I think we’re a couple pieces away from being a complete team. I’ve heard talk (I don’t remember from where) that Ching would be open to a return to Seattle in the offseason. That would be a giant upgrade for us up front. Jaqua’s done fairly well, and the goal he scored today was very useful, but Ching would play as a more traditional target forward and give up much more of an aerial threat. Jaqua just doesn’t have any aptitude with headers; they just aren’t a part of his skill set.

You’re right, we do have the “draw on the road” part down. It’s the winning at home part that has given us trouble.

This was a good point. Hopefully we can build on it. I’ll be at the TFC game, and I’ll be expecting a win. They haven’t won at a game I’ve attended since RSL. Except for Portland, but that doesn’t fully count since it’s USOC.

It’s the key thing in football you have to take your chances. Look at Manchester United the other night losing to Burnley!

If you asked me before we played any games if I’d be happy with the Sounders being 8-6-9 at this point, I would say I’d be ecstatic!

I think it’s frustrating because everyone realizes how much talent we have on the team. There’s some maturing that has to happen. We’ve given away some points that would put us in that top tier, and we got to learn to not give those away so easily.

That’s a good point. People are frustrated right now because we’re getting bad results when we know we’re capable of more.
Dave, where were we in home and away rankings in points per match before this recent run of bad or mediocre results? It seemed to me we were in pretty good position before the All-Star Game.