In what has become an all-too-familiar fate in Seattle, the Caps fell 3-0 to their Cascadia rivals Tuesday night in Lumen Field and it was one the Sounders effectively dominated from start to finish.
A subpar defensive performance helped Raul Ruidiaz grab a pair of goals and the Sounders only briefly looked uncomfortable, when the Caps appeared to slightly get back into the match late in the first half. They needn’t have worried — the only real highlight here for the Caps was the debut of Andres Cubas in the second half.
Vanni Sartini elected for a 3-5-2/3-5-1-1 hybrid, with the usual backline (Nerwinski/Veselinovic/Godoy).