago that the Seattle Sounders were languishing near the bottom of the MLS table, left for dead by many in the Western Conference playoff race.
These days, all that feels like another lifetime.
The Sounders kept their recent surge in form right on rolling in their Sunday evening Cascadia Cup matchup against the Portland Timbers at CenturyLink Field, riding two goals from Clint Dempsey and Cristian Roldan’s third tally of the season to a resounding 3-1 victory at CenturyLink Field that improbably has the Sounders right back in the postseason picture.