Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei has started every game this season, but that will change Wednesday night when backup Tyler Miller goes between the posts. Frei, coming off his All-Star Game selection, is nursing a right hip flexor strain and this was possibly the safest time for him to rest given the opponent.
D.C. United sits dead last in the Eastern Conference with a 5-11-3 record and has scored only 14 goals in those 19 matchups. That’s the worst of any MLS team. By comparison, the Sounders, who have had their share of struggles on the attack, have scored 25 times over the same stretch of games — nearly twice as much.