If it seems like we just did this with Sporting KC, you wouldn’t be wrong. The Sounders and SKC just played less than a month ago. Just like that meeting, the Sounders are playing on short rest while SKC is coming in on full rest. Of course, the Sounders won that one, allowing them to reassert control in the Western Conference.

They’re facing off again on Saturday with the stakes in just about the same place. Here’s what we’re hoping to see:

Slow their start

Sporting KC is trailing the Sounders by six points with a game in hand.