This year has been about new experiences for the Seattle Sounders, including the first-ever Concacaf Champions League title. After Saturday night’s 2-1 defeat to the Vancouver Whitecaps, they’re about to add another one to the list.
Playing out the string.
While they have not been eliminated — thanks, in part, to some favorable results elsewhere — the loss dealt a crippling blow to their already tenuous playoff hopes. With only three games left in the rest of the season and as many teams to leapfrog, the Sounders will have to rely on some hard-to-imagine results to slide into the 7th slot in the West.