A win would leapfrog the Sounders over the 'Quakes into seventh, another rung up the Western Conference standings within easily accessible reach. Yet in this league, there's always a caveat.
Saturday night’s match against the Earthquakes at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium is exceedingly winnable from a Sounders perspective.
San Jose has coughed up chance after chance to make a serious move in the West. It lost at home to last-place Houston last month, drew against the dreadful Revolution a few days later. The ‘Quakes have won just one league game since mid-July and just two since May 11.