Heading into the 2016 MLS Cup Final on Saturday, SoundersFC.com is taking a look at the 10 best moments in the Seattle Sounders’ Major League Soccer history. No's. 10-8 were released on Monday, No's. 7-5 on Tuesday, No. 4 and 3 on Wednesday, No. 2 on Thursday and No. 1 on Friday.
Seventeen months. That’s how long the city of Seattle waited from the time it was awarded the 15th Major League Soccer franchise in November 2007 to its first match in March 2009.
The Sounders had decades-long history in the NASL and USL, but the club was ready to prove itself in MLS.