SEATTLE – It’s safe to say the odds were stacked against the Philadelphia Union going into their Wednesday evening showdown with the Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field.
The Union made the cross-country trek to the notoriously hostile confines of CenturyLink coming off one of their worst performances of the season – a 4-1 shellacking at the hands of the Montreal Impact at their home field on Saturday. Star midfielder and MLS assist leader Borek Dockal didn’t suit up for the contest. To top it off, the Sounders were in the midst of a nine-game win streak that represents a league record for a single season in the post-shootout era.