SEATTLE — Nine straight postseasons. It’s easy to take for granted when you’ve literally never known an MLS season without qualifying, but what the Seattle Sounders have done is nothing short of remarkable.
The only team to have qualified for this many consecutive postseasons was the LA Galaxy from 1996-2005. Their record of 10 straight, though, came at a time when qualifying for the playoffs was much less of an accomplishment. In each of those seasons, no fewer than two-thirds of MLS teams qualified for the postseason and in four of those seasons, 8 of 10 teams advanced.