The Seattle Sounders are off to the best start to an MLS season in club history, taking 17 points from their opening seven matches and leading the Supporters’ Shield standings.
Seattle will feel hard done after its 1-1 home draw with Atlanta United on Sunday, in which it conceded an 86th-minute penalty for the equalizer, but how it’s had its early success has been nothing short of incredible.
The Sounders have gotten just 24 minutes of game time from 2020 MLS Best XI selection Nicolás Lodeiro, who missed the early part of the season with a quad strain and has been recently shut down until mid-June while he recovers from knee inflammation.