This is leg one of the two-leg aggregate goal away goals tie-breaking Western Conference Semifinals. Winning is best for the Seattle Sounders. Keeping FC Dallas off the scoreboard is a close second. It is the fourth time the two teams will play in 2016 and the sixth time they’ve played in just a year. Sunday’s game is the first two-leg series with Brian Schmetzer in charge. Probably the greatest flaw that Sigi Schmid had was playing a more passive style in the MLS Playoffs than he did during the regular season or even in the Champions League.
Tonight, Schmetzer should start off on the same foot his Sounders always do.