TUKWILA, Wash. — Through the first half of the 2017 season, your Seattle Sounders have played 19 games with 11 of them on the road. The first half of the season has featured plenty of fixture congestion and long road trips. With a short roster, international call-ups, suspensions, and injuries, players have been called upon frequently to step up without much warning or fit into unnatural positions, just to make the team work. This has resulted in much mental and physical fatigue.
Like a student after finals week, the boys have their sights set on getting as much rest as possible.