For vast stretches of Saturday’s much-needed victory by the Sounders, the scene unfolding played out like so many other bad movie plots the team has experienced this season.
They dominated as thoroughly as any one team can, only to see their kicks, headers and re-direction attempts sail just wide. It wasn’t until Harry Shipp got his leg into a 42nd minute strike from the top of the box that the Sounders finally tasted a result of all that dominance and could dream of something better than what had befallen them the past few weeks.
But this 1-0 win over a struggling Real Salt Lake side, in front of 40,588 fans at CenturyLink Field, still didn’t come easy.