SEATTLE — What once was lost is now found.
Four weeks ago, you could’ve hardly spotted the Seattle Sounders on a roadmap to the 2016 MLS Cup playoffs. They sat ninth in the Western Conference, had just parted ways with the only MLS coach they’d ever known and were nine points out of the final playoff spot.
That was then. This is now. And the Sounders of today are suddenly, arguably, the best team in MLS. And certainly among the hottest.
The Sounders reversed a 3-1 loss in Portland a month ago by smashing the Timbers to pieces on Sunday with a reverse result that dynamically shifted the race in the West.