TUKWILA, Wash. — Six months and a day. When the Seattle Sounders host the Colorado Rapids in the first leg of the Western Conference Championship on Tuesday, Nov. 22 (7 p.m. PT; FS1, KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, El Rey 1360AM), that’s how long it will have been since the two teams last faced each other.
The Rapids defeated the Sounders 1-0 on May 21 at CenturyLink Field on a header from defender Axel Sjoberg. But so much has changed in Seattle in the half a year since.
Brian Schmetzer took over as interim head coach and then received the full-time job.