As I watched my beloved Sounders get thrashed by the Portland Timbers FC, I kept asking myself the same question that has been plaguing me since the beginning of this season. Why are we struggling so much?
I look at our roster and I see talent, a combination of veterans and youth, and players who have all at one time or another shown the fire and fierceness expected when you play for the rave green and blue.
But this whole season has been marred with incompleteness and an inability to get any traction forward. Yes, there have been some frustrating calls, things that have not gone our way, but that is soccer, and that is absolutely MLS.