Sounders show invigorated performance in dominating Cascadia Cup rivals in 3-0 victory.
Wednesday night’s showdown against Vancouver was not a must-win from a Sounders perspective. They had built up enough of a cushion, and the bottom half of Western Conference is so thoroughly mediocre, that they’d have been on track for playoff qualification no matter how the rivalry match went down.
In terms of actually, vigorously defending their MLS Cup title, though? Viewed inside that particular lens, they were badly in need of a spark.
Seattle came in winless in five and worse, had looked uninspired for more than a month.