Tonight's game will be the most important game of Seattle Sounder FC 2’s season so far. They have gotten 0 points out of their last 6 matches and have slid perilously down the Western Conference standings. This game is really a must win for S2 if they want to have any hope of making the playoffs. While they have one of the easier remaining schedules, they have also played more matches than those they trail, and with a loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 their just won’t be enough points left for them to realistically claw back.
The game is also a psuedo-Cascadia Cup 2 final. S2 and WFC2 are tied on points in the Cascadia 2 standings and this is their last meeting of the year. Both teams do have a game against T2 left, but they are barely a team and both should beat them easily. If S2 or WFC2 win tonight they almost certainly will win Cascadia Cup 2. A tie would make things more complicated, but WFC2 would have the advantage as they are ahead on goal difference, though S2 could overcome the GD in their remaining game against T2.
Cascadia 2 Cup
| Standings | Pts | W | L | D | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standings | Pts | W | L | D | GD |
| Sounders 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Whitecaps 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Timbers 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
nos audietis in somniis | nos audietis in altum
you will hear us in your sleep | you will hear us from the deep
this is our Sound
Keys to the Game:
- Find a way to manufacture confidence.
- Get Chenkam a lot of touches.
- Force WFC2 to shoot from outside the box
Lineups
Here is YOUR starting XI for #SEAvVAN at Starfire Stadium! The match kicks off at 6:30 p.m. PT. #OwnThe2 #TheFuture pic.twitter.com/tWR4V5oRIC
— Seattle Sounders 2 (@SoundersFC2) August 14, 2017
#WFC2 Starting XI
— Whitecaps FC 2 (@wfc2) August 14, 2017
Subs: Melvin, Levis, Amanda, Serban, Sanner, Seymore, Chung.#SEAvVAN pic.twitter.com/Uwc4NAjrC6
How to Watch
Match date/time: 6:30 PM PT, Saturday, August 6, 2017
Venue: Starfire Stadium, Duwamish River Watershed, Washington, Cascadia.
Streaming: SoundersFC.com with Aaron Heinzen and Andrew Harvey on the call.
How I'm watching
Outfit: Heritage
Where: Inside a box, in a stadium by which the trains bring the bodies of yet born planes.