Sounder Strategy: Sporting on the Ropes

Seattle faces a familiar heel this week in Sporting Kansas City, a team mired in an unfamiliar run of failures. Lowly CF Montréal pulled off a stunner on the road in Kansas City last week, defeating Sporting 2-0. Now winless in 10 matches with just three goals on the season, SKC’s captain Johnny Russell is without answers and the Kansas City Cauldron is steaming.

The Sounders are coming off an unsatisfying, scoreless draw against Real Salt Lake. The team’s purposeful possession created plenty of half chances, but the final product was lacking. Now, injury worries at the left back position have added a wrinkle to this week’s home match against a troubled club. Can the Sounders hit SKC with a…