SEATTLE —
Lumen Field rises near the shores of Seattle’s Elliott Bay like a concrete citadel.
In years past, the 68,000-seat stadium, home to Seattle’s professional football and soccer teams, has answered to Qwest Field, CenturyLink Field and Seahawks Stadium. Whatever its name, it has become a house of horrors for Southern California’s professional soccer teams, all of which have struggled on its plastic grass and in its rainy, bone-chilling climate come playoff time.
Only once in seven tries has an L.A. team won a postseason game there — and that win came 13 years ago.