SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders came into Sunday night’s match with the Colorado Rapids with a few objectives. On the heels of two impressive road victories, the Sounders had already tied their franchise record for most road wins in a season. But there was still a Lumen-sized monkey on their proverbial backs.
Seattle’s home form this year had been just slightly above average by MLS standards and well below their own. Historically strong both home and away, their 6-3-4 record coming into the match had them on pace for their worst home points per game of all time.