Sounders match day
Sounders (12-13-5) at Vancouver Whitecaps (9-14-8)
5 p.m. Sunday at BC Place
TV: Fox Sports 1. Radio: KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, El Rey 1360 AM
Life without Lodeiro: The Sounders will be without Nicolas Lodeiro for the first time in the Brian Schmetzer era, the Uruguayan attacking midfielder having picked up a one-game yellow card suspension on Wednesday against the Fire.
Seattle is already without another one of its Designated Players, Clint Dempsey, who will miss the rest of this MLS season while undergoing evaluations for an irregular heartbeat.