The first Seattle Sounders match played in front of home fans in over a year had promised to be a celebratory affair. By Friday, it likely still will feel that way. But on Tuesday — the day tickets finally went on sale — the emotions surrounding the game are considerably darker as fans encountered frustration after frustration in an attempt to get their hands on the roughly 35,000 tickets that were made available for the first five home games of the season.
Although some of those tickets still remained available as of 6 PM, the Sounders expected their inventory to be exhausted by the end of the day.