Especially during their 11 MLS seasons, the term “underdog” has only been used sparingly when talking about the Seattle Sounders. In each of those seasons, the Sounders have consistently been among the best-resourced teams in the league. But that doesn’t mean they’re completely unfamiliar with the label, especially if you stretch back to the final years of their USL existence.

Here are five times the Sounders played the underdog role perfectly:

2007 U.S. Open Cup vs. Rapids

I realize I’m sort of cheating by including a game from the Sounders’ USL era and that this wasn’t even the first or last time they upset an MLS team in the U.