TUKWILA, Wash. — The Seattle Sounders have been in this position before.
Last year, to be exact, and the scenarios are eerily similar. Seattle went into 2015’s Decision Day needing a win over Real Salt Lake to ensure its seventh consecutive playoff berth, with a draw or loss potentially leaving the team watching from the outside looking in.
Fast forward to 2016 and Seattle yet again hosts RSL with the same implications: Win and the Sounders are in; Draw or lose and they’ll need help from other results around the league to make it eight straight postseasons.