If ever the Sounders needed to win a road game, their Independence Day tilt in Colorado against the Rapids would be it.
The struggling Rapids, conference finalists a year ago, are coming off a huge weekend victory over Houston that enabled them to escape the Major League Soccer basement. But at 6-10-1 overall, having to play twice in four days, several regulars injured and their attack barely averaging a goal per game, this is the type of opponent the Sounders need to capitalize on in the second half to better their playoff hopes.
“We have to go there and we have to play our game,” Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso told reporters Monday as the team prepared to fly to Denver for Tuesday’s tilt.