It’s hard to gauge at this point in the Seattle Sounders’ season where a draw ranks in terms of importance. But at least as far as the first 80 minutes of the team’s match on Saturday night goes, the Sounders will take this point and run back to Seattle with it.
The Sounders largely struggled to create substantive chances on Saturday night at San Jose. Never has the absence of Clint Dempsey been felt more intensely as the Earthquakes took a 1-0 lead in the first half and looked to coast home with a resolute defensive performance bent on stymying Seattle’s otherwise dangerous front line.