As you probably know, the Seattle Sounders are coming off a rather important midweek match. Even if they hadn’t spent the night celebrating their Concacaf Champions League title, some heavy rotation would likely have been in order. It’s hard to imagine more than one or two starters from Wednesday reprising their roles today.
At the same time, the Sounders are very aware of their need to start picking up points in league play and have five points to pick up on the field just to get into playoff position. That starts tonight in Dallas.