Sounder at Heart: After bringing back nearly every significant player, adding Albert Rusnák as a free agent, and getting both Jordan Morris and Nicolás Lodeiro (mostly) back from injury the expectations are high. This team is regularly at the top of the preseason rankings and the hype machine around them is bigger than ever. There were a couple of questions early — how would they re-adjust to using a 4-2-3-1 and would all that attacking talent be able to share the ball? Those questions weren’t answered well.
- EPL: Compared to last season the Sounders have started the season in the polar opposite manner, being 1-2-1 (W-L-D) after four matches.