LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A final is a final. Whether it’s the World Cup or an 8-year-old youth team tournament, you usually have to do a lot of work to get there. And once you’re there, nobody playing has ever decided it’s not worth the effort to lift the trophy. So whatever one thinks about the value what is now an almost obsolete version of the Leagues Cup, the Sounders were there, with a trophy to lift, and a legend to build.
In the end, unfortunately, the Sounders fell just short — though not for a lack of trying — even until the very end.