One journey ended and another began for the Sounders last week when their single-season Major League Soccer record win streak ended at nine.
Rebounding off a record like that can be a mixed bag for any professional team trying to do so in the same season their streak ends. The previous MLS post-shootout era record was set by Sporting Kansas City in 2012 after it captured its first seven games of the season.
But it won only 11 of its final 27 and was bounced by current Sounders forward Will Bruin and his Houston Dynamo side in their opening playoff round.