The Battle for the West will likely go through Seattle for the 2021 MLS season. The Seattle Sounders have been the best team in Major League Soccer this season. Sporting Kansas City enter Sunday’s pivotal matchup with a game in hand and just five points behind first place Seattle. But a game in hand isn’t worth anything unless you use the game to make up ground.
Both teams enter the late Sunday match with short rest after having played midweek. SKC dropped points at home to the San Jose Earthquakes in a wild game with some horrible officiating.