It’s hard not to be of two minds about the Seattle Sounders’ 1-1 draw on the road against Austin FC. On the one hand, a road point with a massively depleted squad on short rest is almost never a bad outcome. On the other, blown leads almost always stick in the craw of coaches, players and fans. And when your start to the league season has more losses than wins, opportunities to make up those dropped points should not be squandered if you can help it.
So at the end of the match — much like on Thursday’s draw in León — there was a feeling of a missed opportunity to end the first chapter of the 2022 season on a high note.