7 months ago Article 223 comments

Seattle Sounders Advance In MLS Cup Playoffs After Edging Real Salt Lake 1-nil

In another tight contest between the two sides the Sounders moved on after beating Salt Lake 1-nil at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah.

7 months ago Article 1043 comments

Sounders at Real Salt Lake Western Conference Semis Leg Two - Gamethread

For Real Salt Lake this match is about belief. It is about their trust in their fortress. It is about their final chance with their old roster to make this run. For the Seattle Sounders it is about confidence. It is about performing to expectations. It is about the core doing what they were brought in to do.

7 months ago Article 17 comments

Sounders, RSL both have health concerns heading into Leg 2

Mauro Rosales will travel, but status still uncertain while questions still surround the health of Fabian Espindola and Jamison Olave ahead of Thursday's Western Conference semifinal.

7 months ago Article 10 comments

Power of Tanzania

Since July, Seattle teams have done extraordinarily well at CenturyLink Field. Many have taken to calling this the Power of Tanzania. That Power may be key to a Seattle Sounders road playoff victory.

7 months ago Article 25 comments

Playoff Struggles, Mentality and Historical Success

Memes are interesting things. Not the LOLcat types, but those ideas that infect a group's mindset like a virus. Sometimes these memes can be positives, others they are downright dangerous. Thankfully in sports analysis they are either right or wrong.

7 months ago Article 4 comments

Sounders at Real Salt Lake Western Conference Semis Leg Two - Two More Questions

Thursday night's fifth and final meeting between the Sounders and RSL will be the only one that either side will remember. No matter the positives and negatives of the past contests (Seattle is 0-1-3 -1GD) it will be Leg Two of the MLS Cup Western Conference Semifinals that lives in history.

7 months ago Article 30 comments

Proactive Or Reactive Tactics - Time for Plan B

There are many ways to win a game, no matter the contest. Theories abound as to whether to be a team that establishes initiative, or one that reacts and responds.

7 months ago Article 52 comments

Eddie Johnson says he's ready, but Mauro Rosales now uncertain

The Sounders should have their leading scorer back for the second leg against RSL, but they might have to make do without their leading assist man.

7 months ago Article 19 comments

There Will Be No Viewing Party - This Is A Test

How many of our viewing parties have you attended? Particularly now that they've gotten fairly big (like in the hundreds), the Sounders don't have a history of great performances (small sample size of two matches) so we're not doing one.